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Mayoral election in Little Rock, Arkansas (2022)

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2022 Little Rock elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: August 19, 2022
General election: November 8, 2022
Runoff election: December 6, 2022
Election stats
Offices up: Mayor
Total seats up: 1 (click here for other city elections)
Election type: Nonpartisan
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The city of Little Rock, Arkansas, held a general election for mayor on November 8, 2022. A runoff election was scheduled for December 6, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was August 19, 2022.

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Candidates and results

General election

General election for Mayor of Little Rock

Incumbent Frank Scott Jr. defeated Steve Landers, Greg Henderson, and Glen Schwarz in the general election for Mayor of Little Rock on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Frank Scott Jr. (Nonpartisan)
 
49.8
 
31,680
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Steve Landers (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
40.7
 
25,879
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Greg Henderson (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
8.0
 
5,069
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Glen Schwarz (Nonpartisan)
 
1.6
 
1,001

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

Total votes: 63,629
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Greg Henderson (Nonpartisan)

Make Little Rock a Great Place to Live by: Prioritizing residents of the city in road/infrastructure planning. Invest in the Arts and Culture of the city. Improve in the pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure and be a regional leader in the Central Arkansas Greenway system. Advance public education by advocating for public schools, incentivizing resident public school teachers, and working to extend learning opportunities for our youth. Work within our homeless and unsheltered communities to ensure the needs of every resident of Little Rock is met, housed or not.

Create Stronger Neighborhoods by: Implement a stronger, more strategic city planning to make sure growth is happening in ways that are best for the long term viability of Little Rock. Prioritize infill by incentivising rebuilding our vacant lots and rehabilitating structures on our unsafe/vacant list. Adjusting centuries old zoning, building, and planning codes to allow for more affordable housing options. Work with City Directors to identify projects in each ward based on the unique and individual needs of the local neighborhoods. Increase cooperation with neighborhood associations to invest in places where people live through grants, neighborhood watches, and community policing.

Invest in Small Businesses by: Create a city based economic development center to plan strategic growth within our business community. Streamline the process for starting a small business and implement a business coordinator as a resource for businesses to get answers and guidance. Focus on retention and expansion efforts for our existing businesses to help them grow. Adjust the city contract bidding process to ensure Little Rock contracts with capable local business when available.
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Steve Landers (Nonpartisan)

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Greg Henderson (Nonpartisan)

I want to work to make sure the Little Rock enjoyed by my kids, and other kids growing up in the city, is better than what we have now. I believe we can experience the change needed in our city to get there without having to compromise our integrity. To do this I want to make sure Little Rock is a great place to live, that we improve our public safety efforts, we strengthen our neighborhoods, and we invest in our small businesses all while making transparency and accountability more important than ever. I am a lifelong citizen of the Little Rock area and a neighbor to 200,000 other people that share this common connection. I believe that the only way we thrive is if we work on building up all of us collectively. I believe that means listening to people who don’t agree with you, collaborating with people that have a different view of the world, and understanding that our collective power as a city is far better when we make decisions with open ears and an open mind. Join me so we can move Little Rock Forward, Together
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Steve Landers (Nonpartisan)

To make Little Rock a safer place for everyone because nothing happens in our city as long as violent crime is rampant. People won't move here, businesses won't come here, and we will lose population and tax revenue in our city. We need accountability in our city from our city employees and transparency to make our public aware of what goes on from our city leaders to the employees. I will be a pro-business mayor that works to get companies with good-paying jobs, with my business past, will be second nature to me. I must keep our employee morale high which is something that I have done my whole business career. I will be a mayor for all the people of Little Rock.


Mayoral partisanship

See also: Partisanship in United States municipal elections (2022)

Eleven state capitals held mayoral elections in 2022. Six Democratic incumbents and one Republican incumbent were re-elected. Three Democrats were elected to succeed outgoing Democratic incumbents. Ballotpedia was unable to determine the partisan affiliation of one state capital mayor who defeated a Republican incumbent.

Once mayors elected in 2022 assumed office, the mayors of 38 state capitals were affiliated with the Democratic Party, five were Republicans, one was independent, and two were nonpartisan. The partisan affiliation of four state capital mayors was unknown.

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About the city

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Little Rock is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas. As of 2020, its population was 202,591.

City government

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The city of Little Rock utilizes a council-manager system. While the mayor serves as the city's chief executive officer and the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body, a city manager, whom the mayor appoints and the city council approves, serves as the city's chief administrative officer.[1]

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock Arkansas
Population 202,591 3,011,524
Land area (sq mi) 120 51,992
Race and ethnicity**
White 49.9% 75.4%
Black/African American 40.9% 15.2%
Asian 3.1% 1.5%
Native American 0.3% 0.6%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.3%
Other (single race) N/A 2.9%
Multiple 2.8% 4%
Hispanic/Latino 7.5% 7.6%
Education
High school graduation rate 91.9% 87.2%
College graduation rate 42.6% 23.8%
Income
Median household income $53,620 $49,475
Persons below poverty level 15.3% 16.1%
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.


See also

Little Rock, Arkansas Arkansas Municipal government Other local coverage
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Footnotes

  1. ↑ City of Little Rock, "Code of Ordinances: Sec. 2-110. - Mayor," accessed August 31, 2021
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