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.
Tommy Franklin Robinson is an American businessman,lobbyist,and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 2nd congressional district from 1985 to 1991. He is 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. Congressman,and in two roles in the George W. Bush administration.
The 2006 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday,November 7,2006. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Huckabee was barred from seeking candidacy due to term limits set by the State Constitution in 1998,stating that the Governor may only serve two terms in their lifetime. Democratic nominee Mike Beebe,the Attorney General of Arkansas,defeated Republican nominee Asa Hutchinson,a former U.S. Representative,by a wide margin.
Mickey Dale Beebe is an American politician and attorney who served as the 45th governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015. He remains to be the last member of the Democratic Party to serve as Governor of Arkansas.
William A. Halter Jr is an American politician who served as the 18th lieutenant governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,he was elected to succeed the late Republican Winthrop Paul Rockefeller in 2006,defeating Republican challenger Jim Holt.
Arkansas's 2006 state elections were held November 7,2006. Primaries were held May 23 and runoffs,if necessary,were held June 13. 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.
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.
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 Green Party of Arkansas is the state party organization for Arkansas of the Green Party of the United States.
Jim Lendall is an American politician,activist,and nurse. Lendall was the 2010 Green Party candidate for Arkansas governor.
The 2010 United States Senate election in Arkansas took place on November 2,2010 alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states,as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2002 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on November 5,2002 for the post of Governor of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican governor Mike Huckabee defeated Democratic State Treasurer Jimmie Lou Fisher.
Mike Huckabee served as the third Republican governor of Arkansas since Reconstruction from 1996 to 2007.
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.
The 2002 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5,2002. Incumbent Republican Governor of Wisconsin Scott McCallum,who had assumed office upon the resignation of Tommy Thompson,ran for his first full term in office. McCallum won his party's nomination by defeating two minor candidates,and Attorney General of Wisconsin Jim Doyle won the Democratic primary with a little more than a third of the vote in a highly competitive primary election. In the general election,the presence of Ed Thompson,former Governor Tommy Thompson's younger brother,the Mayor of Tomah,and the Libertarian Party nominee,held both McCallum and Doyle to under fifty percent of the vote,enabling Doyle to win with 45% of the vote,defeating McCallum.
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 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. As of 2023,this is the last time the Governor’s office in Arkansas changed partisan control.
The 1998 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on November 3,1998 for the post of Governor of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican governor Mike Huckabee defeated Democratic nominee Bill Bristow to win a full term in office.
