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Grant Brand
Grant Brand was a 2016 Libertarian candidate for District 95 of the Arkansas House of Representatives.
Brand was a 2014 Libertarian candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 3rd Congressional District of Arkansas.[1] Grant Brand lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Elections
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.[2]
Austin McCollum defeated Grant Brand in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 95 general election.[3]
| Arkansas House of Representatives, District 95 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Austin McCollum |
75.85% | 10,012 | |
| Libertarian | Grant Brand | 24.15% | 3,188 | |
| Total Votes | 13,200 | |||
| Source: Arkansas Secretary of State | ||||
Austin McCollum defeated incumbent Sue Scott in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 95 Republican Primary.[4][5]
| Arkansas House of Representatives, District 95 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Austin McCollum |
56.05% | 3,328 | |
| Republican | Sue Scott Incumbent | 43.95% | 2,610 | |
| Total Votes | 5,938 | |||
2014
Brand ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Arkansas' 3rd District. Brand won the Libertarian nomination in the primary on May 20, 2014. He was defeated by incumbent Steve Womack (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Steve Womack Incumbent |
79.4% | 151,630 | |
| Libertarian | Grant Brand | 20.6% | 39,305 | |
| Total Votes | 190,935 | |||
| Source: Arkansas Secretary of State | ||||
Recent news
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Arkansas' 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014
- Arkansas' 3rd Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed March 4, 2014
- ↑ 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
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "Election 2014," November 4, 2014
