The 2018 Arkansas Attorney General election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Leslie Rutledge was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic challenger Mike Lee in a landslide.[1]
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November 6, 2018
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Rutledge: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Lee: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Republican primary
editCandidates
editNominee
edit- Leslie Rutledge, incumbent attorney general (2015–2023)[2]
Democratic primary
editLibertarian primary
editGeneral election
editResults
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Leslie Rutledge (incumbent) | 549,668 | 61.80 | ||
| Democratic | Mike Lee | 315,099 | 35.43 | ||
| Libertarian | Kerry Hicks | 24,652 | 2.77 | ||
| Total votes | 889,419 | 100.00 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
edit| County[5] | Leslie Rutledge Republican |
Mike Lee Democratic |
Kerry Hicks Libertarian |
Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Arkansas | 3,348 | 67.54% | 1,515 | 30.56% | 94 | 1.90% | 1,833 | 36.98% | 4,957 |
| Ashley | 4,133 | 67.16% | 1,918 | 31.17% | 103 | 1.67% | 2,215 | 35.99% | 6,154 |
| Baxter | 10,514 | 73.45% | 3,258 | 22.76% | 543 | 3.79% | 7,256 | 50.69% | 14,315 |
| Benton | 50,345 | 65.21% | 24,108 | 31.22% | 2,757 | 3.57% | 26,237 | 33.98% | 77,210 |
| Boone | 8,941 | 77.18% | 2,354 | 20.32% | 290 | 2.50% | 6,587 | 56.86% | 11,585 |
| Bradley | 1,823 | 63.50% | 979 | 34.10% | 69 | 2.40% | 844 | 29.40% | 2,871 |
| Calhoun | 1,267 | 71.14% | 480 | 26.95% | 34 | 1.91% | 787 | 44.19% | 1,781 |
| Carroll | 5,517 | 61.59% | 3,176 | 35.46% | 264 | 2.95% | 2,341 | 26.14% | 8,957 |
| Chicot | 1,523 | 42.94% | 1,976 | 55.71% | 48 | 1.35% | -453 | -12.77% | 3,547 |
| Clark | 3,708 | 55.00% | 2,901 | 43.03% | 133 | 1.97% | 807 | 11.97% | 6,742 |
| Clay | 2,983 | 72.53% | 1,019 | 24.78% | 111 | 2.70% | 1,964 | 47.75% | 4,113 |
| Cleburne | 7,710 | 80.02% | 1,689 | 17.53% | 236 | 2.45% | 6,021 | 62.49% | 9,635 |
| Cleveland | 1,993 | 76.95% | 549 | 21.20% | 48 | 1.85% | 1,444 | 55.75% | 2,590 |
| Columbia | 3,978 | 62.88% | 2,256 | 35.66% | 92 | 1.45% | 1,722 | 27.22% | 6,326 |
| Conway | 4,014 | 62.13% | 2,291 | 35.46% | 156 | 2.41% | 1,723 | 26.67% | 6,461 |
| Craighead | 16,934 | 65.07% | 8,411 | 32.32% | 680 | 2.61% | 8,523 | 32.75% | 26,025 |
| Crawford | 12,735 | 75.60% | 3,591 | 21.32% | 519 | 3.08% | 9,144 | 54.28% | 16,845 |
| Crittenden | 5,457 | 45.72% | 6,267 | 52.51% | 212 | 1.78% | -810 | -6.79% | 11,936 |
| Cross | 3,962 | 68.30% | 1,698 | 29.27% | 141 | 2.43% | 2,264 | 39.03% | 5,801 |
| Dallas | 1,251 | 59.23% | 827 | 39.16% | 34 | 1.61% | 424 | 20.08% | 2,112 |
| Desha | 1,708 | 49.32% | 1,676 | 48.40% | 79 | 2.28% | 32 | 0.92% | 3,463 |
| Drew | 3,422 | 63.36% | 1,877 | 34.75% | 102 | 1.89% | 1,545 | 28.61% | 5,401 |
| Faulkner | 24,241 | 63.03% | 12,973 | 33.73% | 1,245 | 3.24% | 11,268 | 29.30% | 38,459 |
| Franklin | 3,979 | 75.32% | 1,158 | 21.92% | 146 | 2.76% | 2,821 | 53.40% | 5,283 |
| Fulton | 2,664 | 69.81% | 1,031 | 27.02% | 121 | 3.17% | 1,633 | 42.79% | 3,816 |
| Garland | 20,680 | 65.13% | 10,211 | 32.16% | 859 | 2.71% | 10,469 | 32.97% | 31,750 |
| Grant | 4,326 | 77.88% | 1,110 | 19.98% | 119 | 2.14% | 3,216 | 57.89% | 5,555 |
| Greene | 8,165 | 74.61% | 2,496 | 22.81% | 282 | 2.58% | 5,669 | 51.80% | 10,943 |
| Hempstead | 3,175 | 64.05% | 1,708 | 34.46% | 74 | 1.49% | 1,467 | 29.59% | 4,957 |
| Hot Spring | 6,136 | 70.22% | 2,374 | 27.17% | 228 | 2.61% | 3,762 | 43.05% | 8,738 |
| Howard | 2,377 | 67.61% | 1,085 | 30.86% | 54 | 1.54% | 1,292 | 36.75% | 3,516 |
| Independence | 7,823 | 77.07% | 2,070 | 20.39% | 257 | 2.53% | 5,753 | 56.68% | 10,150 |
| Izard | 3,403 | 76.20% | 957 | 21.43% | 106 | 2.37% | 2,446 | 54.77% | 4,466 |
| Jackson | 2,880 | 69.08% | 1,199 | 28.76% | 90 | 2.16% | 1,681 | 40.32% | 4,169 |
| Jefferson | 7,912 | 40.01% | 11,446 | 57.88% | 419 | 2.12% | -3,534 | -17.87% | 19,777 |
| Johnson | 5,199 | 69.79% | 2,030 | 27.25% | 221 | 2.97% | 3,169 | 42.54% | 7,450 |
| Lafayette | 1,321 | 61.99% | 773 | 36.27% | 37 | 1.74% | 548 | 25.72% | 2,131 |
| Lawrence | 3,452 | 74.09% | 1,072 | 23.01% | 135 | 2.90% | 2,380 | 51.08% | 4,659 |
| Lee | 880 | 41.71% | 1,197 | 56.73% | 33 | 1.56% | -317 | -15.02% | 2,110 |
| Lincoln | 2,077 | 68.57% | 902 | 29.78% | 50 | 1.65% | 1,175 | 38.79% | 3,029 |
| Little River | 2,664 | 67.87% | 1,179 | 30.04% | 82 | 2.09% | 1,485 | 37.83% | 3,925 |
| Logan | 4,117 | 74.60% | 1,232 | 22.32% | 170 | 3.08% | 2,885 | 52.27% | 5,519 |
| Lonoke | 15,217 | 73.94% | 4,765 | 23.15% | 599 | 2.91% | 10,452 | 50.78% | 20,581 |
| Madison | 3,919 | 70.88% | 1,444 | 26.12% | 166 | 3.00% | 2,475 | 44.76% | 5,529 |
| Marion | 3,875 | 75.23% | 1,130 | 21.94% | 146 | 2.83% | 2,745 | 53.29% | 5,151 |
| Miller | 8,169 | 71.46% | 3,097 | 27.09% | 165 | 1.44% | 5,072 | 44.37% | 11,431 |
| Mississippi | 6,010 | 57.61% | 4,160 | 39.87% | 263 | 2.52% | 1,850 | 17.73% | 10,433 |
| Monroe | 1,383 | 52.49% | 1,188 | 45.09% | 64 | 2.43% | 195 | 7.40% | 2,635 |
| Montgomery | 2,153 | 75.81% | 625 | 22.01% | 62 | 2.18% | 1,528 | 53.80% | 2,840 |
| Nevada | 1,553 | 61.87% | 911 | 36.29% | 46 | 1.83% | 642 | 25.58% | 2,510 |
| Newton | 2,353 | 76.25% | 643 | 20.84% | 90 | 2.92% | 1,710 | 55.41% | 3,086 |
| Ouachita | 3,998 | 54.07% | 3,276 | 44.31% | 120 | 1.62% | 722 | 9.76% | 7,394 |
| Perry | 2,617 | 70.83% | 957 | 25.90% | 121 | 3.27% | 1,660 | 44.93% | 3,695 |
| Phillips | 2,134 | 39.27% | 3,212 | 59.11% | 88 | 1.62% | -1,078 | -19.84% | 5,434 |
| Pike | 2,630 | 78.58% | 640 | 19.12% | 77 | 2.30% | 1,990 | 59.46% | 3,347 |
| Poinsett | 4,396 | 72.26% | 1,548 | 25.44% | 140 | 2.30% | 2,848 | 46.81% | 6,084 |
| Polk | 4,852 | 80.21% | 1,010 | 16.70% | 187 | 3.09% | 3,842 | 63.51% | 6,049 |
| Pope | 13,145 | 73.26% | 4,269 | 23.79% | 529 | 2.95% | 8,876 | 49.47% | 17,943 |
| Prairie | 2,139 | 74.97% | 668 | 23.41% | 46 | 1.61% | 1,471 | 51.56% | 2,853 |
| Pulaski | 53,561 | 39.92% | 76,855 | 57.29% | 3,743 | 2.79% | -23,294 | -17.36% | 134,159 |
| Randolph | 4,105 | 72.95% | 1,314 | 23.35% | 208 | 3.70% | 2,791 | 49.60% | 5,627 |
| Saline | 29,172 | 70.39% | 11,142 | 26.89% | 1,128 | 2.72% | 18,030 | 43.51% | 41,442 |
| Scott | 2,263 | 79.18% | 483 | 16.90% | 112 | 3.92% | 1,780 | 62.28% | 2,858 |
| Searcy | 2,522 | 79.48% | 556 | 17.52% | 95 | 2.99% | 1,966 | 61.96% | 3,173 |
| Sebastian | 22,364 | 67.47% | 9,676 | 29.19% | 1,106 | 3.34% | 12,688 | 38.28% | 33,146 |
| Sevier | 2,338 | 72.88% | 781 | 24.35% | 89 | 2.77% | 1,557 | 48.53% | 3,208 |
| Sharp | 4,311 | 76.11% | 1,210 | 21.36% | 143 | 2.52% | 3,101 | 54.75% | 5,664 |
| St. Francis | 2,550 | 43.87% | 3,157 | 54.32% | 105 | 1.81% | -607 | -10.44% | 5,812 |
| Stone | 3,305 | 74.32% | 1,025 | 23.05% | 117 | 2.63% | 2,280 | 51.27% | 4,447 |
| Union | 7,687 | 62.47% | 4,220 | 34.29% | 399 | 3.24% | 3,467 | 28.17% | 12,306 |
| Van Buren | 4,630 | 73.78% | 1,417 | 22.58% | 228 | 3.63% | 3,213 | 51.20% | 6,275 |
| Washington | 33,459 | 50.97% | 30,251 | 46.08% | 1,937 | 2.95% | 3,208 | 4.89% | 65,647 |
| White | 17,093 | 77.62% | 4,306 | 19.55% | 623 | 2.83% | 12,787 | 58.06% | 22,022 |
| Woodruff | 1,144 | 54.71% | 887 | 42.42% | 60 | 2.87% | 257 | 12.29% | 2,091 |
| Yell | 3,884 | 73.03% | 1,257 | 23.64% | 177 | 3.33% | 2,627 | 49.40% | 5,318 |
| Totals | 549,668 | 61.80% | 315,099 | 35.43% | 24,652 | 2.77% | 234,569 | 26.37% | 889,419 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Arkansas (largest city: Stuttgart)
- Clark (largest city: Arkadelphia)
- Clay (largest city: Piggott)
- Conway (largest city: Morrilton)
- Cross (largest city: Wynne)
- Dallas (largest city: Fordyce)
- Desha (largest city: Dumas)
- Drew (largest city: Monticello)
- Howard (largest city: Nashville)
- Jackson (largest city: Newport)
- Mississippi (largest city: Blytheville)
- Monroe (largest city: Brinkley)
- Nevada (largest city: Prescott)
- Ouachita (largest city: Camden)
- Pike (largest city: Glenwood)
- Sevier (largest city: De Queen)
- Woodruff (largest city: Augusta)
By congressional district
editRutledge won all four congressional districts.[6]
| District | Rutledge | Lee | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 67% | 31% | Rick Crawford |
| 2nd | 54% | 44% | French Hill |
| 3rd | 63% | 34% | Steve Womack |
| 4th | 66% | 32% | Bruce Westerman |
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Wilson, Kristen (November 7, 2018). "Leslie Rutledge re-elected as Arkansas' attorney general". KATV. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
- ↑ https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/attorney-general-leslie-rutledge-to-run-for-re-election-in-2018/
- ↑ Brantley, Max (February 28, 2018). "Democrat Mike Lee switches from House to attorney general race". Arkansas Times. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
- ↑ "Arkansas candidate filings for 2018 election". Southwest Times Record. April 12, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
- 1 2 Martin, Mark (November 6, 2018). "Attorney General". Secretary of State of Arkansas. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
- ↑ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::1db11e90-c162-4363-847c-a0d34a8864e8