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United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2022
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Arkansas were on November 8, 2022. Voters elected four candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's four U.S. House districts. The primary was scheduled for May 24, 2022, and a primary runoff was scheduled for June 21, 2022. The filing deadline was March 1, 2022.
Partisan breakdown
| Members of the U.S. House from Arkansas -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2022 | After the 2022 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Republican Party | 4 | 4 | |
| Total | 4 | 4 | |
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
- Rick Crawford (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Monte Hodges (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Roger Daugherty (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Republican primary candidates
- Rick Crawford (Incumbent) ✔
- Jody Shackelford
- Brandt Smith
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 2
General election candidates
- French Hill (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Quintessa Hathaway (Democratic Party)
- Michael White (Libertarian Party)
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Republican primary candidates
- French Hill (Incumbent) ✔
- Conrad Reynolds
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Minor Party convention candidates
Libertarian Party
District 3
General election candidates
- Steve Womack (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Lauren Mallett-Hays (Democratic Party)
- Michael Kalagias (Libertarian Party)
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Republican primary candidates
- Steve Womack (Incumbent) ✔
- Neil Kumar
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Minor Party convention candidates
Libertarian Party
District 4
General election candidates
- Bruce Westerman (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- John White (Democratic Party)
- Gregory Maxwell (Libertarian Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Bruce Westerman (Incumbent) ✔
Minor Party convention candidates
Libertarian Party
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]
Click the following links to see the race ratings in each of the state's U.S. House districts:
- Arkansas' 1st Congressional District
- Arkansas' 2nd Congressional District
- Arkansas' 3rd Congressional District
- Arkansas' 4th Congressional District
Ballot access
For information on candidate ballot access requirements in Arkansas, click here.
Election analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District maps - A map of the state's districts before and after redistricting.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
District map
Below were the district maps in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the maps in place before the election.
Arkansas Congressional Districts
until January 2, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Arkansas Congressional Districts
starting January 3, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Arkansas.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Arkansas in 2022. Information below was calculated on April 8, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
In 2022, 16 candidates filed to run for Arkansas' four U.S. House districts, including eight Republicans, four Democrats, three Libertarians, and one independent. That's an average of 4 candidates per district, more than the 2.3 candidates per district in 2020 and fewer than the 5.5 in 2018.
This was the first candidate filing deadline under new district lines adopted during the redistricting process following the 2020 Census. Arkansas was apportioned the same number of congressional districts as after the 2010 census.
Incumbents filed to run in every election. The last time Arkansas had an open U.S. House district was during the 2014 elections when two incumbents didn't run. Of the four incumbents who filed for re-election, one—Rep. Bruce Westerman (R)—did not draw any primary challengers. As of the filing deadline, the three remaining incumbents faced contested primaries, marking the highest number of incumbents in contested primaries (3, or 75%) since at least 2012. The second-highest was in 2018 when two incumbents (50% of those seeking re-election) faced contested primaries. No incumbents had primary challengers in 2020.
Presidential elections
As a result of redistricting following the 2020 census, many district boundaries changed. As a result, analysis of the presidential vote in each of these new districts is not yet available. Once that analysis is available, it will be published here.
Arkansas presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 20 Democratic wins
- 10 Republican wins
- 1 other win
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winning Party | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | AI[5] | R | D | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R |
State party control
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Arkansas' congressional delegation as of November 2022.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Arkansas, November 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 4 | 6 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Arkansas' top four state executive offices as of November 2022.
| State executive officials in Arkansas, November 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | Asa Hutchinson
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| Lieutenant Governor | Tim Griffin
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| Secretary of State | John Thurston
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| Attorney General | Leslie Rutledge
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State legislature
The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Arkansas State Legislature as of November 2022.
Arkansas State Senate
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 7 | |
| Republican Party | 27 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | |
Arkansas House of Representatives
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 22 | |
| Republican Party | 78 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, Arkansas was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
Arkansas Party Control: 1992-2022
Eleven years of Democratic trifectas • Eight years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Redistricting following the 2020 census
On December 29, 2021, new state House and Senate district maps went into effect.[6] The Arkansas Board of Apportionment—made up of the governor, secretary of state, and attorney general—initially displayed these maps on Oct. 29, 2021, beginning a month-long public comment period.[7] The board met on Nov. 29 to incorporate feedback and then voted 3-0 in favor of the final maps. These maps took effect for Arkansas' 2022 legislative elections.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ American Independent Party
- ↑ Democracy Docket, "Arkansas State Conference NAACP v. The Arkansas Board of Apportionment complaint," Dec. 29, 2021
- ↑ Arkansas Online, "Arkansas board accepts redrawn legislative district maps," Oct. 30, 2021
