Dennis Milligan | |
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Auditor of Arkansas | |
Assumed office January 10, 2023 | |
Governor | Sarah Huckabee Sanders |
Preceded by | Andrea Lea |
Treasurer of Arkansas | |
In office January 13,2015 –January 10,2023 | |
Governor | Asa Hutchinson |
Preceded by | Charles Robinson |
Succeeded by | Mark Lowery |
Circuit Clerk of Saline County | |
In office January 2011 –January 13,2015 | |
Preceded by | Doug Kidd |
Succeeded by | Myka Bono Sample |
Chair of the Arkansas Republican Party | |
In office May 19,2007 –December 13,2008 | |
Preceded by | Gilbert Baker |
Succeeded by | Doyle Webb |
Personal details | |
Born | Dennis Lee Milligan October 24,1957 Conway,Arkansas,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Tina Milligan |
Education | University of Arkansas,Little Rock |
Dennis Lee Milligan (born October 24,1957) is the current Arkansas State Auditor following the 2022 election. He previously served as Treasurer of Arkansas. For that position he won the Republican Party nomination in the primary election on May 20,2014,and the general election on November 4,2014. [1] Milligan took office as treasurer on January 13,2015.
Milligan was born in Conway in Faulkner County,Arkansas. [2] Prior to his election as state treasurer,he was the circuit clerk of Saline County,based in Benton,for two terms from 2011, [1] [3] [4] and an Arkansas businessman for thirty years. [4] Milligan is a former chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party [5] from 2007 to 2008 [3] and has served as its treasurer. [6]
Milligan ran against Duncan Baird in the 2014 primary, [7] and his opponents in the general election that year included Democrat Karen Garcia and Libertarian Chris Hayes. [1] Libertarian Ashley Ewald ran against Milligan in the 2018 general election,in which he was re-elected with 71 percent of the vote. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Dennis Milligan | 611,189 | 71 | ||
Libertarian | Ashley Ewald | 250,943 | 29 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Dennis Milligan | 464,620 | 56 | ||
Democratic | Karen Garcia | 307,263 | 37 | ||
Libertarian | Chris Hayes | 52,440 | 6 |
2014 Republican Primary Election for Treasurer of Arkansas | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
Republican | Dennis Milligan | 86,994 | 53 | |
Republican | Duncan Baird | 75,673 | 47 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Dennis Milligan | 17,967 | 52.5 | ||
Democratic | Doug Kidd (incumbent) | 16,258 | 47.5 |
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