Elvis Presley

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Elvis Presley

Independent

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Elvis Presley (independent) ran for election for Governor of Arkansas. He lost as a write-in in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Presley was a 2018 Libertarian candidate for Arkansas' 1st Congressional District.

Elections

2022

See also: Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Governor of Arkansas

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Arkansas on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R)	63.0	571,105
		Chris Jones (D)	35.2	319,242
		Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. (L)	1.8	16,690
	Submit photo	Jason Tate (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Dan Nelson (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Michael Woodard (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Elvis Presley (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 907,037
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Arkansas

Chris Jones defeated Anthony Bland, Jay Martin, James Russell, and Supha Xayprasith-Mays in the Democratic primary for Governor of Arkansas on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Jones	70.4	66,540
		Anthony Bland	9.6	9,055
		Jay Martin	8.2	7,731
		James Russell	6.8	6,421
		Supha Xayprasith-Mays	5.0	4,725

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,472
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Arkansas

Sarah Huckabee Sanders defeated Doc Washburn in the Republican primary for Governor of Arkansas on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sarah Huckabee Sanders	83.1	289,249
		Doc Washburn	16.9	58,638

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 347,887
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tim Griffin (R)
• Leslie Rutledge (R)
• Leticia Sanders (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Governor of Arkansas

Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. advanced from the Libertarian convention for Governor of Arkansas on February 20, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. (L)

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2018

See also: Arkansas' 1st Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Arkansas District 1

Incumbent Rick Crawford defeated Chintan Desai and Elvis Presley in the general election for U.S. House Arkansas District 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rick Crawford (R)	68.9	138,757
		Chintan Desai (D)	28.8	57,907
		Elvis Presley (L)	2.3	4,581

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 201,245 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arkansas District 1

Chintan Desai advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arkansas District 1 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Chintan Desai

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Robert Butler (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Arkansas District 1

Incumbent Rick Crawford advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Arkansas District 1 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Rick Crawford

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2016

See also: Arkansas State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Arkansas State Senate took place in 2016. 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.

Incumbent Eddie Cheatham defeated Elvis Presley in the Arkansas State Senate District 26 general election.

Arkansas State Senate, District 26 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Eddie Cheatham Incumbent	78.67%	21,040
	Libertarian	Elvis Presley	21.33%	5,703
Total Votes				26,743
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State

Incumbent Eddie Cheatham ran unopposed in the Arkansas State Senate District 26 Democratic Primary.

Arkansas State Senate, District 26 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Eddie Cheatham Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Arkansas down ballot state executive elections, 2014

Presley ran for election to the office of Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.

Results

Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Thurston Incumbent	57.2%	471,848
	Democratic	Mark Robertson	36.6%	302,048
	Libertarian	Elvis D. Presley	6.2%	51,518
Total Votes				825,414
Election results via Arkansas Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2022

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Campaign finance summary

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Elvis Presley campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2018	U.S. House Arkansas District 1	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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