Democrat Jones not conceding race for Arkansas governor until ‘every vote’ counted

By: Tess Vrbin - November 8, 2022 10:50 pm

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Jones has addressed supporters in downtown Little Rock several times tonight, but so far, he has not conceded despite the Associated Press calling the race for Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders shortly after the polls closed at 7:30 p.m.

Just now: “Arkansas is a different place now because of what this campaign did,” says Dr. Jerrica Jones, the candidate’s wife.

“It’s not over yet. We’ve got to count every vote.”

Chris Jones then takes the stage to a great deal of cheering. #argov @ArkAdvocate pic.twitter.com/z4hepFjJwM

— Tess Vrbin (@tess_m_vrbin) November 9, 2022

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Tess Vrbin

Tess Vrbin came to the Advocate from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, where she reported on low-income housing and tenants' rights, and won awards for her coverage of 2021 flooding and tornado damage in rural Arkansas. She previously covered local government for The Commercial Dispatch in Mississippi and state government for the Columbia Daily Tribune in Missouri. A Midwesterner by birth, she graduated from the University of Missouri's journalism school in 2019.