The Primary Election for Hempstead County will be held May 24, 2022. The following Vote Centers will be open from 7:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.:
Hope: Hope Coliseum
Bingen: Bingen Community Center
Blevins: Word of Faith Church
Cross Roads: Cross Roads Fire Station
Fulton: Fulton Library
McCaskill: McCaskill Community Center
Ozan: Ozan Fire Station
Patmos: Patmos Municipal Fire Station
Saratoga: Saratoga School
Spring Hill: Spring Hill Fire Department
Washington: Washington Fire Station
Early voting will be held in the Conference Room on the second floor of the Hempstead County Courthouse at 300 West 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 Monday, May 09, 2022, and concluding at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 23, 2022. Absentee votes will be opened and counted at the Hempstead County Courthouse on May 24, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. The names of workers for the May 24, 2022 Election will be posted in the office of the County Clerk on May 09, 2022. 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 71802 or by delivering written notice to the Clerk’s office on the first floor of the Hempstead County Courthouse on or before May 20, 2022.
The following are the names in order as they appear on the ballots. There are three types of ballots: Republican, Democratic, or Nonpartisan.
Republican Primary Election
U.S. Senate
Jake Bequette
Heath Loftis
Jan Morgan
Senator John Boozman
State Supreme Court Associate Justice Position 2
Supreme Court Associate Justice Robin Wynn
Judge Chris Carnahan
David Sterling
Attorney General
Lieutenant Governor Tim Griffin
Leon Jones, Jr.
State Supreme Court Associate Justice Position 6
Supreme Court Justice Karen Baker
Judge Gunner DeLay
Governor
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Francis “Doc” Washburn
Prosecuting Attorney, District 08-North
Blake Montgomery
Ben Hale
Lieutenant Governor
Doyle Webb
Judge Joseph Wood
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge
Senator Jason Rapert
Greg Bledsoe
Chris Bequette
County Clerk
Kelly Dougan
County Clerk Karen Smith
DeRoan Constable
Reyn Brown
Charles Lester
Secretary of State
Eddie "Joe" Williams
Secretary of State John Thurston
State Treasurer
Senator Matthew W. Pitsch
State Representative Mark Lowery
State Senate District 03
Senator Charles Beckham
Alderman Steve Crowell
Unopposed Republican Candidates
US Congress District 04, US Representative Bruce Westerman
Auditor of the State, Treasurer of State Dennis Milligan
Commissioner of State Lands, Tommy Land Commissioner of State Lands
State Senate District 04, Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr.
State Representative District 88, State Representative Danny Watson
County Assessor, Renee Gilbert
County Coroner, David W. Peters
County Judge, Jerry T. Crane
Justice of the Peace #10, Jay Lathrop
Justice of the Peace #3, Doug Storey
Justice of the Peace #4, Ed B. Darling
Justice of the Peace #6, Troy K. Lerew
Justice of the Peace #7, Steve Atchley
Justice of the Peace #8, C. David Clayton
Sheriff & Collector, Keith Sullivan
Garland Constable, William Cole
Spring Hill Constable, Jimmy F. Singleton
Wallaceburg Constable, Brandon W. Smith
Water Creek Constable, Frankie Ingersoll
Municipal
City of McNab 1 ½% City-Wide Sales and Use Tax
Adoption of a 1 ½% local sales and use tax within the City of McNab, the net collection of which remaining
after deduction of the administrative charges of the State of Arkansas and required rebates, will be
distributed only to the City and used to fund general purposes of the City government.
Democratic Primary Election
U.S. Senate
Dan Whitfield
Jack E. Foster
Natalie James
State Supreme Court Associate Justice Position 2
Supreme Court Associate Justice Robin Wynne
Judge Chris Carnahan
David Sterling
Governor
James “Rus” Russell, III
Jay Martin
Anthony “Tony” Bland
Supha Xayprasith-Mays
Chris Jones
State Supreme Court Associate Justice Position 6
Supreme Court Justice Karen Baker
Judge Gunner DeLay
Prosecuting Attorney, District 08-North
Blake Montgomery
Ben Hale
Secretary of State
Anna Beth Gorman
Josh Prince
County Treasurer
Anna Ward
Treasurer Judy Lee Flowers
Unopposed Non-Partisan Judicial
State Supreme Court Associate Justice, Position 7
Supreme Court Justice Rhonda Wood
Circuit Clerk
Gail Wolfenbarger
Unopposed Democratic Candidates
US Congress District 04, John Wise
Attorney General, Jesse Gibson
Auditor of the State, Diamond Arnold-Johnson
Commissioner of State Lands, Darlene Goldi Gaines
Lieutenant Governor, Kelly Ross Krout
State Treasurer, Pam Whitaker
County Clerk, Nicholas Ward
Justice of the Peace #1, James Griffin
Justice of the Peace #11, B. Keith Steed
Justice of the Peace #3, Doris Brown
Justice of the Peace #9, Jessie Henry
Sheriff & Collector, Sheriff James A. Singleton
Minecreek Constable, Mark Dale
Saline Constable, Warren Webster
Municipal
City of McNab 1 ½% City-Wide Sales and Use Tax
Adoption of a 1 ½% local sales and use tax within the City of McNab, the net collection of which remaining
after deduction of the administrative charges of the State of Arkansas and required rebates, will be
distributed only to the City and used to fund general purposes of the City government.
Nonpartisan Primary Election
State Supreme Court Associate Justice Position 2
Supreme Court Associate Justice Robin Wynne
Judge Chris Carnahan
David Sterling
Unopposed Non-Partisan Candidates
State Supreme Court Associate Justice Position 7
Supreme Court Justice Rhonda Wood
State Supreme Court Associate Justice Position 6
Supreme Court Justice Karen Baker
Judge Gunner DeLay
Prosecuting Attorney, District 08-North
Blake Montgomery
Ben Hale
Municipal
City of McNab 1 ½% City-Wide Sales and Use Tax
Adoption of a 1 ½% local sales and use tax within the City of McNab, the net collection of which remaining
after deduction of the administrative charges of the State of Arkansas and required rebates, will be
distributed only to the City and used to fund general purposes of the City government.
The annual school election will appear on all three ballot styles.
Annual School Ballots
Hope School Board
Hope Zone 3, Margaret D. Moss
Hope Zone 4, Jimmy Courtney
Hope Zone 6, Kathryn Dickinson
Hope Zone 7, Alvis Hamilton
Mineral Springs School Board
Mineral Springs Zone 1, Sheila Jackson
Mineral Springs Zone 2, Dorothy J. Vaughn
Mineral Springs Zone 3, Violet Kay Thornton
Mineral Springs Zone 3, Ricky Gamble
Blevins School Board
Blevins Zone 1, Dave Phillips
Blevins Zone 4, Steven Dunham
Blevins Zone 6, Laura Clark
Nashville School Board
Nashville Zone 2, Tem Gunter
Nashville Zone 3, David Hillard
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.