Searcy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census,the population was 7,828. The county seat is Marshall. The county was formed December 13,1838,from a portion of Marion County and named for Richard Searcy,the first clerk and judge in the Arkansas Territory. The city of Searcy,Arkansas,some 70 miles away,shares the name despite having never been part of Searcy County. The county is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.
Michael Avery Ross is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 2001 to 2013 and was his party's nominee for governor of Arkansas in 2014. He is currently the last Democrat to have represented Arkansas in the House of Representatives. He was also a member of the Arkansas Senate from 1991 to 2001,a member of the Nevada County Quorum Court from 1983 to 1985,and a small business owner.
Southern Democrats are members of the U.S. Democratic Party who reside in the Southern United States.
Tommy Franklin Robinson was an American businessman,lobbyist,and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 2nd congressional district from 1985 to 1991. He was a member of the Republican Party. Before he was elected to Congress,Robinson was the sheriff of Pulaski County.
William Asa Hutchinson II is an American attorney,businessman,and politician who served as the 46th governor of Arkansas from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as a U.S. attorney,U.S. representative,and in two roles in the George W. Bush administration. He was a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7,2006,in 36 states and two territories. The elections coincided with the midterm elections of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Mickey Dale Beebe is an American politician and attorney who served as the 45th governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015. He is to date the last Democrat to hold that office.
Raymond Hoyt Thornton Jr. was an American attorney and politician. He was a Democratic U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1973 to 1979 and the 2nd district from 1991 to 1997. He served as an associate justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1997 to 2004.
The Democratic Party of Arkansas is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Arkansas. The current party chair is Grant Tennille. Former U.S. president Bill Clinton was born in Arkansas,and served as state governor from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 2,2010,in 37 states and two territories. These elections coincided with the elections for the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives as well as other state and local elections. As in most midterm elections,the party controlling the White House lost ground. Democrats took five governorships from the Republicans,while Republicans took 12 governorships from the Democrats. An independent won one governorship previously held by a Republican,while a Republican won one governorship previously held by an independent. Republicans held a majority of governorships for the first time since before the 2006 elections. One state,Louisiana,had no election for governor,but it did feature a special election for lieutenant governor.
The 2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday,November 2,2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Mike Beebe ran for re-election,and faced former State Senator Jim Keet,whom he defeated in a landslide to win a second and final term as governor,despite the year being a Republican midterm wave year and Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln being unseated by a 21-point margin on the same ballot. Beebe's vote percentage and margin of victory was the highest of any Democratic gubernatorial candidate in the country that year.
Arkansas's 2010 general elections were held November 2,2010. Primaries were held May 18,2010 and runoffs,if necessary,were held November 23,2010. Arkansas elected seven constitutional officers,17 of 35 state senate seats,all 100 house seats and 28 district prosecuting attorneys,and voted on one constitutional amendment and one referred question. Non-partisan judicial elections were held the same day as the party primaries for four Supreme Court justices,four appeals circuit court judges,and eight district court judges.
The 1996 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 5,1996. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator David Pryor decided to retire. Republican Tim Hutchinson won the open seat,becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate seat in Arkansas since Reconstruction in 1872 and the first to ever be popularly elected in the state. He was the first to win this seat since 1870. Hutchinson lost re-election in 2002 to David Pryor's son Mark Pryor.
Mark A. Darr is an American politician from Springdale,Arkansas,who was his state's 19th lieutenant governor from 2011 to 2014. A member of the Republican Party,he was elected in 2010 to succeed Democrat Bill Halter. To win the second-ranking post in state government,he defeated another Democrat,state Senator and former House Speaker Shane Broadway by a margin of 51 to 49 percent.
The 2016 United States Senate elections were held on November 8,2016. The presidential election,House elections,14 gubernatorial elections,and many state and local elections were held concurrently.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas occurred on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state,one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Arkansas,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2014 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Arkansas,concurrently with the election to Arkansas's Class II U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. This was the last time the Arkansas Governor’s changed partisan control.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Nebraska on November 4,2014. All of Nebraska's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat,and all of Nebraska's three seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on May 13,2014,for offices that require them.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Arkansas on November 4,2014. All of Arkansas' executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat,and all of Arkansas' four seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on May 20,2014,for offices that need to nominate candidates. Primary runoffs,necessary if no candidate wins a majority of the vote,were held on June 10,2014.
