Arkansas held an election for lieutenant governor on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for May 24, 2022, and a primary runoff was scheduled for June 21, 2022. The filing deadline was March 1, 2022.

Leslie Rutledge won election in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

Leslie Rutledge defeated Kelly Krout and Frank Gilbert in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Leslie Rutledge (R)	64.2	577,316
	Kelly Krout (D)	32.1	288,631
	Frank Gilbert (L)	3.7	33,163

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 899,110
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Kelly Krout advanced from the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Drew Pritt (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas on May 24, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Leslie Rutledge	54.0	183,888
	Jason Rapert	14.7	50,063
	Greg Bledsoe	9.9	33,722
	Joseph Wood	8.6	29,277
	Doyle Webb	6.8	23,188
	Chris Bequette	6.0	20,411

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 340,549
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

Frank Gilbert advanced from the Libertarian convention for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas on February 20, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Frank Gilbert (L)

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Arkansas

Election information in Arkansas: Nov. 8, 2022, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

In-person: Oct. 10, 2022
By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 10, 2022
Online: N/A

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

In-person: Nov. 4, 2022
By mail: Received by Nov. 1, 2022
Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

In-person: Nov. 4, 2022
By mail: Received by Nov. 8, 2022

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 24, 2022 to Nov. 7, 2022

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

N/A

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

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Kelly Krout (D)

Awareness of the needs of the foster care system

Gun responsibility legislation

Prioritizing public education, including raises for our teachers and support staff.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Kelly Krout (D)

I also care deeply about the hurdles Arkansans experience in the criminal justice systems. Fines, fees, and inefficient systems make it difficult for hard-working families to do well here.

What qualities does this office possess that makes it a unique and important part of the state government and legal system?

Kelly Krout (D)

It's a unique position for advocacy in the state.

Are there any little-known powers or responsibilities held by this office that you believe more people should be aware of?

Kelly Krout (D)

The Lt. Gov presides over the senate and would vote to break a tie, and serve as the governor if they resign or die.

Past elections

2018

See also: Arkansas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

Incumbent Tim Griffin defeated Anthony Bland and Frank Gilbert in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tim Griffin (R)	64.2	570,433
	Anthony Bland (D)	33.0	293,535
	Frank Gilbert (L)	2.8	24,767

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 888,735
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

Anthony Bland advanced from the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Anthony Bland

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

Incumbent Tim Griffin advanced from the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Tim Griffin

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.
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2014

See also: Arkansas Lieutenant Gubernatorial election, 2014

Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tim Griffin	57.2%	479,673
	Democratic	John Burkhalter	38.6%	324,260
	Libertarian	Chris Olson	4.2%	35,257
Total Votes				839,190
Election results via Arkansas Secretary of State

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

	2026 → ← 2018
Arkansas Lieutenant Governor
	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):; Tim Griffin (Republican)
How to vote
	Poll times: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Voting in Arkansas
Ballotpedia analysis
	Federal and state primary competitiveness; State executive elections in 2022; Impact of term limits in 2022; State government trifectas; State government triplexes; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
Arkansas; executive elections
	Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; Secretary of State; Treasurer; Auditor; Public Lands Commissioner

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	Republican	R+22
Arkansas' 2nd	French Hill	Republican	R+9
Arkansas' 3rd	Steve Womack	Republican	R+15
Arkansas' 4th	Bruce Westerman	Republican	R+20

2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2022 district lines, Arkansas^[1]
District	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
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:

County-level voting pattern categories
Democratic
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Democratic	D	D	D
Trending Democratic	R	D	D
Battleground Democratic	D	R	D
New Democratic	R	R	D
Republican
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Republican	R	R	R
Trending Republican	D	R	R
Battleground Republican	R	D	R
New Republican	D	D	R

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.

Arkansas county-level statistics, 2020
Solid Republican	66	80.4%
Solid Democratic	8	19.4%
Trending Republican	1	0.2%
Total voted Democratic	8	19.4%
Total voted Republican	67	80.6%

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^[2]	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%	33.5%
2016	59.7%	36.3%
2014	56.5%	39.4%
2010	58.0%	36.9%
2008	79.5%	20.5%
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%	31.8%
2014	55.4%	41.5%
2010	64.4%	33.6%
2006	55.6%	40.7%
2002	52.0%	47.0%
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	Asa Hutchinson
Lieutenant Governor	Tim Griffin
Secretary of State	John Thurston
Attorney General	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.

External links

Footnotes

↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022
↑ American Independent Party

[1] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022

[2] American Independent Party

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Arkansas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

Democratic primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

Voting information

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

Past elections

2018

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

2014

Election analysis

Presidential elections

Cook PVI by congressional district

2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2012-2020

Historical voting trends

Statewide elections

U.S. Senate elections

Gubernatorial elections

State partisanship

Congressional delegation

State executive

State legislature

Arkansas State Senate

Arkansas House of Representatives

Trifecta control

Demographics

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