Bruce Emerson
Bruce Emerson (Republican Party) ran for election to the Arkansas House of Representatives to represent District 4. He lost in the Republican primary on May 24, 2022.
Emerson was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 99 of the Arkansas House of Representatives.
Elections
2022
See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 4
Incumbent Jack Fortner won election in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jack Fortner (R) | 100.0 | 9,790 |
| Total votes: 9,790 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 4
Incumbent Jack Fortner defeated Bruce Emerson in the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 4 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jack Fortner | 63.4 | 3,714 |
 | Bruce Emerson | 36.6 | 2,148 | |
| Total votes: 5,862 | |||
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2016
Ballotpedia's analysis revealed that only 42 of the 100 seats up for election in 2016 involved competition between Democrats and Republicans. This made it numerically impossible for Democrats to take control of either Arkansas legislative chamber in 2016.
The reason for the low competition was that candidates were in safe districts for their parties. Between 1972 and 2014, an upward trend in uncontested state legislative elections occurred.
The Democratic Party of Arkansas focused its 2016 efforts on the state’s House of Representatives. Without the numbers to win the state Senate, H.L. Moody, communications director for the Democratic Party of Arkansas, told Ballotpedia that the party’s goal was to “start building back where we can,” beginning with the House.
Ballotpedia spoke to political analyst Richard Winger, who said that the early primary deadline for the 2016 elections was a possible factor as well, making it difficult for Democrats to recruit candidates early.
The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing period began at noon local time on November 2, 2015, and ended at noon local time on November 9, 2015.[1] Incumbent Kelley Linck (R) did not seek re-election.
Jack Fortner ran unopposed in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 99 general election.[2]
| Arkansas House of Representatives, District 99 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican |  Jack Fortner (unopposed) | |
| Source: Arkansas Secretary of State | ||
Jack Fortner defeated Bruce Emerson in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 99 Republican Primary.[3][4]
| Arkansas House of Representatives, District 99 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Jack Fortner |
60.42% | 3,204 | |
| Republican | Bruce Emerson | 39.58% | 2,099 | |
| Total Votes | 5,303 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Bruce Emerson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Emerson's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
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| —Bruce Emerson[6] | ||
Recent news
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "2016 Election Dates," accessed November 17, 2015
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election and Nonpartisan Runoff Election," accessed November 23, 2016
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "Candidate Information," accessed July 25, 2016
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Results," accessed April 19, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Emerson for Arkansas, "Values," accessed February 18, 2016
