The Primary Election for Hempstead County will be held March 05, 2024. The following Vote Centers will be open from 7:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.:

Hope:  Hope Community Center                               
Ozan:  Ozan Fire Station
Bingen:  Bingen Community Center                              
Patmos:  Patmos Municipal Fire Station
Blevins:    Word of Faith Church                                     
Saratoga:  Saratoga School
Cross Roads: Cross Roads Fire Station                                  
Spring Hill:    Spring Hill Fire Department
Fulton:          Fulton Library                                                
Washington:   Washington Fire Station
McCaskill:   McCaskill Community Center

Early voting will be held in the Conference Room on the second floor of the Hempstead County Courthouse at 200 East 3rd Street. Early voting will be conducted from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday beginning on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, and concluding at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, March 04, 2024. 

Absentee votes will be opened and counted at the Hempstead County Courthouse on March 05, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. The names of workers for the March 05, 2024 Election will be posted in the office of the County Clerk on February 17, 2024. Anyone who wishes to object to the service of one of these workers may do so by sending written notice to the Election Commission, P.O. Box 1420, Hope, AR 71801 or by delivering written notice to the Clerk’s office on the first floor of the Hempstead County Courthouse on or before March 01, 2024.

The following are the names in order as they appear on the ballots. There are three types of ballots: Republican, Democratic, or Nonpartisan.

Republican Presidential Primary Election 
Ryan L. Binkley
David Stuckenberg
Chris Christie
Donald J. Trump
Vivek Ramaswamy
Nikki Haley
Asa Hutchinson
Doug Burgum

State Representative District 88
Robert Leslie Bradford
Arnetta Bradford
Dolly Henley

State Senate District 03
Mark Silvey
Senator Steve Crowell

State Supreme Court Chief Justice Position 1 
Supreme Court Justice Barbara Womack Webb
Supreme Court Justice Rhonda Wood
Jay Martin
Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Karen Baker

State Supreme Court Associate Justice Position 2
Judge Carlton D. Jones
State Supreme Court Justice Courtney Hudson

State District Judge District 38
Dana Stone
Ashley Tolleson Moritz
Angi Taylor
Bryce Allen Montgomery

Unopposed Nonpartisan Judicial
State Supreme Court Associate Justice, Position 5
Supreme Court Justice Shawn A. Womack

Garland Constable
Randall Hatfield
William W. Cole      

Unopposed Republican Candidates
US Congress District 04, US Representative Bruce Westerman
State Treasurer, Secretary of State, John Thurston
State Senate District 04, Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr.
Justice of the Peace #3, Karmel Kuhn
Justice of the Peace #4, Ed B. Darling
Justice of the Peace #5, Victor Ford
Justice of the Peace #6, Troy K. Lerew
Justice of the Peace #7, Steve Atchley
Justice of the Peace #8, C. David Clayton
Justice of the Peace, #10, Jay Lathrop
Justice of the Peace #11, B. Keith Steed
Bodcaw Constable, David Keith Cummings
Deroan Constable, Reyn Brown
Ozan Constable, Becky Medlen-Billings
Spring Hill Township Constable, Jimmy F. Singleton
Wallaceburg Constable, Thomas Luke Everett
Watercreek Constable, Frankie Ingersoll

Democratic Primary Election 

U.S. President
Marianne Williamson
Stephen P. Lyons
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. 
Armando "Mando" Perez-Serrato
Frankie Lozada
Dean Phillips

State Supreme Court Chief Justice Position 1 
Supreme Court Justice Barbara Womack Webb
Supreme Court Justice Rhonda Wood
Jay Martin
Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Karen Baker

State District Judge District 38
Dana Stone
Ashley Tolleson Moritz
Angi Taylor
Bryce Allen Montgomery

State Supreme Court Associate Justice Position 2
Judge Carlton D. Jones
State Supreme Court Justice Courtney Hudson

Unopposed Nonpartisan Judicial                                                                                                                 
State Supreme Court Associate Justice, Position 5                                                                 
Supreme Court Justice Shawn A. Womack

Unopposed Democratic Candidates
US Congress District 04, Risie Howard
State Treasurer, John Pagan
Justice of the Peace #1, James Griffin
Justice of the Peace #3, Doris Brown
Justice of the Peace #9, Jessie Henry
Bois D’Arc Constable, Maurice Henry

Nonpartisan Primary Election

State Supreme Court Chief Justice Position 1 
Supreme Court Justice Barbara Womack Webb
Supreme Court Justice Rhonda Wood
Jay Martin
Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Karen Baker

State Supreme Court Associate Justice Position 2
Judge Carlton D. Jones
State Supreme Court Justice Courtney Hudson

State District Judge District 38
Dana Stone
Ashley Tolleson Moritz
Angi Taylor
Bryce Allen Montgomery

Unopposed Nonpartisan Judicial                                                                                                                 
State Supreme Court Associate Justice, Position 5                                                                 
Supreme Court Justice Shawn A. Womack

The annual school election will appear on all three ballot styles.

Annual School Ballots 

Hope School Board

Hope Zone 2, David “Bubba” Powers
Hope Zone 5, Bill Hoglund
Hope Zone 5, Linda Haynes

Mineral Springs School Board
Mineral Springs Zone 3, Kay Thornton
Mineral Springs Zone 3, Ricky Gamble
Mineral Springs Zone 3, Nikita N. Hopkins

Blevins School Board                                                                                                     
Blevins Zone 3, Bobby Hardin  

Annual School Millage

Hope School District 34.7 Mill School Tax
This represents no change from the previous year. The total tax levy proposed above includes 25.0 mills for the maintenance and operation of schools, 0 dedicated maintenance and operation mills, and 9.7 mills for debt service previously voted as a continuing debt service tax pledged for the retirement of existed bonded indebtedness. The district may use surplus revenues produced each year by debt service millage for other school purposes.

Blevins School District 31.3 Mill School Tax
The total tax levy proposed above includes 25.0 mills for maintenance and operation of schools, 0 mills for dedicated maintenance and operation millage (Capital Outlay/Current Expenditures) dedicated for purposes authorized by law and 6.30 mills for debt service previously voted as a continuing debt service tax pledged for the retirement of existing bonded indebtedness. The district may use surplus revenues produced each year by debt service millage for other purposes.

Mineral Springs School District 34.0 Mill School Tax
This represents no change from the previous year. The total tax levy proposed above includes 25.0 mills for the maintenance and operation of schools, 0 mills for dedicated maintenance and operation mills dedicated for 0 purposes, and 9 mills for debt service previously voted as a continuing debt service tax pledged for the retirement of existing bonded indebtedness. The district may use surplus revenues produced each year by debt service millage for other purposes.

Nashville School District 31.7 Mill School Tax
This represents no change from the previous year. The total tax levy proposed above includes 25 mills for the maintenance and operation of schools and 6.7 mills for debt service previously voted as a continuing debt service tax pledged for the retirement of existing bonded indebtedness. The district may use surplus revenues produced each year by debt service millage for other school purposes.