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Arkansas state legislative election results, 2024
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The sections below contain analysis of election results in the state legislative elections for Arkansas in 2024.
General election results
Senate
- See also: Arkansas State Senate elections, 2024
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Retiring incumbents
Senate
One incumbent did not file for re-election in 2024.[1] This number was tied with 2020 as the smallest number of retirements since Ballotpedia began gathering data in 2010. Those incumbents were:
| Name | Party | Office |
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| Linda Chesterfield |  Democratic |
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One incumbent did not file for re-election in 2024.[2] This number was tied with 2020 as the smallest number of retirements since Ballotpedia began gathering data in 2010. Those incumbents were:
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| Linda Chesterfield | Democratic |
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House
Twelve incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[3] This was the second-smallest number of retirements since Ballotpedia began gathering data in 2010. Those incumbents were:
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in Arkansas. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Arkansas in 2024. Information below was calculated on Feb. 28, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Arkansas had 24 contested state legislative primaries in 2024, a 61% decrease from 2022.
Of the 24 contested primaries, there were 10 for Democrats and 14 for Republicans. For Democrats, this was the same as in 2022, and a decade high. For Republicans, the number was down 73% from 52 in 2022.
Ten incumbents faced primary challenges, representing 10% of all incumbents running for re-election. This was lower than in 2022 and 2018 but roughly the same as in 2020 and 2016.
Of the 10 incumbents in contested primaries, four were Democrats and six were Republicans.
Overall, 203 major party candidates — 86 Democrats and 117 Republicans — filed to run. All 100 House and 18 of 35 Senate seats were up for election.
Thirteen of those seats were open, meaning no incumbents filed. This guaranteed that at least 11% of seats up for election would be represented by newcomers in 2025.
Senate
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Arkansas State Senate from 2010 to 2024.[4]
| Open Seats in Arkansas State Senate elections: 2010 - 2024 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 18 | 1 (6 percent) | 17 (94 percent) |
| 2022 | 35 | 9 (26 percent) | 26 (74 percent) |
| 2020 | 17 | 1 (6 percent) | 16 (94 percent) |
| 2018 | 18 | 4 (22 percent) | 14 (78 percent) |
| 2016 | 17 | 2 (12 percent) | 15 (88 percent) |
| 2014 | 18 | 2 (11 percent) | 16 (89 percent) |
| 2012 | 35 | 11 (31 percent) | 24 (69 percent) |
| 2010 | 17 | 13 (76 percent) | 4 (24 percent) |
House
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2010 to 2024.[5]
| Open Seats in Arkansas House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2024 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 100 | 12 (12 percent) | 88 (88 percent) |
| 2022 | 100 | 23 (23 percent) | 77 (77 percent) |
| 2020 | 100 | 10 (10 percent) | 90 (90 percent) |
| 2018 | 100 | 19 (19 percent) | 81 (81 percent) |
| 2016 | 100 | 13 (13 percent) | 87 (87 percent) |
| 2014 | 100 | 29 (29 percent) | 71 (71 percent) |
| 2012 | 100 | 36 (36 percent) | 64 (64 percent) |
| 2010 | 100 | 40 (40 percent) | 60 (60 percent) |
See also
- Elections
- Elections calendar
- Elections by state and year
- State Poll Opening and Closing Times
- State legislative elections, 2024
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
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