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The elections coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The primary election took place on March 5, 2024, and, if necessary, the runoff election is scheduled for April 2, 2024.
Incumbent Republican treasurer Larry Walther cannot seek a full term following his appointment by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders after the death of Mark Lowery. [2] Secretary of State John Thurston entered the race as a Republican candidate. [3]
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Arkansas on November 8, 2022. All of Arkansas' executive officers were up for election as well as all four of the state's seats in the United States House of Representatives and a U.S. senator. Primaries were held on May 24, 2022, with runoff primaries on June 21.
2024 Arkansas Senate election, 20th district general [13] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Dan Sullivan (incumbent) 16,901 : 60.9 : Democratic: Erika Askeland 10,851 39.1 Total votes 27,752 : 100.00
The 2022 Arkansas House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2022. Elections were held to elect representatives from all 100 House of Representatives districts across the U.S. state of Arkansas. They were held alongside numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the 2022 Arkansas Senate election.
The state of Arkansas has six electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat. [ 1 ] Trump easily carried the state for the third time in a row in 2024, this time by a 30.64% margin, [ 2 ] the largest since 1972 .
The number of elections in Arkansas varies by year, but usually municipal elections occur every year, plus primary and general elections for federal and state offices occur during even-numbered years. The state was historically part of the Solid South, and was a one-party state dominated by Democrats.
Following reorganization in 2019, Arkansas state government's executive branch contains fifteen cabinet-level departments. Many formerly independent departments were consolidated as "divisions" under newly created departments under a shared services model.