The 2018 Arkansas Secretary of State election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Secretary of State of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican Mark Martin was term-limited and ineligible to seek re-election to a third term in office. Republican Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands John Thurston defeated Democrat Susan Inman to succeed Martin.[1] Primary elections were held on May 22.
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November 6, 2018
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 County results Thurston: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Inman: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Republican primary
editCandidates
editNominee
edit- John Thurston, commissioner of state lands of Arkansas (2011–2019)[2]
Eliminated in primary
edit- Trevor Drown, state representative (2015–2019)[3]
Results
edit
Thurston:
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 80–90%
Drown:
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 80–90%
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Thurston | 100,799 | 52.57 | |
| Republican | Trevor Drown | 90,933 | 47.43 | |
| Total votes | 191,732 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic primary
editCandidates
editNominee
edit- Susan Inman, Director of Elections under former Secretary of State Sharon Priest[5]
Withdrew
edit- Anthony Bland, business owner[6] (ran for lieutenant governor)[7]
Libertarian primary
editGeneral election
editPredictions
editResults
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Thurston | 537,581 | 60.64 | ||
| Democratic | Susan Inman | 323,644 | 36.51 | ||
| Libertarian | Christopher Olson | 25,320 | 2.86 | ||
| Total votes | 886,545 | 100.00 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
edit| County[10] | John Thurston Republican |
Susan Inman Democratic |
Christopher Olson Libertarian |
Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Arkansas | 3,187 | 64.49% | 1,660 | 33.59% | 95 | 1.92% | 1,527 | 30.90% | 4,942 |
| Ashley | 4,119 | 66.85% | 1,962 | 31.84% | 81 | 1.31% | 2,157 | 35.00% | 6,162 |
| Baxter | 10,323 | 72.25% | 3,389 | 23.72% | 576 | 4.03% | 6,934 | 48.53% | 14,288 |
| Benton | 49,408 | 64.21% | 24,961 | 32.44% | 2,580 | 3.35% | 24,447 | 31.77% | 76,949 |
| Boone | 8,813 | 76.09% | 2,480 | 21.41% | 290 | 2.50% | 6,333 | 54.67% | 11,583 |
| Bradley | 1,803 | 63.22% | 988 | 34.64% | 61 | 2.14% | 815 | 28.58% | 2,852 |
| Calhoun | 1,238 | 69.47% | 509 | 28.56% | 35 | 1.96% | 729 | 40.91% | 1,782 |
| Carroll | 5,417 | 60.62% | 3,262 | 36.50% | 257 | 2.88% | 2,155 | 24.12% | 8,936 |
| Chicot | 1,489 | 41.93% | 2,020 | 56.89% | 42 | 1.18% | -531 | -14.95% | 3,551 |
| Clark | 3,589 | 53.21% | 3,016 | 44.71% | 140 | 2.08% | 573 | 8.50% | 6,745 |
| Clay | 2,984 | 72.50% | 1,014 | 24.64% | 118 | 2.87% | 1,970 | 47.86% | 4,116 |
| Cleburne | 7,643 | 79.40% | 1,781 | 18.50% | 202 | 2.10% | 5,862 | 60.90% | 9,626 |
| Cleveland | 1,942 | 75.13% | 605 | 23.40% | 38 | 1.47% | 1,337 | 51.72% | 2,585 |
| Columbia | 4,017 | 63.53% | 2,203 | 34.84% | 103 | 1.63% | 1,814 | 28.69% | 6,323 |
| Conway | 3,909 | 60.83% | 2,283 | 35.53% | 234 | 3.64% | 1,626 | 25.30% | 6,426 |
| Craighead | 16,849 | 64.91% | 8,370 | 32.24% | 740 | 2.85% | 8,479 | 32.66% | 25,959 |
| Crawford | 12,570 | 74.83% | 3,743 | 22.28% | 485 | 2.89% | 8,827 | 52.55% | 16,798 |
| Crittenden | 5,433 | 45.62% | 6,241 | 52.41% | 234 | 1.97% | -808 | -6.79% | 11,908 |
| Cross | 3,975 | 68.56% | 1,720 | 29.67% | 103 | 1.78% | 2,255 | 38.89% | 5,798 |
| Dallas | 1,214 | 57.29% | 874 | 41.25% | 31 | 1.46% | 340 | 16.05% | 2,119 |
| Desha | 1,532 | 44.70% | 1,800 | 52.52% | 95 | 2.77% | -268 | -7.82% | 3,427 |
| Drew | 3,293 | 61.44% | 1,934 | 36.08% | 133 | 2.48% | 1,359 | 25.35% | 5,360 |
| Faulkner | 23,609 | 61.63% | 13,420 | 35.03% | 1,277 | 3.33% | 10,189 | 26.60% | 38,306 |
| Franklin | 3,843 | 72.94% | 1,293 | 24.54% | 133 | 2.52% | 2,550 | 48.40% | 5,269 |
| Fulton | 2,579 | 67.87% | 1,102 | 29.00% | 119 | 3.13% | 1,477 | 38.87% | 3,800 |
| Garland | 20,374 | 64.53% | 10,308 | 32.65% | 890 | 2.82% | 10,066 | 31.88% | 31,572 |
| Grant | 4,294 | 77.45% | 1,126 | 20.31% | 124 | 2.24% | 3,168 | 57.14% | 5,544 |
| Greene | 7,980 | 73.08% | 2,647 | 24.24% | 293 | 2.68% | 5,333 | 48.84% | 10,920 |
| Hempstead | 3,180 | 64.15% | 1,699 | 34.27% | 78 | 1.57% | 1,481 | 29.88% | 4,957 |
| Hot Spring | 6,013 | 68.87% | 2,510 | 28.75% | 208 | 2.38% | 3,503 | 40.12% | 8,731 |
| Howard | 2,362 | 67.24% | 1,101 | 31.34% | 50 | 1.42% | 1,261 | 35.90% | 3,513 |
| Independence | 7,440 | 73.66% | 2,373 | 23.49% | 288 | 2.85% | 5,067 | 50.16% | 10,101 |
| Izard | 3,261 | 73.00% | 1,086 | 24.31% | 120 | 2.69% | 2,175 | 48.69% | 4,467 |
| Jackson | 2,697 | 64.57% | 1,380 | 33.04% | 100 | 2.39% | 1,317 | 31.53% | 4,177 |
| Jefferson | 7,318 | 37.15% | 11,662 | 59.20% | 718 | 3.65% | -4,344 | -22.05% | 19,698 |
| Johnson | 5,066 | 68.16% | 2,124 | 28.58% | 242 | 3.26% | 2,942 | 39.59% | 7,432 |
| Lafayette | 1,354 | 63.48% | 746 | 34.97% | 33 | 1.55% | 608 | 28.50% | 2,133 |
| Lawrence | 3,236 | 69.59% | 1,252 | 26.92% | 162 | 3.48% | 1,984 | 42.67% | 4,650 |
| Lee | 884 | 41.94% | 1,190 | 56.45% | 34 | 1.61% | -306 | -14.52% | 2,108 |
| Lincoln | 1,924 | 63.71% | 1,054 | 34.90% | 42 | 1.39% | 870 | 28.81% | 3,020 |
| Little River | 2,698 | 68.62% | 1,171 | 29.78% | 63 | 1.60% | 1,527 | 38.84% | 3,932 |
| Logan | 4,009 | 72.63% | 1,350 | 24.46% | 161 | 2.92% | 2,659 | 48.17% | 5,520 |
| Lonoke | 14,961 | 72.86% | 4,955 | 24.13% | 617 | 3.00% | 10,006 | 48.73% | 20,533 |
| Madison | 3,829 | 69.62% | 1,513 | 27.51% | 158 | 2.87% | 2,316 | 42.11% | 5,500 |
| Marion | 3,851 | 74.62% | 1,162 | 22.52% | 148 | 2.87% | 2,689 | 52.10% | 5,161 |
| Miller | 8,168 | 71.55% | 3,097 | 27.13% | 150 | 1.31% | 5,071 | 44.42% | 11,415 |
| Mississippi | 5,945 | 57.20% | 4,095 | 39.40% | 354 | 3.41% | 1,850 | 17.80% | 10,394 |
| Monroe | 1,290 | 49.31% | 1,239 | 47.36% | 87 | 3.33% | 51 | 1.95% | 2,616 |
| Montgomery | 2,115 | 74.42% | 658 | 23.15% | 69 | 2.43% | 1,457 | 51.27% | 2,842 |
| Nevada | 1,531 | 60.78% | 957 | 37.99% | 31 | 1.23% | 574 | 22.79% | 2,519 |
| Newton | 2,328 | 75.41% | 687 | 22.25% | 72 | 2.33% | 1,641 | 53.16% | 3,087 |
| Ouachita | 3,909 | 52.96% | 3,363 | 45.56% | 109 | 1.48% | 546 | 7.40% | 7,381 |
| Perry | 2,565 | 69.74% | 993 | 27.00% | 120 | 3.26% | 1,572 | 42.74% | 3,678 |
| Phillips | 2,049 | 37.83% | 3,256 | 60.11% | 112 | 2.07% | -1,207 | -22.28% | 5,417 |
| Pike | 2,577 | 77.39% | 693 | 20.81% | 60 | 1.80% | 1,884 | 56.58% | 3,330 |
| Poinsett | 4,388 | 72.30% | 1,529 | 25.19% | 152 | 2.50% | 2,859 | 47.11% | 6,069 |
| Polk | 4,816 | 79.76% | 1,043 | 17.27% | 179 | 2.96% | 3,773 | 62.49% | 6,038 |
| Pope | 12,839 | 71.76% | 4,217 | 23.57% | 836 | 4.67% | 8,622 | 48.19% | 17,892 |
| Prairie | 2,063 | 72.39% | 745 | 26.14% | 42 | 1.47% | 1,318 | 46.25% | 2,850 |
| Pulaski | 51,150 | 38.31% | 78,783 | 59.01% | 3,743 | 2.68% | -27,633 | -20.70% | 133,505 |
| Randolph | 3,833 | 68.47% | 1,552 | 27.72% | 213 | 3.80% | 2,281 | 40.75% | 5,598 |
| Saline | 28,862 | 69.92% | 11,193 | 27.11% | 1,225 | 2.97% | 17,669 | 42.80% | 41,280 |
| Scott | 2,228 | 78.20% | 515 | 18.08% | 106 | 3.72% | 1,713 | 60.13% | 2,849 |
| Searcy | 2,432 | 77.72% | 594 | 18.98% | 103 | 3.29% | 1,838 | 58.74% | 3,129 |
| Sebastian | 21,877 | 66.16% | 10,038 | 30.36% | 1,150 | 3.48% | 11,839 | 35.81% | 33,065 |
| Sevier | 2,347 | 73.32% | 768 | 23.99% | 86 | 2.69% | 1,579 | 49.33% | 3,201 |
| Sharp | 4,203 | 74.15% | 1,300 | 22.94% | 165 | 2.91% | 2,903 | 51.22% | 5,668 |
| St. Francis | 2,496 | 42.90% | 3,194 | 54.90% | 128 | 2.20% | -698 | -12.00% | 5,818 |
| Stone | 3,158 | 71.81% | 1,104 | 25.10% | 136 | 3.09% | 2,054 | 46.70% | 4,398 |
| Union | 7,622 | 62.51% | 4,235 | 34.73% | 337 | 2.76% | 3,387 | 27.78% | 12,194 |
| Van Buren | 4,481 | 71.73% | 1,552 | 24.84% | 214 | 3.43% | 2,929 | 46.89% | 6,247 |
| Washington | 33,137 | 50.64% | 30,368 | 46.41% | 1,931 | 2.95% | 2,769 | 4.23% | 65,436 |
| White | 16,832 | 76.62% | 4,552 | 20.72% | 584 | 2.66% | 12,280 | 55.90% | 21,968 |
| Woodruff | 1,036 | 49.81% | 951 | 45.72% | 93 | 4.47% | 85 | 4.09% | 2,080 |
| Yell | 3,795 | 71.58% | 1,334 | 25.16% | 173 | 3.26% | 2,461 | 46.42% | 5,302 |
| Totals | 537,581 | 60.64% | 323,644 | 36.51% | 25,320 | 2.86% | 213,937 | 24.13% | 886,545 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
References
edit- ↑ https://www.thv11.com/article/news/politics/elections/john-thurston-current-ark-commissioner-of-state-lands-wins-secretary-of-state-race/91-612045739
- ↑ "State Land Commissioner officially announces he will seek State Secretary of State's Office". Talk Business & Politics. October 23, 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ Kendrick, Taylor (May 22, 2017). "Representative Trevor Drown to Run for Secretary of State in 2018". KARK-TV. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ Martin, Mark (May 22, 2018). "Secretary of State - REP". Secretary of State of Arkansas. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ "Susan Inman announces candidacy for Secretary of State". KTHV. August 1, 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ https://www.kark.com/news/dr-anthony-bland-launches-campaign-for-ar-secretary-of-state/
- ↑ Brantley, Max (February 15, 2018). "Democratic candidate shifts to race for lt. governor". Arkansas Times. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ "Arkansas candidate filings for 2018 election". Southwest Times Record. April 12, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ Jacobson, Louis (October 11, 2018). "Democrats Maintain the Edge in Secretary of State Races". Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- 1 2 Martin, Mark (November 6, 2018). "Secretary of State". Secretary of State of Arkansas. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
External links
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