2022 Arkansas Secretary of State election

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2022 Arkansas Secretary of State election
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Candidate John Thurston Anna Beth Gorman
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote597,806292,488
Percentage67.05%32.95%
2022 Arkansas Secretary of State election results map by county.svg
2022 Arkansas attorney general election by congressional district.svg
Thurston:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Gorman:     50–60%
Secretary of State before election

John Thurston
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

John Thurston
Republican

The 2022 Arkansas Secretary of State election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican John Thurston won re-election to a second term.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

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Republican primary results by county
  Thurston
  •   50–60%
      60–70%
      70–80%
      80–90%
  Williams
  •   50–60%

Declared

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		John
Thurston		Eddie Joe
Williams		Undecided
Hendrix College [6] May 2, 2022802 (LV)± 4.3%49%13%39%

Results

Republican primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Thurston (incumbent) 236,974 72.10
Republican Eddie Joe Williams 91.72127.90
Total votes328,695 100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Anna Beth Gorman, executive director of the Women's Foundation of Arkansas [8]
Eliminated in primary

Polling

Democratic primary results by county Gorman 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Price 50-60% 2022 Arkansas Secretary of State Democratic primary election results map by county.svg
Democratic primary results by county
  Gorman
  •   50–60%
      60–70%
      70–80%
  Price
  •   50–60%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Anna Beth
Gorman		Josh
Price		Undecided
Hendrix College [6] May 2, 2022597 (LV)± 5.0%22%21%57%

Results

Democratic primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Anna Beth Gorman 52,762 58.60
Democratic Josh Price37,28041.40
Total votes90,042 100.00

General election

Debate

2022 Arkansas Secretary of State debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
John
Thurston 		Anna Beth
Gorman
1Oct. 25, 2022 University of
Central Arkansas
Arkansas PBS 		Steve Barnes PBS [10] PP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [11] Safe RDecember 1, 2021
Elections Daily [12] Safe RNovember 7, 2022

Results

2022 Arkansas secretary of state election [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican John Thurston (incumbent) 600,194 67.05 +6.41
Democratic Anna Beth Gorman294,97032.95−3.56
Total votes895,164 100.00 +0.01

By congressional district

Thurston won all four congressional districts. [14]

DistrictThurstonBeth GormanRepresentative
1st 73%27% Rick Crawford
2nd 61%39% French Hill
3rd 64%36% Steve Womack
4th 71%29% Bruce Westerman

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References

  1. ↑ Herzog, Rachel (February 12, 2021). "Secretary of state has eye on 2nd term". www.arkansasonline.com. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  2. ↑ Battles, Miriam (September 13, 2021). "Former Arkansas state Senator Eddie Joe Williams announces run for secretary of state". www.kark.com. KARK-TV . Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  3. ↑ Wickline, Michael (July 1, 2021). "Lowery to run for secretary of state". www.arkansasonline.com. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  4. ↑ "GOP lawmaker leaves race for Arkansas secretary of state". www.newstimes.com. The News-Times . Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  5. ↑ Herzog, Rachel (January 22, 2022). "Rep. Mark Lowery switches from secretary of state to treasurer's race". www.arkansasonline.com. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Hendrix College
  7. 1 2 "May 24, 2022 Preferential Primary And Nonpartisan Judicial General Election" . Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Anna Beth Gorman announces run for Secretary of State". katv.com. KATV. October 29, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  9. ↑ Patel, Ronak (July 8, 2021). "Josh Price has launched his campaign for secretary of state". www.swtimes.com. Southwest Times Record . Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  10. ↑ PBS
  11. ↑ "Secretary of State Races: More Important Than Ever in 2022, and More Complicated, Too". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  12. ↑ Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  13. ↑ "2022 General Election and Nonpartisan Judicial Runoff Election Official Results". Election Night Reporting. December 5, 2022. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  14. ↑ https://arkansasresults.azurewebsites.us/Default.aspx?eid=3

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