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Edmondson, Arkansas sample ballot 2026

Edmondson voters (Crittenden County, Arkansas) see U.S. Senate, Governor, Commissioner of State Lands, Lieutenant Governor plus 9 Crittenden County races on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Your U.S. House district and any precinct-level races depend on your street address.

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JudgeWoody Wheeless (D)

Woody Wheeless

Democratic

Woody Wheeless is the Republican nominee for re-election as Crittenden County County Judge, per the county's official government website, which lists Woody Wheeless as the current officeholder. No campaign website or additional biographical statement was found for Woody Wheeless as of September 15, 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Woody Wheeless.

AssessorKimberly Hollowell (D)

Kimberly Hollowell

Democratic

Kimberly Hollowell is the Republican nominee for re-election as Crittenden County Assessor, per the county's official government website, which lists Kimberly Hollowell as the current officeholder. No campaign website or additional biographical statement was found for Kimberly Hollowell as of September 15, 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Kimberly Hollowell.

CollectorEllen S. Foote (D)

Ellen S. Foote

Democratic

Ellen S. Foote is the Republican nominee for re-election as Crittenden County Collector, per the county's official government website, which lists Ellen S. Foote as the current officeholder. No campaign website or additional biographical statement was found for Ellen S. Foote as of September 15, 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Ellen S. Foote.

CoronerWilliam L. Wolfe (D)

William L. Wolfe

Democratic

William L. Wolfe is the Republican nominee for re-election as Crittenden County Coroner, per the county's official government website, which lists William L. Wolfe as the current officeholder. No campaign website or additional biographical statement was found for William L. Wolfe as of September 15, 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for William L. Wolfe.

ClerkPaula Brown (D)

Paula Brown

Democratic

Paula Brown is the Republican nominee for re-election as Crittenden County County Clerk, per the county's official government website, which lists Paula Brown as the current officeholder. No campaign website or additional biographical statement was found for Paula Brown as of September 15, 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Paula Brown.

SheriffMike Allen (D)

Mike Allen

Democratic

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Building and maintaining the community's trust to reduce crime, through open information exchange between citizens and law enforcement, per https://www.crittcoso.com/sheriffs-office/messagefromsheriffallen/
  • Reducing crime through collaboration with community members, municipal leaders and partner agencies, using proven best practices, per https://www.crittcoso.com/sheriffs-office/messagefromsheriffallen/
About Mike Allen

Mike Allen is the Democratic nominee for re-election as Crittenden County Sheriff and the incumbent, per the Crittenden County Sheriff's Office website. Allen says building and maintaining community trust is central to reducing crime in the county, per the sheriff's office website, and commits his department to working with community members, municipal leaders and partner agencies on crime reduction, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

TreasurerMatt Thompson (D)

Matt Thompson

Democratic

Matt Thompson is the Republican nominee for re-election as Crittenden County Treasurer, per the county's official government website, which lists Matt Thompson as the current officeholder. No campaign website or additional biographical statement was found for Matt Thompson as of September 15, 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Matt Thompson.

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Circuit ClerkDesheal Carter (D)

Desheal Carter

Democratic

Desheal Carter is the certified nominee for Crittenden County Circuit Clerk, per the Association of Arkansas Counties' 2026 general-election candidate list. No campaign website, questionnaire response, or other biographical information was found for Desheal Carter as of September 15, 2026; the certified candidate list is the only verifiable source. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Desheal Carter.

Arkansas 2nd Judicial Circuit Court, Division 4 (runoff)Nonpartisan race · Curtis Hitt · Andrew Nadzam

Curtis Hitt

Nonpartisan

Curtis Hitt is a candidate for Circuit Judge, Division 4 of Arkansas's 2nd Judicial Circuit, facing a November 3, 2026 runoff, per KAIT8. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.

Andrew Nadzam

Andrew Nadzam

Nonpartisan

Andrew Nadzam currently serves as a deputy prosecuting attorney in Craighead County, handling felony cases, and also runs a private practice in Jonesboro and Highland covering estate planning, probate, trusts, family law, guardianships and adoptions, per his campaign site. He is a candidate for Circuit Judge, Division 4 of Arkansas's 2nd Judicial Circuit.

Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Crittenden County page.

Statewide races

U.S. SenateTom Cotton (R) · Hallie Shoffner (D) · Jeff Wadlin (Libertarian)
Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Immigration and our sovereignty
  • Lowering prices for working Arkansans
  • National security to keep Arkansas safe
About Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton is Arkansas's incumbent U.S. senator and the Republican nominee for re-election in 2026. He is a sixth-generation Arkansan and an Army combat veteran who has served in the U.S. Senate since 2015, per the campaign site.

Hallie Shoffner

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Lower the cost of living for working families
  • Keep jobs in Arkansas and grow local businesses
  • Support workers and strengthen unions
About Hallie Shoffner

Hallie Shoffner is a sixth-generation farmer and small-business owner running for U.S. Senate in Arkansas, per the campaign site. She grew up on a soybean and rice farm outside Newport, earned a full-ride scholarship to Vanderbilt University and operated the family farm for nine years, per the campaign site.

Jeff Wadlin

Jeff Wadlin

Libertarian

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Affordability, jobs and real competition
  • Health care: cover everyone and cut the cost
  • Agriculture and rural Arkansas
About Jeff Wadlin

Jeff Wadlin is the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate in Arkansas on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Arkansas Secretary of State's 2026 candidate list. He studied aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Virginia, earned an MBA from Northwestern, worked at Caterpillar and Capital One, co-founded an online auto-parts salvage company, ran membership nationwide at Sam's Club and now runs a consulting business from Bentonville, per the campaign site.

GovernorSarah Huckabee Sanders (R) · Fredrick Love (D) · Colt Shelby (L)
Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Cut taxes and grow Arkansas's economy
  • Continue education and workforce changes
  • Strengthen public safety and conservative leadership
About Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is Arkansas's incumbent governor and Republican nominee for re-election in 2026. Her record and campaign emphasize income-tax cuts, education changes, workforce development, public safety, and conservative executive leadership.

Fredrick Love

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Create regional economic opportunity
  • Support small businesses and infrastructure
  • Align education with workforce needs
About Fredrick Love

Fredrick Love is Arkansas's Democratic nominee for governor and a state senator from Little Rock. His campaign emphasizes inclusive economic development, small-business support, infrastructure, education-to-workforce alignment, and investment across Arkansas communities.

Colt Shelby

Colt Shelby

L

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Support farmers and small communities
About Colt Shelby

Colt Shelby is the Libertarian nominee for Arkansas governor and a farmer. His campaign offers a limited-government alternative focused on individual liberty, local control, and reducing state interference.

Commissioner of State LandsChristopher Olson (L) · Cole Jester (R)

Christopher Olson

L

Christopher Olson, of Viola, was nominated as the Libertarian Party of Arkansas's candidate for Commissioner of State Lands at the party's 2026 convention, per Talk Business and Politics. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.

Cole Jester

Republican

Cole Jester currently serves as Arkansas Secretary of State, a position he assumed in early 2025, per the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He previously worked as Deputy Chief Legal Counsel in Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office and as a judicial clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and worked on legislation restricting certain foreign ownership of agricultural land while in the governor's office, per the same source. Arkansas law bars an appointee from seeking reelection to the office to which they were appointed, which the newspaper reported is why he is running for Commissioner of State Lands rather than Secretary of State. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.

Lieutenant GovernorLeslie Rutledge (R) · Michael Kalagias (L)
Leslie Rutledge

Leslie Rutledge

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Cites work cutting taxes alongside the governor and legislature.
  • Expanding education options for Arkansas families.
About Leslie Rutledge

Leslie Rutledge is Arkansas's incumbent lieutenant governor and a candidate for re-election on the November 3 ballot. She previously served two terms as Arkansas attorney general.

Michael Kalagias

L

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Tax relief
  • Cut government spending
  • Government transparency
About Michael Kalagias

Kalagias lives outside Rogers, has been a Benton County resident for 23 years and served in the U.S. Navy from 1992 to 1997, per the campaign site. Kalagias holds a bachelor's degree from Wayland Baptist University, worked as a public school teacher, substitute teacher and school security from 1998 to 2018, and has served as a volunteer firefighter, per the campaign site.

Attorney GeneralTim Griffin (R)

Tim Griffin

RepublicanIncumbent

Tim Griffin is Arkansas's incumbent attorney general, the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. He previously served as lieutenant governor and as a member of Congress. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Tim Griffin.

Secretary of StateKim Hammer (R) · Kelly Grappe (D) · Michael Pakko (L)
Kim Hammer

Kim Hammer

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Continuing to implement election laws passed by the Arkansas Legislature.
  • Positioning Arkansas as a national leader on election security.
About Kim Hammer

Kim Hammer is a candidate for Arkansas secretary of state on the November 3 ballot, a Republican state senator from Benton.

Kelly Grappe

Kelly Grappe

Democrat

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Depoliticizing the Secretary of State's office., per Arkansas Times
  • Reducing barriers to voting and to placing citizen measures on the ballot., per Arkansas Times
About Kelly Grappe

Kelly Grappe is running for Arkansas Secretary of State. She spent nearly 25 years with Alltel and Verizon in operations and team leadership roles, per her campaign site. She currently leads Learning & Development for a Little Rock-based dental organization and has owned a small business and farm in rural Arkansas with her husband, per her campaign site.

Michael Pakko

Michael Pakko

L

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Recruiting election administrators and staff based on qualifications rather than party affiliation.
  • Increasing voter participation and electoral competitiveness in Arkansas.
About Michael Pakko

Michael Pakko is an economist who has served on the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors and is a frequent commentator on the Arkansas economy, according to his campaign site. He has served as State Chair of the Libertarian Party of Arkansas for the past decade. Pakko is the Libertarian nominee for Arkansas Secretary of State, chosen at the party's February 2026 convention, in the November 3, 2026 general election.

AuditorDennis Milligan (R)
Dennis Milligan

Dennis Milligan

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Notes work modernizing the state's payroll system and expanding the unclaimed property Data Match program
About Dennis Milligan

Dennis Milligan is currently serving as Auditor of State of Arkansas, first elected in 2022, per his campaign site. He previously served as Saline County Circuit Clerk from 2011 to 2015 and two terms as Treasurer of State, per the campaign site. Before entering public service, he owned and operated a small business for 38 years, expanding it into 17 states, per the campaign site.

TreasurerJohn Thurston (R)
John Thurston

John Thurston

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Promoting financial literacy and streamlining government operations., per campaign announcement, Talk Business & Politics
  • Maximizing returns on the state's investments., per campaign announcement, Talk Business & Politics
About John Thurston

John Thurston is Arkansas's incumbent treasurer, the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. He previously served as secretary of state and commissioner of state lands. No campaign website was found as of September 12, 2026.

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