2022 Arkansas Senate election

Not to be confused with 2022 United States Senate election in Arkansas.

2022 Arkansas Senate election

November 8, 2022
All 35 seats in the Arkansas Senate 18 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jimmy Hickey Jr. Keith Ingram Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 11, 2021 January 15, 2013 Leader's seat 1st 24th Seats before 28 7 Seats after 29 6 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 591,186 187,923 Percentage 71.77% 22.81% Swing 0.20% 5.22%
Results:      Republican hold      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Democratic gain Republican:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100% Democratic:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%
President Pro Tempore before election Jimmy Hickey Jr. Republican Elected President Pro Tempore Bart Hester Republican

The 2022 Arkansas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections. Arkansas voters elected state senators to the Arkansas Senate in 18 of the state's 35 senate districts. The primary elections in March 2022 determined which candidates would appear on the November 8, 2022, general election ballot.

Composition

Partisan control by district before the 2022 elections

Senate partisan control following the 2022 elections

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
Before election	28	7	35
After election	29	6	35
Change	1	1

Retirements

Democrats

1. District 10: Larry Teague retired.
2. District 24: Keith Ingram retired due to term limits.
3. District 31: Joyce Elliott retired due to term limits.

Independents

1. District 2: Jim Hendren retired.

Republicans

1. District 3: Cecile Bledsoe retired.
2. District 7: Colby Fulfer retired.
3. District 8: Mathew Pitsch retired to run for treasurer of Arkansas.
4. District 27: Trent Garner retired.
5. District 35: Jason Rapert retired to run for lieutenant governor of Arkansas.

Incumbents defeated

In primaries

Republicans

1. District 3: Charles Beckham lost renomination to former Magnolia, Arkansas City Councilman Steve Crowell after being redistricted from District 12.
2. District 6: Bill Sample lost renomination to Garland County Justice of the Peace Matt McKee after being redistricted from District 14.
3. District 22: James Sturch lost renomination to House Representative John Payton after being redistricted from District 19.
4. District 28: Bob Ballinger lost renomination to former senator Bryan King after being redistricted from District 5.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe R	May 19, 2022

Summary

• Note: All districts were renumbered following the redistricting process.

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st	Ben Gilmore		Rep	Ben Gilmore		Rep
2nd	Jim Hendren		Ind	Matt Stone		Rep
3th	Charles Beckham		Rep	Steve Crowell		Rep
	Cecile Bledsoe
4th	Jimmy Hickey Jr.		Rep	Jimmy Hickey Jr.		Rep
5th	Terry Rice		Rep	Terry Rice		Rep
6th	Bill Sample		Rep	Matt Mckee		Rep
7th	Alan Clark		Rep	Alan Clark		Rep
	Colby Fulfer
8th	Stephanie Flowers		Dem	Stephanie Flowers		Dem
	Mathew Pitsch		Rep
9th	New seat			Reginald Murdock		Dem
10th	Ron Caldwell		Rep	Ron Caldwell		Rep
	Larry Teague		Dem
11th	Ricky Hill		Rep	Ricky Hill		Rep
12th	Linda Chesterfield		Dem	Linda Chesterfield		Dem
13th	Jane English		Rep	Jane English		Rep
14th	Clarke Tucker		Dem	Clarke Tucker		Dem
15th	New seat			Fredrick Love		Dem
16th	Kim Hammer		Rep	Kim Hammer		Rep
17th	Mark Johnson		Rep	Mark Johnson		Rep
18th	Jonathan Dismang		Rep	Jonathan Dismang		Rep
19th	Dave Wallace		Rep	Dave Wallace		Rep
20th	Dan Sullivan		Rep	Dan Sullivan		Rep
21st	Blake Johnson		Rep	Blake Johnson		Rep
22nd	James Sturch		Rep	John Payton		Rep
23rd	Scott Flippo		Rep	Scott Flippo		Rep
24th	Missy Irvin		Rep	Missy Irvin		Rep
	Keith Ingram		Dem
25th	Breanne Davis		Rep	Breanne Davis		Rep
26th	Gary Stubblefield		Rep	Gary Stubblefield		Rep
27th	Trent Garner		Rep	Justin Boyd		Rep
28th	Bob Ballinger		Rep	Bryan King		Rep
29th	New seat			Jim Petty		Rep
30th	Greg Leding		Dem	Greg Leding		Dem
31st	Joyce Elliott		Dem	Clint Penzo		Rep
32nd	New seat			Joshua Bryant		Rep
33rd	Bart Hester		Rep	Bart Hester		Rep
34th	New seat			Jim Dotson		Rep
35th	Jason Rapert		Rep	Tyler Dees		Rep

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 9, 7.02%
2. District 13, 8.12%

Detailed results

District 1

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 1st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Gilmore (incumbent)	21,580	100.00
Total votes			21,580	100.00
	Republican hold

District 2

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 2nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Stone	17,791	67.76
	Democratic	Garry Smith	8,466	32.24
Total votes			26,257	100.00
	Republican hold

District 3

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 3rd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alderman Steve Crowell	13,844	100.00
Total votes			13,844	100.00
	Republican hold

District 4

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 4th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Hickey Jr. (incumbent)	17,715	79.08
	Independent	Lonny M. Goodwin	4,687	20.92
Total votes			22,402	100.00

District 5

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 5th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Terry Rice (incumbent)	23,275	100.00
Total votes			23,275	100.00
	Republican hold

District 6

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 6th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt McKee	21,453	69.74
	Democratic	Cortney Warwick McKee	9,307	30.26
Total votes			30,760	100.00

District 7

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 7th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan Clark (incumbent)	23,852	100.00
Total votes			23,852	100.00
	Republican hold

District 8

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 8th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Flowers (incumbent)	13,959	72.57
	Libertarian	David Dinwiddie	5,275	27.43
Total votes			19,234	100.00

District 9

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 9th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Reginald Murdock	10,119	53.51
	Republican	Terry Fuller	8,793	46.49
Total votes			18,912	100.00

District 10

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 10th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ronald Caldwell (incumbent)	17,753	72.49
	Democratic	Cliff Hart	6,736	27.51
Total votes			24,489	100.00

District 11

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 11th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ricky Hill (incumbent)	22,013	100.00
Total votes			22,013	100.00
	Republican hold

District 12

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 12th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Chesterfield (incumbent)	15,990	100.00
Total votes			15,990	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 13

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 13th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jane English (incumbent)	16,522	52.45
	Democratic	Allison Sweatman	13,963	44.33
	Libertarian	Noah Jones	1,014	3.22
Total votes			31,499	100.00

District 14

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 14th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarke Tucker (incumbent)	23,273	63.50
	Republican	Beth Mason	13,375	36.50
Total votes			36,648	100.00

District 15

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 15th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fredrick Love	16,325	86.15
	Libertarian	Charles Guidry	2,625	13.85
Total votes			18,950	100.00

District 16

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 16th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kim Hammer (incumbent)	20,738	75.72
	Libertarian	Jaron Salazar	6,649	24.28
Total votes			27,387	100.00

District 17

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 17th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Johnson (incumbent)	16,835	58.72
	Democratic	David Barber	11,834	41.28
Total votes			28,669	100.00

District 18

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 18th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jonathan Dismang (incumbent)	21,632	80.43
	Democratic	Nick Cartwright	4,383	16.30
	Libertarian	James Burk	882	3.28
Total votes			26,897	100.00

District 19

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 19th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Wallace (incumbent)	17,507	100.00
Total votes			17,507	100.00
	Republican hold

District 20

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 20th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Sullivan (incumbent)	12,951	62.35
	Democratic	Chenoa Summers	7,820	37.65
Total votes			20,771	100.00

District 21

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 21st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blake Johnson (incumbent)	18,671	83.85
	Libertarian	Alfred Holland III	3,596	16.15
Total votes			22,267	100.00

District 22

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 22nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Payton	24,186	100.00
Total votes			24,186	100.00
	Republican hold

District 23

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 23rd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Flippo (incumbent)	23,951	79.73
	Democratic	Derek Huber	6,088	20.27
Total votes			30,039	100.00

District 24

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 24th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Missy Irvin (incumbent)	28,789	100.00
Total votes			28,789	100.00
	Republican hold

District 25

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 25th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Breanne Davis (incumbent)	20,965	100.00
Total votes			20,965	100.00
	Republican hold

District 26

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 26th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Stubblefield (incumbent)	21,272	83.78
	Libertarian	Gabriel Andreuccetti	4,117	16.22
Total votes			25,389	100.00

District 27

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 27th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin Boyd	11,765	63.57
	Democratic	Rebecca Ward	6,741	36.43
Total votes			18,506	100.00

District 28

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 28th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryan King	21,768	75.96
	Democratic	Jim Wallace	6,888	24.04
Total votes			28,656	100.00

District 29

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 29th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Petty	23,021	100.00
Total votes			23,021	100.00
	Republican hold

District 30

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 30th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Greg Leding (incumbent)	19,226	100.00
Total votes			19,226	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 31

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 31st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clint Penzo	10,265	60.13
	Democratic	Lisa Parks	6,805	39.87
Total votes			17,070	100.00

District 32

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 32nd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joshua Bryant	18,022	100.00
Total votes			18,022	100.00
	Republican hold

District 33

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 33rd district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bart Hester (incumbent)	21,122	100.00
Total votes			21,122	100.00
	Republican hold

District 34

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 34th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Dotson	21,349	69.80
	Libertarian	J.P. DeVilliers	9,236	30.20
Total votes			30,585	100.00

District 35

2022 Arkansas Senate election, 35th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tyler Dees	18,411	73.68
	Libertarian	Doug Peterson	6,578	26.32
Total votes			24,989	100.00

See also

• 2022 Arkansas elections
• 2022 Arkansas House of Representatives election
• Arkansas Senate
• List of Arkansas General Assemblies