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Arkansas Attorney General election, 2022 (May 24 Democratic primary)

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Arkansas Attorney General
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 1, 2022
Primary: May 24, 2022
Primary runoff: June 21, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
Pre-election incumbent(s):
Leslie Rutledge (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Voting in Arkansas
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State executive elections in 2022
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State government trifectas
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A Democratic Party primary took place on May 24, 2022, in Arkansas to determine which candidate would earn the right to run as the party's nominee in the state's attorney general election on November 8, 2022.

Jesse Gibson advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Arkansas.

This page focuses on Arkansas' Democratic Party Attorney General primary. For more in-depth information on Arkansas' Republican Attorney General primary and the general election, see the following pages:

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Candidates and election results

Democratic primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

State profile

Demographic data for Arkansas
 ArkansasU.S.
Total population:2,977,853316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):52,0353,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:78%73.6%
Black/African American:15.5%12.6%
Asian:1.4%5.1%
Native American:0.6%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0.2%0.2%
Two or more:2.1%3%
Hispanic/Latino:6.9%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:84.8%86.7%
College graduation rate:21.1%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$41,371$53,889
Persons below poverty level:22.9%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Arkansas.
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Arkansas

Arkansas voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, one is located in Arkansas, accounting for 0.5 percent of the total pivot counties.[1]

Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Arkansas had one Retained Pivot County, 0.55 percent of all Retained Pivot Counties.

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Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
  • Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
  • State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

Presidential elections

See also: Presidential voting trends in Arkansas and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Arkansas, 2022
District Incumbent Party PVI
Arkansas' 1st Rick Crawford Ends.png Republican R+22
Arkansas' 2nd French Hill Ends.png Republican R+9
Arkansas' 3rd Steve Womack Ends.png Republican R+15
Arkansas' 4th Bruce Westerman Ends.png Republican R+20


2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2022 district lines, Arkansas[2]
District Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Arkansas' 1st 28.1% 69.0%
Arkansas' 2nd 42.1% 55.2%
Arkansas' 3rd 36.8% 60.2%
Arkansas' 4th 31.0% 66.2%


2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:


Following the 2020 presidential election, 80.4% of Arkansans lived in one of the state's 66 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 19.4% lived in one of eight Solid Democratic counties. Overall, Arkansas was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Arkansas following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Historical voting trends

Arkansas presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 20 Democratic wins
  • 10 Republican wins
  • 1 other win
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D AI[3] R D R R R D D R R R R R R

Statewide elections

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Arkansas

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Arkansas.

U.S. Senate election results in Arkansas
Race Winner Runner up
2020 66.5%Republican Party 33.5%Libertarian Party
2016 59.7%Republican Party 36.3%Democratic Party
2014 56.5%Republican Party 39.4%Democratic Party
2010 58.0%Republican Party 36.9%Democratic Party
2008 79.5%Democratic Party 20.5%Green Party
Average 64.0 33.3

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of Arkansas

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Arkansas.

Gubernatorial election results in Arkansas
Race Winner Runner up
2018 65.3%Republican Party 31.8%Democratic Party
2014 55.4%Republican Party 41.5%Democratic Party
2010 64.4%Democratic Party 33.6%Republican Party
2006 55.6%Democratic Party 40.7%Republican Party
2002 52.0%Republican Party 47.0%Democratic Party
Average 58.5 38.9

State partisanship

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Arkansas' congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Arkansas, November 2022
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 0 0 0
Republican 2 4 6
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 4 6

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Arkansas' top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Arkansas, November 2022
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Asa Hutchinson
Lieutenant Governor Republican Party Tim Griffin
Secretary of State Republican Party John Thurston
Attorney General Republican Party Leslie Rutledge

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Arkansas State Legislature as of November 2022.

Arkansas State Senate

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 7
     Republican Party 27
     Independent 1
     Vacancies 0
Total 35

Arkansas House of Representatives

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 22
     Republican Party 78
     Vacancies 0
Total 100

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Arkansas was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Arkansas Party Control: 1992-2022
Eleven years of Democratic trifectas  •  Eight years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Governor D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R
Senate D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Arkansas and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Arkansas
Arkansas United States
Population 3,011,524 331,449,281
Land area (sq mi) 51,992 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 75.4% 70.4%
Black/African American 15.2% 12.6%
Asian 1.5% 5.6%
Native American 0.6% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.2%
Other (single race) 2.9% 5.1%
Multiple 4% 5.2%
Hispanic/Latino 7.6% 18.2%
Education
High school graduation rate 87.2% 88.5%
College graduation rate 23.8% 32.9%
Income
Median household income $49,475 $64,994
Persons below poverty level 16.1% 12.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  2. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022
  3. ↑ American Independent Party
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