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Richard Womack
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 90
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Arkansas House of Representatives District 18
Successor: Robin Lundstrum

Compensation

Base salary

$44,356/year

Per diem

For legislators residing within 50 miles of the capitol: $59/day. For legislators residing more than 50 miles from the capitol: $166/day.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Benton High School

Bachelor's

Ouachita Baptist University

Personal
Profession
Business owner
Contact

Richard Womack (Republican Party) is a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, representing District 90. He assumed office on January 9, 2023. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Womack (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Arkansas House of Representatives to represent District 90. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Richard Womack lives in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Womack graduated from Benton High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from Ouachita Baptist University. Womack's career experience includes owning and operating a paint and construction firm.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Womack was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Womack was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Womack was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Arkansas committee assignments, 2017
Public Health, Welfare and Labor
State Agencies and Governmental Affairs
Joint Budget

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Womack served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Womack served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 90

Incumbent Richard Womack won election in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 90 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Richard Womack
Richard Womack (R)
 
100.0
 
9,958

Total votes: 9,958
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Richard Womack advanced from the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 90.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Womack in this election.

2022

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 90

Incumbent Richard Womack won election in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 90 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Richard Womack
Richard Womack (R)
 
100.0
 
7,452

Total votes: 7,452
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 90

Incumbent Richard Womack defeated Alan Floyd in the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 90 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Richard Womack
Richard Womack
 
73.7
 
2,579
Alan Floyd
 
26.3
 
919

Total votes: 3,498
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2020

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 18

Incumbent Richard Womack won election in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 18 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Richard Womack
Richard Womack (R)
 
100.0
 
10,128

Total votes: 10,128
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Richard Womack advanced from the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 18.

2018

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent Richard Womack won election in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 18.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 18

Morgan Wiles advanced from the Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 18 on May 22, 2018.


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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 18

Incumbent Richard Womack advanced from the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 18 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
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Richard Womack

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2016

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives 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]

Incumbent Richard Womack defeated Richard Bright in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 18 general election.[3]

Arkansas House of Representatives, District 18 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Richard Womack Incumbent 56.09% 6,499
     Democratic Richard Bright 43.91% 5,088
Total Votes 11,587
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State


Richard Bright ran unopposed in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 18 Democratic Primary.[4][5]

Arkansas House of Representatives, District 18 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Richard Bright  (unopposed)


Incumbent Richard Womack ran unopposed in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 18 Republican Primary.[4][5]

Arkansas House of Representatives, District 18 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Richard Womack Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Arkansas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014; a runoff election took place where necessary on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 3, 2014. Damon Daniels was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Richard Womack was unopposed in the Republican primary. Womack defeated Daniels in the general election.[6][7]

Arkansas House of Representatives, District 18 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Womack Incumbent 54% 4,955
     Democratic Damon Daniels 46% 4,228
Total Votes 9,183

2012

Womack ran in the 2012 election for Arkansas House of Representatives, District 18. Womack ran unopposed in the May 22 Republican primary and defeated Fred Harris (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[8][9][10]

Arkansas House of Representatives, District 18, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Womack 52.8% 5,865
     Democratic Fred W. Harris 47.2% 5,247
Total Votes 11,112

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Richard Womack did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Richard Womack did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2014

Womack's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[11]

Pro-Life

  • Excerpt: "If you believe in the sanctity of human life, if you would like to see Roe v. Wade overturned, if you would like to see Arkansas be the first state to tell Washington, “We are not murderers. We value our citizens (even the pre-term ones),” then vote for me to be YOUR representative in the house."

Jobs/Taxes

  • Excerpt: "As every family around knows, everything is easier with a little more money in our pockets. We all live on a sensible budget and it is time that our government joined us on it. I hope that I can take that sense of fiscal responsibility from your neighborhood to the Arkansas House of Representatives."

Healthcare

  • Excerpt: "I will promise to work diligently with anyone who is genuinely interested in doing the tough work to reform our current system so that first-class medical care is available to anyone who needs it."

Social Programs

  • Excerpt: "I think that one of the greatest things about this country and state is that we care for our own. Problems arise through the abuse of programs when people go from taking a helping hand to reliance."

Campaign finance summary


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Richard Womack campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Arkansas House of Representatives District 90Won general$10,557 $1,232
2022Arkansas House of Representatives District 90Won general$41,249 $35,206
2020Arkansas House of Representatives District 18Won general$8,650 N/A**
2018Arkansas House of Representatives District 18Won general$28,288 N/A**
2016Not FoundWon $93,604 N/A**
2014Not FoundWon $79,456 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Personal

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Womack and his wife have seven children.[13]

See also


External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Kendon Underwood (R)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 90
2023-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
Arkansas House of Representatives District 18
2013-2023
Succeeded by
Robin Lundstrum (R)


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Minority Leader:Andrew Collins
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