Arkansas

With less than 30 days until filing deadline, some Arkansas races come into focus Feb 01, 2012

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas: One of the major publications in Arkansas, The City Wire, detailed a few developments in the upcoming 2012 legislative elections in Arkansas.

The battles for State Senate and State House partisan control are likely to be hotly contested this year. The signature filing deadline for candidates is March 1, 2012. All 35 Senate and all 100 House seats are up for election.

Some recent developments:

• Steve Harrelson (D) is expected to face both a primary challenge and a general election opponent. He won a close primary race in 2010 and then ran unopposed in the general election.
• Former U.S. House representative David Whitaker is expected to run for election to the Arkansas House of Representatives, representing District 85.^[1]

In 2010, 10 of the 17 seats had only one major party candidate in the general election.

State executives
Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Attorney General • Secretary of State • Treasurer • Auditor of State • Commissioner of Education • Commissioner of Insurance • Secretary of Agriculture • Executive Director of Natural Resources Commission • Director of Labor • Chair of Public Service Commission

State legislature
State Legislature • House of Representatives • Senate • Legislative Auditor

Other
Constitution • Supreme Court

Arkansas Counties
Arkansas • Ashley • Baxter • Benton • Boone • Bradley • Calhoun • Carroll • Chicot • Clark • Clay • Cleburne • Cleveland • Columbia • Conway • Craighead • Crawford • Crittenden • Cross • Dallas • Desha • Drew • Faulkner • Franklin • Fulton • Garland • Grant • Greene • Hempstead • Hot Spring • Howard • Independence • Izard • Jackson • Jefferson • Johnson • Lafayette • Lawrence • Lee • Lincoln • Little River • Logan • Lonoke • Madison • Marion • Miller • Mississippi • Monroe • Montgomery • Nevada • Newton • Ouachita • Perry • Phillips • Pike • Poinsett • Polk • Pope • Prairie • Pulaski • Randolph • Saline • Scott • Searcy • Sebastian • Sevier • Sharp • St. Francis • Stone • Union • Van Buren • Washington • White • Woodruff • Yell

Voting and elections

• 2012 U.S. House elections
• Senate elections, 2012
• House elections, 2012
• State ballot measures (2011 and 2012)
• Local ballot measures
• Redistricting in Arkansas
• Arkansas local liquor options
• Vote fraud
• School bond issues
• Public Financing of Campaigns

Laws and history

• Procedures for qualifying an initiative
• Signature requirements
• Campaign finance requirements
• Laws governing the initiative process
• State history of initiatives and referendum

Media and activism

• Newspapers and blogs
• Political organizations

• Articles you can improve:
  • Governor of Arkansas
  • Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
  • Campaign finance requirements for Arkansas ballot measures
• Join the The Arkansas Project on Ballotpedia.
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Transparency and Judiciary

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