United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2026
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Arkansas are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect four candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's four U.S. House districts. The primary was March 3, 2026, and a primary runoff is March 31, 2026. The filing deadline was November 12, 2025.
Partisan breakdown
| 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 |
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Rick Crawford (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
- Terri Yarbrough Green (Democratic Party)
- Steve Parsons (Libertarian Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
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
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Rick Crawford (Incumbent) ✔
Minor Party convention candidates
Libertarian Party
District 2
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- French Hill (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
- Chris Jones (Democratic Party)
Democratic primary candidates
Republican primary candidates
- French Hill (Incumbent) ✔
- Chase McDowell
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 3
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Steve Womack (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
- Robb Ryerse (Democratic Party)
- Bobby Wilson (Libertarian Party)
- Christopher Hocevar (Independent)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Steve Womack (Incumbent) ✔
Minor Party convention candidates
Libertarian Party
District 4
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Bruce Westerman (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
- James Russell (Democratic Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Bruce Westerman (Incumbent) ✔
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Arkansas
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
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Arkansas in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Arkansas, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Arkansas | U.S. House | Ballot-qualified party | N/A | Fixed by party | 11/12/2025 | Source |
| Arkansas | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 3% of qualified voters in the district, or 2,000, whichever is less | N/A | 5/1/2026 | Source |
Political context
Click the tabs below to view information about competitiveness, presidential election history, and party control in the state.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2026 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state's U.S. House districts.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
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 2026. Information below was calculated on Nov. 12, 2025, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Eleven candidates — six Democrats and five Republicans — ran for Arkansas’ four U.S. House districts. That’s 2.8 candidates per district. There were 2.3 candidates per district in 2024, three in 2022, 1.8 in 2020, 3.3 in 2018, 1.5 in 2016, and 2.5 in 2014.
No districts were open in 2026, meaning all incumbents — four Republicans — ran for re-election. The last year there was an open district was 2014, when two were open.
Three primaries — two Democratic and one Republican — were contested in 2026. In total, there was one contested primary in 2024, three in 2022, zero in 2020, three in 2018, one in 2016, and two in 2014.
Four candidates — two Democrats and two Republicans — ran for the 2nd district, the most candidates to run for a district in 2026.
Rep. French Hill (R-2nd) was the only incumbent who faced a primary challenger in 2026. There was one incumbent in a contested primary in 2024, three in 2022, none in 2020, two in 2018, one in 2016, and none in 2014.
Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all four districts, meaning no districts were guaranteed to either party.| District | Incumbent | PVI |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas' 1st | Rick Crawford | R+23 |
| Arkansas' 2nd | French Hill | R+8 |
| Arkansas' 3rd | Steve Womack | R+13 |
| Arkansas' 4th | Bruce Westerman | R+20 |
| District | Kamala Harris | Donald Trump |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas' 1st | 26.0% | 72.0% |
| Arkansas' 2nd | 41.0% | 57.0% |
| Arkansas' 3rd | 36.0% | 61.0% |
| Arkansas' 4th | 29.0% | 69.0% |
| Source: The Downballot | ||
Arkansas presidential election results (1900-2024)
- 20 Democratic wins
- 11 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 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | R |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Arkansas' congressional delegation as of October 2025.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Arkansas | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 October 2025.
| Office | Officeholder |
|---|---|
| Governor | Sarah Huckabee Sanders |
| Lieutenant Governor | Leslie Rutledge |
| Secretary of State | Cole Jester |
| Attorney General | Tim Griffin |
State legislature
Arkansas State Senate
| Party | As of October 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 6 | |
| Republican Party | 28 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 1 | |
| Total | 35 | |
Arkansas House of Representatives
| Party | As of October 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 19 | |
| Republican Party | 80 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 1 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Trifecta control
Arkansas Party Control: 1992-2025
Eleven years of Democratic trifectas • Eleven 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| 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 | 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 | 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 | R | R | R |
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
