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Izard County, AR

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

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11 races and 4 ballot questions in your ZIP preview.

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U.S. House, Arkansas District 1
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Rick Crawford
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Crawford enlisted in the U.S. Army out of high school and served as an explosive ordnance disposal technician before graduating from Arkansas State University with a degree in agriculture business and economics, per the official House biography. He later worked as a rodeo announcer and producer, founded the AgWatch Network agricultural news service serving more than 50 radio affiliates, and worked as a marketing manager for a John Deere dealer group, per the official House biography.
Key voting record
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
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Steve G. Parsons
Biography
Steve G. Parsons is a retired consultant and economist from Lakeview running as the Libertarian nominee for Arkansas's 1st Congressional District, per the Mountain Home Observer. He previously taught economics of technology at Washington University in St. Louis.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Inflation
  • Regulation
  • Tariffs
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Terri Yarbrough Green
DEM
Biography
Terri Yarbrough Green is a board-certified pathologist and laboratory medical director who has worked with rural hospitals, per the campaign site. She holds a bachelor's degree from Baylor University and an MD from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Accountable government
  • Honest democracy: get dark money out of politics
  • Thriving communities
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About this race
Rick Crawford (R), Steve G. Parsons (L), Terri Yarbrough Green (D) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Arkansas's 1st Congressional District, per the Secretary of State's 2026 candidate list. Party nominees were chosen at the March 3, 2026 primary.
U.S. Senate
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Tom Cotton
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Immigration and our sovereignty
  • Lowering prices for working Arkansans
  • National security to keep Arkansas safe
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Hallie Shoffner
DEM
Biography
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.
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
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Jeff Wadlin
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Affordability, jobs and real competition
  • Health care: cover everyone and cut the cost
  • Agriculture and rural Arkansas
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Governor
3 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Cut taxes and grow Arkansas's economy
  • Continue education and workforce changes
  • Strengthen public safety and conservative leadership
Record in office
Signed a major education law expanding school choice, teacher-pay changes, literacy policy, and workforce-related education reforms.
Signed multiple tax-cut measures reducing Arkansas income-tax rates.
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FL
Fredrick Love
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Create regional economic opportunity
  • Support small businesses and infrastructure
  • Align education with workforce needs
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Colt Shelby
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Support farmers and small communities
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Commissioner of State Lands
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Christopher Olson
Biography
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.
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Cole Jester
REP
Biography
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.
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Lieutenant Governor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Leslie Rutledge
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Cites work cutting taxes alongside the governor and legislature.
  • Expanding education options for Arkansas families.
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MK
Michael Kalagias
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Tax relief
  • Cut government spending
  • Government transparency
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Attorney General
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
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Tim Griffin
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
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Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
Secretary of State
3 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Kim Hammer
REP
Biography
Kim Hammer is a candidate for Arkansas secretary of state on the November 3 ballot, a Republican state senator from Benton.
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.
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Kelly Grappe
DEM
Biography
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.
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
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Michael Pakko
Biography
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.
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.
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Auditor
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
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Dennis Milligan
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Notes work modernizing the state's payroll system and expanding the unclaimed property Data Match program
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Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
Treasurer
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
John Thurston portrait
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John Thurston
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
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
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.

Countywide races in Izard County

ZIP 72587 sits in Izard County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Izard County races (2).

Arkansas 16th Judicial Circuit Court, Division 2 (runoff)
2 candidates
County ▾
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Kara Byars
Biography
Kara Byars is a candidate for Circuit Judge, Division 2 of Arkansas's 16th Judicial Circuit, which covers Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard and Stone Counties, facing a November 3, 2026 runoff, per her campaign site.
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Scott Davidson
Biography
Scott Davidson is a Batesville attorney who has practiced law for 37 years, beginning his career in 1988 before establishing his own practice; his work has included jury trials, adoptions, divorces, injury claims and cases before the state's appellate courts, per his campaign site. He is a candidate for Circuit Judge, Division 2 of Arkansas's 16th Judicial Circuit.
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About this race
Kara Byars and Scott Davidson are on the November 3, 2026 runoff ballot for this seat on the 16th Judicial Circuit, after neither received a majority of the vote in the March 3, 2026 nonpartisan judicial primary, per the Arkansas Secretary of State's 2026 candidate list (post-primary active filings). Sitting Circuit Judge Don McSpadden did not seek reelection to this seat. Under Arkansas law, a nonpartisan judicial race that does not produce a majority winner in the March 3, 2026 primary goes to a runoff on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot. Every voter in Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, and Stone counties elects this seat, since Arkansas circuit judges are elected circuit-wide across the 16th Judicial Circuit (Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Stone), per the Arkansas Judiciary's circuit map (cross-checked against the Arkansas Times' March 2026 primary-night judicial roundup). Arkansas circuit court races are nonpartisan.
Arkansas House District 27
1 candidate
County ▾
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Steven Walker
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Steven Walker represents Arkansas House District 27. He works as a Digital Learning Specialist with the Arkansas Department of Education, serving school districts across Izard, Searcy, Newton and parts of Stone County, per his campaign site. He previously taught 7th and 8th grade science, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Supports fair funding and resources for rural schools
  • Supports expanding rural broadband access and infrastructure
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Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Steven Walker (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Arkansas House District 27; unopposed candidates still appear on Arkansas ballots. Steven Walker is the sitting member, per the General Assembly roster. Party nominees were chosen at the March 3, 2026 primary (March 31 runoff where needed), per the Secretary of State. Every address in Izard County is in this district, per the certified district list.

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