Thomas Akin
Thomas Akin was a 2015 special election Republican candidate for District 16 of the Arkansas State Senate.[1]
Elections
2015
Thomas Akin, Stan Berry and Greg Standridge faced off in the Republican primary on January 13, 2015. No Democratic candidates filed to run.[1] Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Berry and Standridge, met in a runoff election on February 10, which Standridge won.[2][3] Standridge was unoppposed in the special election on April 14.[4]
The seat was vacant following Michael Lamoureux's (R) appointment as Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson's (R) chief of staff and transition director.[5]
A special election for the position of Arkansas State Senate District 16 was called for April 14. A primary election took place on Jaunary 13, 2015, with a runoff on February 10. Because candidates from only one party filed to run, the primary became the special election. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was December 1, 2014.[6]
| Arkansas State Senate, District 16, Special Runoff Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Greg Standridge |
53.6% | 2,675 | |
| Republican | Stan Berry | 46.4% | 2,313 | |
| Total Votes | 4,988 | |||
| Arkansas State Senate, District 16, Special Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Greg Standridge |
47.8% | 2,124 | |
| Republican | Stan Berry |
41.1% | 1,826 | |
| Republican | Thomas Akin | 11% | 490 | |
| Total Votes | 4,440 | |||
Recent news
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See also
- Arkansas State Senate
- Arkansas State Senate District 16
- Arkansas State Legislature
- State legislative special elections, 2015
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "Special Election for Senate District 16," accessed December 3, 2014
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed February 25, 2015
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State, "Official primary runoff election results," accessed March 18, 2015
- ↑ arkansasonline.com, "1-candidate election nets 110 ballots," accessed April 16, 2015
- ↑ Arkansas Business, "Michael Lamoureux Resigns to Work for Asa Hutchinson," November 11, 2014
- ↑ The Republic, "Arkansas governor sets April 14 special election to fill vacant state Senate seat," November 21, 2014
