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The 2022 Arkansas Senate elections took place as part of the
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2022 United States elections. Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...
voters elected state senators to the Arkansas Senate
The Arkansas State Senate is the upper branch of the Arkansas General Assembly. The Senate consists of 35 members, each representing a district with about 83,000 people. Service in the state legislature is part-time, and many state senators have ...
in 18 of the state's 35 senate districts. The primary elections in March 2022 determined which candidates would appear on the November 8, 2022, general election ballot.
Composition
Retirements
Democrats
#District 10:Larry Teague
Larry R. Teague (from Nashville, Arkansas) is a former American politician and was a Democratic member of the Arkansas Senate representing District 10, which includes Howard, Montgomery, Pike, and Polk counties and parts of Clark, Hempstead, N ...
retired.
#District 24: Keith Ingram
Keith M. Ingram (born April 12, 1955) is an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, Ingram represents the 24th district in the Arkansas Senate, of which he is the Minority Leader. Ingram's district incl ...
retired due to term limits.
#District 31: Joyce Elliott
Joyce Ann Elliott (born March 20, 1951) is an American politician from the state of Arkansas. From 2009 to 2022, she was a member of the Arkansas Senate representing the 31st district, which consisted of portions of Little Rock and Pulaski Coun ...
retired due to term limits.
Independents
#District 2:Jim Hendren
James Paul Hendren (born August 12, 1963) is an American politician who served as a member of the Arkansas Senate from the 2nd district. From January 2019 to January 2021, he served as Senate Majority Leader. Until February 2021, he was a Republi ...
retired.
Republicans
#District 3: Cecile Bledsoe retired. #District 7:Colby Fulfer
Colby Fulfer is an American politician who served in the Arkansas Senate representing the Springdale area from 2022 to 2023.
Education
Fulfer graduated from the Shiloh Christian School.
Career
Fulfer worked at the Westfield Chapel Funeral ...
retired.
#District 8: Mathew Pitsch retired to run for treasurer of Arkansas
The treasurer of Arkansas acts as the head banker for the State of Arkansas, handling deposits, withdrawals, redemptions of state warrants, and investments of state funds. The position was created in 1819 when Arkansas became a Territory (countr ...
.
#District 27: Trent Garner retired.
#District 35: Jason Rapert retired to run for lieutenant governor of Arkansas
The lieutenant governor of Arkansas is the second-highest constitutional and elected office in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The lieutenant governor is the first in the Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Arkansas, gubernatorial ...
.
Incumbents defeated
In primaries
Republicans
#District 3: Charles Beckham lost renomination to formerMagnolia, Arkansas
Magnolia is a city in Columbia County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 11,577. The city is the county seat of Columbia County.
Magnolia is home to the World's Largest Charcoal Grill and the World Championship ...
City Councilman Steve Crowell after being redistricted from District 12.
#District 6: Bill Sample lost renomination to Garland County Justice of the Peace Matt McKee after being redistricted from District 14.
#District 22: James Sturch lost renomination to House Representative John Payton after being redistricted from District 19.
#District 28: Bob Ballinger lost renomination to former senator Bryan King after being redistricted from District 5.
Predictions
Summary
*Note: All districts were renumbered following theredistricting
Redistricting in the United States is the process of drawing electoral district boundaries. For the United States House of Representatives, and state legislatures, redistricting occurs after each ten-year census.
The U.S. Constitution in Art ...
process.
Closest races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%: # #Detailed results
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District 10
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District 19
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District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
See also
*2022 Arkansas elections
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. Pr ...
* 2022 Arkansas House of Representatives election
The 2022 Arkansas House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2022. Elections were held to elect representatives from all 100 Arkansas House of Representatives, House of Representatives districts across the U.S. state of Arkansa ...
* Arkansas Senate
The Arkansas State Senate is the upper branch of the Arkansas General Assembly. The Senate consists of 35 members, each representing a district with about 83,000 people. Service in the state legislature is part-time, and many state senators have ...
* List of Arkansas General Assemblies
References
{{ArkansasSenate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
Arkansas Senate
The Arkansas State Senate is the upper branch of the Arkansas General Assembly. The Senate consists of 35 members, each representing a district with about 83,000 people. Service in the state legislature is part-time, and many state senators have ...
Arkansas Senate elections