Arkansas state elections, 2006

Arkansas's 2006 state elections will be held November 7. Primaries were held May 23 and runoffs, if necessary, we held June 13. Arkansas will elect seven constitutional officers, 17 of 35 state senate seats, all 100 house seats and 28 district prosecuting attorneys, and will vote 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.

Constitutional Officers

Governor

Democrat

*Mike Beebe - Attorney General

Republican

*Asa Hutchinson - former Undersecretary of Homeland Security

Green Party

*Jim Lendall (ran for Governor 2006 - former state representative)

Third Parties

*Rod Bryan (independent) - musician

Lieutenant Governor

Democratic Primary

*Bill Halter - former Social Security commissioner
*Tim Wooldridge - state senator, District 11
*Mike Hathorn - former state representative, Arkansas Rural Development Commissioner
*Jay Martin - state representative, North Little Rock

ecretary of State

Democrat

*Charlie Daniels - incumbent

Republican

*Jim Lagrone - businessman, former Baptist pastor

Green Party

*Ralph "Marty" Scully - retiree, former Teamster

Attorney General

Democratic Primary

*Dustin McDaniel - State Representative, District 75 (Jonesboro), former attorney.
*Paul Suskie - North Little Rock City Attorney, Afghanistan Conflict veteran.
* Robert Leo Herzfield - Saline County Prosecutor.

Democratic Run-off

Position 6

*Annabelle Clinton Imber - incumbent. Uncontested for reelection.

Position 7

*Robert Brown - incumbent. Uncontested for reelection.

Court of Appeals

Elections were held on primary election day for four appeals judges to new eight-year terms. All candidates stood unopposed and were reelected by acclamation:

*Judge John Pittman - District 1, Position 1
*Denzil Price Marshall - District 1, Position 2
*Judge Terry Crabtree - District 3, Position 2
*Judge Larry Vaught - District 6, Position 2

Circuit Courts

Elections were also held on primary election day for eight district court judges, for six year terms. Necessary run-offs will be held with the general election.

*Unopposed:
**Judge John Mark Lindsay - District 4, Division 6
**Judge Ellen Brantley - District 6, Division 16, Subdistrict 6.2
**Judge Mackie Pierce - District 6, Division 17, Subdistrict 6.2

Referendums

*Constitutional Amendment 1

Amendment 1 would amend the Arkansas Constitution to lift prohbitions against gambling from bingos and lotteries conducted by authorized nonprofit organizations, such as churches or volunteer fire organizations.

*Referred Question 1

Question 1 would allow the state to issue no more than $250 million in bonds to finance the development of technology and facilities for state institutions of higher education.

ee also

*Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2006