Arkansas Elections

A campaign ad from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has prompted backlash from the right and left, but for very different reasons.

The last day to register to vote in the November midterms in Arkansas is October 5.

A letter released Thursday by the state ethics commission ordered Sen. Kim Hammer, R-Benton, to pay a $100 fine.

The Arkansas Advocate's Tess Vrbin spoke to Little Rock Public Radio aboutchallengers hoping to unseat Arkansas' U.S. House, Senate representatives in the 2026 midterms.

The attorney general’s office says the state will appeal

The Arkansas Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday that sought to reverse the secretary of state’s decision to disqualify a direct democracy ballot measure from the ballot

Petitioners cite a 2025 law that says the secretary of state cannot determine signatures are insufficient because of a “failure of form”

The comments come after Republican state Rep. Austin McCollum was arrested on allegations of domestic violence Saturday morning.

A proposed ballot measure about Arkansas’ direct democracy process fell short of the signature requirements, Secretary of State Cole Jester announced Thursday, meaning the Arkansas Ballot Measure Rights Amendment will not go before voters in November.

Protect AR Rights says they collected over 108,000 signatures to meet the Friday deadline.