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Calhoun County, Arkansas

2026 election results. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) got 70% of the vote for governor in Calhoun County. The margin is 12.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 6 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Calhoun County

U.S. Senate

Tom Cotton
71.2%984
Hallie Shoffner
25.3%350
Jeff Wadlin
3.5%48
100% counted

Statewide: Tom Cotton wins. Called.

Governor

Sarah Huckabee Sanders
70.2%974
Fred Love
23.1%321
Colt Shelby
6.6%92
100% counted

Statewide: Sarah Huckabee Sanders wins. Called.

The leader in Calhoun County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 3, 7:39 PM.

6 local contests in Calhoun County

County offices, city and town races, local measures and judges on Calhoun County's ballots, from Arkansas's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

County offices

Calhoun County Circuit and County Clerk

CandidateVotesShare
Jeanie L Smith R1,248100.0%

Jeanie L Smith is unopposed.

Cities & towns

Mayor of Harrell

CandidateVotesShare
Terry Anders Jr I70100.0%

Terry Anders Jr is unopposed.

Mayor of Hampton

CandidateVotesShare
Rick Shirron R246100.0%

Rick Shirron is unopposed.

Mayor of Thornton

CandidateVotesShare
Libby Coates I80100.0%

Libby Coates is unopposed.

Local measures

1% Road Sales & Use Tax

ChoiceVotesShare
For70351.2%
Against67048.8%

For ahead with 51.2% in Calhoun County.

Judges

Calhoun County Justice of the Peace District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Jimmy Dale Williams R13772.5%
Corey L Thomas I5227.5%

Jimmy Dale Williams ahead in Calhoun County.

Arkansas's official results, file posted Nov 13, 6:07 PM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
AR SenateR +47.5R +63.1D +15.6
AR GovernorR +50.4R +63.1D +12.7
AR-04R +50.8R +63.1D +12.3

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Calhoun County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris18.1%Donald Trump80.0%R +61.92,092
2020Joe Biden22.0%Donald Trump75.0%R +53.02,184
2016Hillary Clinton28.2%Donald Trump68.6%R +40.42,269
2012Barack Obama30.4%Mitt Romney67.1%R +36.72,174
2008Barack Obama31.2%John McCain65.9%R +34.82,217
2004John Kerry40.9%George W. Bush58.2%R +17.32,303
2000Al Gore46.5%George W. Bush51.6%R +5.12,185

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +56.8.

Other counties in Arkansas

Arkansas results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Arkansas certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Arkansas's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.