LIST: Who filed to run for office on the first day of Arkansas’ 2024 filing period?

By: - November 6, 2023 7:09 pm
Candidates gather in the Arkansas Capitol to file for the 2024 ballot

Monday was the first day of candidate filing in the state of Arkansas. Candidates filled out paperwork and officially registered as candidates with the secretary of state’s office in Little Rock. The event was held in the rotunda of the state capitol. (John Sykes/Arkansas Advocate)

Candidates began filing for office at noon Monday in the Arkansas Capitol.

Here’s who filed on the first day*:

U.S. President

President Joe Biden (D)

Ron DeSantis (R)

Nikki Haley (R)

Vivek Ramaswamy (R)

Donald Trump (R)

 

ARKANSAS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION

U.S. Congress District 01

Rodney Govens (D)

 

U.S. Congress District 02

Rep. French Hill (R)

Marcus Jones (D)

 

U.S. Congress District 03

Caitlin Draper (D)

 

U.S. Congress District 04

Rep. Bruce Westerman (R)

 

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT

State Supreme Court Chief Justice Position 1

Justice Barbara Womack Webb

 

State Supreme Court Associate Justice Position 2

Judge Carlton Jones

 

State Supreme Court Associate Justice Position 5

Justice Shawn Womack

 

ARKANSAS CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE

State Treasurer

Sec. of State John Thurston (R)

 

ARKANSAS SENATE

Senate District 01

Sen. Ben Gilmore (R)

 

Senate District 03

Sen. Steve Crowell (R)

 

Senate District 06

Sen. Matt McKee (R)

 

Senate District 08

Sen. Stephanie Flowers (D)

 

Senate District 12

Rep. Jamie Scott (D)

 

Senate District 17

Sen. Mark Johnson (R)

 

Senate District 19

Tommy Wayne Wagner Jr. (R)

 

Senate District 20

Sen. Dan Sullivan (R)

 

Senate District 22

Sen. John Payton (R)

 

Senate District 23

Sen. Scott Flippo (R)

 

Senate District 25

Michelle Justice (D)

 

Senate District 29

Sen. Jim Petty (R)

 

Senate District 34

Rep. Jim Dotson (R)

Kaylee Wedgeworth (D)

 

ARKANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

House District 1

Rep. Jeremy Wooldridge (R)

 

House District 3

Rep. Stetson Painter (R)

 

House District 4

Jason Nazarenko (R)

 

House District 5

Rep. Ron McNair (R)

Jim Hall (I)

 

House District 6

Rep. Harlan Breaux (R)

 

House District 7

Rep. Brit McKenzie (R)

David McPherson (D)

 

House District 9

Rep. DeAnna Hodges (R)

Diana Gonzales Worthen (D)

 

House District 10

Rep. Mindy McAlindon (R)

Kate Schaffer (D)

 

House District 11

Rep. Rebecca Burkes (R)

 

House District 12

David Barber (D)

 

House District 13

Rep. Scott Richardson (R)

Ashley Sheys (D) 

 

House District 14

Nick Burkes (R)

 

House District 15

Rep. John Carr (R)

 

House District 17

Jeremey Criner (R)

 

House District 18

Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R)

 

House District 19

Rep. Steve Unger (R)

 

House District 21

Rep. Nicole Clowney (D)

 

House District 22

Rep. David Whitaker (D)

 

House District 23

Rep. Kendra Moore (R)

 

House District 24

Ty Bates (R)

Ryan Intchauspe (D)

 

House District 25

Rep. Chad Puryear (R)

 

House District 26

James Eaton (R)

 

House District 27

Rep. Steven Walker (R)

Timmy Reid (R)

 

House District 30

Rep. Fran Cavenaugh (R)

 

House District 32

Rep. Jack Ladyman (R)

Brandt Smith (R)

 

House District 33

Rep. Jon Milligan (R)

 

House District 34

Desmond Hammett (D)

 

House District 35

Jessie McGruder (D)

Robert Thorne (R)

Raymond Whiteside (D)

 

House District 36

Rep. Johnny Rye (R)

 

House District 37

Rep. Steve Hollowell (R)

Lisa Head (D)

 

House District 38

Rep. Dwight Tosh (R)

 

House District 39

Rep. Wayne Long (R)

 

House District 41

Jerry Holmes (R)

Tom Nowlin (D)

 

House District 42

Rep. Stephen Meeks (R)

Lauren Faulk (D)

 

House District 43

Rep. Rick Beck (R)

 

House District 44

Rep. Stan Berry (R)

 

House District 45

Rep. Aaron Pilkington (R)

 

House District 46

Rep. Jon Eubanks (R)

 

House District 48

Rep. Ryan Rose (R)

 

House District 49

Rep. Jay Richardson (D)

 

House District 50

Robin McCray (D)

 

House District 51

Rep. Cindy Crawford (R)

Jeff Burks (R)

Jane-Ellen Udouj-Kutchka (D)

 

House District 52

Rep. Marcus Richmond (R)

 

House District 53

Rep. Matt Duffield (R)

Amie Gates (D)

 

House District 54

Rep. Mary Bentley (R)

 

House District 55

Rep. Matt Brown (R)

 

House District 57

Rep. Cameron Cooper (R)

 

House District 60

Rep. Roger Lynch (R)

 

House District 61

Jeremiah Moore (R)

 

House District 64

Rep. Ken Ferguson (D)

 

House District 67

Rep. Karilyn Brown (R)

 

House District 68

Rep. Brian Evans (R)

 

House District 69

Rep. David Ray (R)

 

House District 70

Rep. Carlton Wing (R)

 

House District 71

Cassandra Green (D)

 

House District 73

Rep. Andrew Collins (D)

 

House District 74

Rep. Tippi McCullough (D)

 

House District 75

Rep. Ashley Hudson (D)

 

House District 76

Rep. Joy Springer (D)

Ryan Davis (D)

 

House District 77

Rep. Fred Allen (D)

Grant Smith (D)

 

House District 78

Rep. Keith Brooks (R)

 

House District 79

Rep. Tara Shephard (D)

 

House District 80

Rep. Denise Ennett (D)

 

House District 81

Rep. RJ Hawk (R)

 

House District 82

Rep. Tony Furman (R)

 

House District 83

Paul Childress (R)

Teresa Dannaway (D)

Ken Yang (R)

 

House District 84

Rep. Les Warren (R)

 

House District 85

Rep. Richard McGrew (R)

 

House District 86

Rep. John Maddox (R)

Bill Bradshaw (D)

 

House District 87

Rep. DeAnn Vaught (R)

 

House District 88

Robert Bradford (R)

 

House District 89

Rep. Justin Gonzales (R)

 

House District 91

Rep. Bruce Cozart (R)

 

House District 93

Rep. Mike Holcomb (R)

 

House District 94

Rep. Jeffrey Wardlaw (R)

 

House District 95

Rep. Howard Beaty Jr. (R)

 

House District 98

Rep. Wade Andrews (R)

 

House District 99

Rep. Lane Jean (R)

 

House District 100

Rep. Carol Dalby (R)

 

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CIRCUIT COURT

Circuit Judge, District 13, Division 04

John Thomas Shepherd

 

Circuit Judge, District 18-East, Division 04

Judge Meredith Blaise Switzer

 

COURT OF APPEALS

Court of Appeals Associate Judge District 06, Position 01

Pam Hathaway

Molly McNulty

Judge Casey Tucker

 

Court of Appeals Associate Judge District 07

Judge Waymond M. Brown

 

PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

Prosecuting Attorney, District 19-West

Bryan Sexton

 

DISTRICT COURT

State District Judge District 01, Division 01

District Judge Chris M. Griffin

 

State District Judge District 01, Division 02

Judge Ray Bunch

 

State District Judge District 01, Division 03

Judge A.J. Anglin

 

State District Judge District 01, Division 04

Judge Jeff Conner

 

State District Judge District 02, Division 01

Taylor Samples

Mark N. Scalise

 

State District Judge District 02, Division 02

Judge Graham H. Nations

 

State District Judge District 02, Division 03

Judge Clinton (Casey) Jones

 

State District Judge District 03

Judge Dale Ramsey

 

State District Judge District 05

Rinda Baker

Arron Edwards

Lena Pinkerton

 

State District Judge District 06, Fort Smith 01

District Judge Sam Terry

Jim O’Hern

 

State District Judge District 06, Fort Smith 02

Judge Wendy Sharum

 

State District Judge District 06, Fort Smith 03

District Judge Amy Grimes

William Whitfield Hyman

 

State District Judge District 06, Greenwood

District Judge Michael Wagoner

 

State District Judge District 07

State District Judge Sarah Capp

 

State District Judge District 08

Carol Collins

Deidre Luker

 

State District Judge District 09, Division 01

Evan David Hogue

 

State District Judge District 09, Division 02

David Hogue

Lorie Mason Jordan

Phil Murphy

Landon Sanders

 

State District Judge District 11, Division 01

Judge Mark R. Johnson

 

State District Judge District 11, Division 02

Judge Alexander S. Bigger

 

State District Judge District 12

District Judge Brian Mueller

 

State District Judge District 13

Judge Lance Wright

 

State District Judge District 14

Judge Chaney Taylor

 

State District Judge District 15

District Judge Henry Boyce

 

State District Judge District 16, Division 01

Judge B. Park Eldridge Jr.

Judge J. Baxter Sharp III

 

State District Judge District 16, Division 02

District Judge Elizabeth Skinner

 

State District Judge District 17

Judge Dan Stidham

 

State District Judge District 18, Chickasawba

Judge Shannon Langston

 

State District Judge District 18, Osceola

Judge Catherine Palmer Dean

 

State District Judge District 19, Division 01

District Court Judge David Kueter Boling

 

State District Judge District 19, Division 02

Judge Tommy Fowler

 

State District Judge District 20

Judge Ron Hunter

 

State District Judge District 21

Tyler Ginn

Tiarra Tanner

 

State District Judge District 22

State District Judge Jason Carter

 

State District Judge District 23, Division 01

Judge Eric R. Kennedy

 

State District Judge District 23, Division 02

Judge Mark Derrick

Justin Mercer

 

State District Judge District 24

Judge Danny Thrailkill

 

State District Judge District 25, Division 01

Judge Ann Beane Hudson

 

State District Judge District 25, Division 02

Judge Mike Smith

 

State District Judge District 26

Judge Reid Harrod

 

State District Judge District 27

Judge Melinda N. French

 

State District Judge District 28

District Judge Bruce Anderson

 

State District Judge District 29, Division 01

Judge Kim Bridgforth

 

State District Judge District 29, Division 02

John L. Kearney

Efrem B. Neely, Sr.

 

State District Judge District 29, Division 03

Judge Phillip Green

 

State District Judge District 30, Division 01

Judge Teresa Hallum Smith

 

State District Judge District 30, Division 02

Judge Clinton D. McGue

 

State District Judge District 31, Little Rock 01

Jill Kamps

 

State District Judge District 31, Little Rock 02

Robert E. Tellez

 

State District Judge District 31, North Little Rock 01

Judge Paula Juels Jones

 

State District Judge District 31, Pulaski

Beth Burgess

Judge Morgan “Chip” Welch

 

State District Judge District 32, Division 01

District Judge Clay Ford

 

State District Judge District 32, Division 02

District Judge Stephanie Casady

 

State District Judge District 33

Judge Billy Jack Gibson

 

State District Judge District 34

District Judge Tom Wynne

 

State District Judge District 35

Judge Jack W. Barker

 

State District Judge District 36, Division 01

Manya K. Wood

 

State District Judge District 36, Division 02

Judge Jessica Steel Gunter

 

State District Judge District 37

Judge Thomas A. Potter

 

State District Judge District 38

Dana Stone

Angi Taylor

 

State District Judge District 39

Daren J. Nelson

 

State District Judge District 40

Judge Randy L. Hill

Greg Vardaman

 

State District Judge District 41, Department 01

Judge Joe Graham

 

State District Judge District 41, Department 02

Kara Petro

Tylar Tapp

 

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Antoinette Grajeda is a multimedia journalist who has reported since 2007 on a wide range of topics, including politics, health, education, immigration and the arts for NPR affiliates, print publications and digital platforms. A University of Arkansas alumna, she earned a bachelor’s degree in print journalism and a master’s degree in documentary film.

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