Republicans Win Senate, House, Governor: Arkansas Mid-Term Election Results 2014

If you’re a tried and true Republican, give yourself a pat on the back.

In a landslide, Republican candidates swept the Arkansas mid-term 2014 general election. Representative Tom Cotton won the Senate against incumbent Mark Pryor (D) with 54 percent of the vote versus Pryor’s 41 percent. Representative Steve Womack won with 74 percent of the against third party Libertarian candidate Grant Brand with 21 percent.

As for Governor, Asa Hutchinson won with 55 percent of the vote, whereas his biggest competitor, Mike Ross (D) only secured 41 percent of the vote.

By and large, the official county by county results show that Arkansas is in fact a very red state. The only few regions that saw blue wins were in the southeast.

As far as constitutional amendments go, most were passed. The controversial alcohol sales amendment that would have made all dry counties — cannot sell alcohol — into wet counties allowing for the sale of alcohol was denied by 56 percent of those against the bill. County line liqour stores will still be going strong in Arkansas.

The amendment for General Assembly Legislative Committee Review and Approval of State Agencies was approved, and will go into effect in 30 days. This amendment ultimately allows for the General Assembly to to give lawmakers say over agency rules and regulations, a function that was performed solely by the executive branch.

Amendment 2, Allowing More Time To Gather Signatures on State Wide Initiative or Referendum, was passed with 56 percent in favor. This will make it more difficult for petitioners to propose changes to state law, by requiring the secretary of state to verify that 75 percent of the submitted signatures are valid before allowing groups more time to get names.

Amendment 3, Regulating Contributions to Candidates, Barring Gifts from Lobbyists, Setting Salaries, and Term Limits, was approved with 61 percent in favor.

Amendment 5, which was brought forward by petition to raise the Arkansas minimum wage, was passed with 68 percent in favor. The amendment plans to raise the state minimum wage of $6.25 to $7.50 an hour on Jan. 1, 2015; to $8 an hour on Jan. 1, 2016, and to $8.50 on Jan. 1, 2017.

A total of 54,754 people – which is 47 percent of the 114,901 registered voters – cast ballots in the Nov. 4 general election, according to the election report released Wednesday.

A total of 18,911 cast ballots for early voting, Election Coordinator Jennifer Price said.

Here’s a rundown of the Mid-Term election results from Washington County:

Fayetteville City Council Unofficial Results (as of Nov. 5)

Ward 1

Paul Phaneuf – 1,759 (39 percent)

Alderwoman Adella Gray – 1,661 (37 percent)

Sonia Davis Gutierrez – 1,110 (25 percent)

Ward 2

Alderman Mark Kinion – 1,759 (49 percent)

Robert Patton – 982 (28 percent)

Joshua Crawford – 828 (23 percent)

Ward 4

John La Tour – 2,006 (43 percent)

Ray Boudreaux – 963 (20 percent)

D’Andre Jones – 672 (14 percent)

Phillip McKnight – 447 (10 percent)

Craig Honchell – 376 (8 percent)

Robert Williams – 240 (5 percent)

Washington County Races

County Judge

County Judge Marilyn Edwards (Democrat) – 27,141 (51 percent)

Assessor Jeff Williams (Republican) – 26,232 (49 percent)

County Sheriff

Sheriff Tim Helder (Democrat) – 36,136 (68 percent)

Mort Marshall (Republican) – 17,131 (32 percent)

Circuit Clerk

Circuit Clerk Kyle Sylvester (Republican) – 40,645 (100 percent)

Justice of the Peace District 4

Wm. Bill Ussery (Republican) – 633 (67 percent)

Yessie Hernandez – (Democrat) – 314 (33 percent)

Justice of the Peace District 7

Justice of the Peace Rick Cochran (Republican) – 2,692 (63 percent)

Kendra Boyle – (Democrat) – 1,596 (37 percent)

Justice of the Peace District 8

Daniel William Balls (Democrat) – 1,844 (55 percent)

Armistead C. Freeman III (Republican) – 1,488 (45 percent)

Justice of the Peace District 10

Robert Dennis (Republican) – 1,869 (58 percent)

James Miller (Democrat) – 1,334 (42 percent)

Justice of the Peace District 13

Joel Maxwell (Republican) – 2,423 (64 percent)

Rhonda Hulse (Democrat) – 1,341 – (36 percent)

Justice of the Peace District 14

Ann Harbison (Democrat) – 2,252 (53 percent)

Jim Renfrow (Republican) – 1,963 (47 percent)

Constable District 1

Constable John Duggar (Republican) – 10,174 (76 percent)

Whitfield Hyman (Libertarian) – 3,181 (24 percent)

Constable District 2

Clint Edward Thomas (Democrat) – 9,743 (55 percent)

Susan W. Gessler (Republican) – 7,881 (45 percent)

Constable District 3

Kyle Woodruff (Republican) – 12,468 (63 percent)

Kenny Yates (Democrat) – 7,438 (37 percent)

U.S. Senate

Tom Cotton (Republican) – 29,433 (54 percent)

Senator Mark Pryor (Democrat) – 22,267 (41 percent)

Mark H. Swaney (Green) – 1,384 (3 percent)

Nathan LaFrance (Libertarian) – 1,282 (2 percent)

U.S. Congress District 03

Steve Womack (Republican) – 38,132 (74 percent)

Grant Brand (Libertarian) – 13,435 (26 percent)

Governor

Asa Hutchinson (Republican) – 30,109 (55 percent)

Mike Ross (Democrat) – 22,405 (41 percent)

Frank Gilbert (Libertarian) – 1,157 (2 percent)

J. Joshua Drake (Green Party) – 827 (2 percent)

Lieutenant Governor

Congressman Tim Griffin (Republican) – 29,948 (56 percent)

John Burkhalter (Democrat) – 20,879 (39 percent)

Christopher Olsen (Libertarian) – 2,908 (5 percent)

Attorney General

Leslie Rutledge (Republican) – 25,260 (47 percent)

Representative Nate Steel (Democrat) – 25,013 (47 percent)

Aaron Cash (Libertarian) – 3,413 (6 percent)

Secretary of State

Mark Martin (Republican) – 31,986 (60 percent)

Susan Inman (Democrat) – 18,673 (35 percent)

Jacob D. Holloway (Libertarian) – 2,850 (5 percent)

State Treasurer

Circuit Clerk Dennis Milligan (Republican) – 29,976 (57 percent)

Karen Sealy Garcia (Democrat) – 19,405 (37 percent)

Chris Hayes (Libertarian) – 3,579 (7 percent)

Auditor of State

Representative Andrea Lea (Republican) – 29,549 (56 percent)

Regina Stewart Hampton (Democrat) – 19,609 (37 percent)

Brian Leach (Libertarian) – 3,292 (6 percent)

Commissioner of State Lands

Commissioner John Thurston (Republican) – 28,876 (37 percent)

Mark A. Robertson (Democrat) – 18,980 (36 percent)

Elvis D. Presley (Libertarian) – 3,835 (7 percent)

State Representatives

District 80

Rep. Charlene Fite (Republican) – 4,989 (78 percent)

Taylor Watkins (Libertarian) – 1,421 (22 percent)

District 84

Charlie Collins (Republican) – 6,483 (58 percent)

Candy Clark (Democrat) – 4,650 (42 percent)

District 97

Bob Ballinger (Republican) – 1,986 (74 percent)

Charles “Sonny” Carter (Democrat) – 685 (26 percent)

Constitutional Amendments

Constitutional Amendment 1 – General Assembly Legislative Committee Review and Approval of State Agencies

For Issue No. 1 – 29,874 (59 percent)

Against Issue No. 1 – 20,762 (41 percent)

Constitutional Amendment 2 – Allowing More Time To Gather Signatures on State Wide Initiative or Referendum

For Issue No. 2 – 28,422 (56 percent)

Against Issue No. 2 – 22,617 (44 percent)

Constitutional Amendment 3 – Regulating Contributions to Candidates, Barring Gifts from Lobbyists, Setting Salaries, and Term Limits

For Issue No. 3 – 32,175 (61 percent)

Against Issue No. 3 – 20,353 (39 percent)

Constitutional Amendment 4 – Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Amendment

For Issue No. 4 – 23,677 (44 percent)

Against Issue No. 4 – 29,760 (56 percent)

Constitutional Amendment 5 – Increase the Arkansas Minimum Wage

For Issue No. 5 – 36,122 (68 percent)

Against Issue No. 5 – 17,320 (32 percent)