What county voters can expect in the Primary Election May 24

May 20, 2022

Besides the new election laws that will affect voters, there are a few things that should be noted by voters in Monroe County before Election Day on May 24. See page 2 for more information on the Election Laws.

First, candidates running for local county races are on BOTH the Republican and Democratic ballots. These races are all unopposed. The list of unopposed candidates are listed below. [Editor's Note: This reflects updated information that we did not have at press time. We apologize for leaving any information out of the printed edition.]

Next, both Republican and Democratic ballots will include the adoption of a countywide sales tax increase of 0.5%. Voters can for or against this increase which was proposed by the Monroe County Quorum Court at the beginning of this year. According to Ordinance 584, Monroe County may use its share of the countywide sales and use tax for any purpose for which the county general fund or county road fund may be used. Further, the collection of a countywide sales and use tax levied shall be divided among Monroe County and the cities and towns in Monroe County that are not levying local sales and use tax, based upon the percentage of population.

Early voting is open until 5 pm on May 23. Below is what you can expect to see on each of the ballots.

Republican Candidates

Following is a list of candidates that

will be on the Republican ballot:

Governor – Francis “Doc” Washburn and Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Lt. Governor – Greg Bledsoe, Doyle Webb, Judge Joseph Wood, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, Senator Jason Rapert and Chris Bequette

U.S. Senate – Heath Loftis, Jake Bequette, Senator John Boozman and Jan Morgan

Attorney General – Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin and Leon Jones Jr.

Secretary of State – Secretary of State John Thurston and Eddie Joe Williams

State Treasurer – State Representative Mark Lowery and Senator Mathew W. Pitsch

State Representative District 61 – Josh Rieves, Jeremiah Moore, and Representative David Hillman

Non-Partisan Judicial

State Supreme Court – Assistant Justice Position 2 – David Sterling, Supreme Court Assistant Justice Robin Wynne and Judge Chris Carnahan

Supreme Court – Assistant Justice Position 6 – Judge Gunner Delay, and Supreme Court Justice Karen Baker

State Supreme Court – Assistant Justice Position 7 – Supreme Court Justice Rhonda Wood

Court of Appeals – Assistant Judge District 1, Position 1 – Court of Appeals Judge Raymond Abramson

Court of Appeals – Assistant Judge District 1, Position 2 – Judge Cindy Thyer

Circuit Judge District 1, Division 1, Sub. 1.1 – E. Dion Wilson

Circuit Judge District 1 Division 4, Sub. 1.1 – Judge Chalk S. Mitchell

Prosecuting Attorney District 1 – Prosecuting Attorney Todd Murray

Unopposed Republican Candidates:

Auditor of State - Treasurer of State Dennis Milligan

Commissioner of State Lands - Tommy Land, Commissioner of State Lands

State Senate District 10 - Senator Ronald Caldwell

County Judge - Richard "Bubba" Smith

County Sheriff - Allan Spencer

Justice of the Peace District 2 - Jeff Lovell

Justice of the Peace District 5 - Ryan Medford

Justice of the Peace District 7 - Jimmy Rogers

Democrat Candidates

Following is a list of candidates that

will be on the Democratic ballot:

Governor – Jay Martin, Supha Xayprasith Mays, Chris Jones, Anthony “Tony” Bland, and James “Rus” Russell III

U.S. Senate – Jack E. Foster, Dan Whitfield, and Natalie James

Secretary of State – Josh Price and Anna Beth Gorman

Non-Partisan Judicial

State Supreme Court – Assistant Justice Position 2 – David Sterling, and Supreme Court Assistant Justice Robin Wynne.

Democrat Unopposed Candidates

U.S. Congress District 1 – Representative Monte Hodges

Attorney General – Jesse Gibson

Auditor of State – Diamond Arnold Johnson

Commissioner of Lands – Darlene Goldi Gaines

Lieutenant Governor – Kelly Ross Krout

State Treasurer – Pam Whitaker

State Senate District 10 – Cliff Hart

State Representative District 61 – Bruce Martin

County Judge – P.K. Norman

Circuit Clerk – Alice F. Smith

County Sheriff - Sheriff Michael K. Neal

County Clerk - Tina Wofford

Treasurer/Collector – Steve Mitchell

County Assessor – Stacey Wilkerson

County Coroner - Bob Neal

Justice of the Peace District 1 – Cathy Shelton

Justice of the Peace District 3 – Mike Freeman

Justice of the Peace District 4 – Kenneth Harvey Sr.

Justice of the Peace District 6 – James R. Boston

Justice of the Peace District 7 – David E. Smith

Justice of the Peace District 8 – Doug Mayhue

Justice of the Peace District 9 – Franklin Davis