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Cleburne County, Arkansas

2026 election results. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) got 77% of the vote for governor in Cleburne County. The margin is 3.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 9 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Cleburne County

U.S. Senate

Tom Cotton
77.2%7,395
Hallie Shoffner
19.2%1,840
Jeff Wadlin
3.6%349
100% counted

Statewide: Tom Cotton wins. Called.

Governor

Sarah Huckabee Sanders
76.8%7,362
Fred Love
16.1%1,544
Colt Shelby
7.1%680
100% counted

Statewide: Sarah Huckabee Sanders wins. Called.

The leader in Cleburne 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 4, 2:24 PM.

9 local contests in Cleburne County

County offices, city and town races and judges on Cleburne 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

Cleburne County Circuit Clerk

CandidateVotesShare
Heather Smith R8,809100.0%

Heather Smith is unopposed.

Cities & towns

Greers Ferry City Council Ward 1 Pos 2

CandidateVotesShare
Jason Blangy22655.1%
Don Jenkins I18444.9%

Jason Blangy ahead in Cleburne County.

Heber Springs City Council Ward 1 Pos 1

CandidateVotesShare
Lloyd White III23851.3%
Jamey E. Mooney22648.7%

Lloyd White III ahead in Cleburne County.

Greers Ferry Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Darryl Birdsong30974.5%
Travis Shepherd I10625.5%

Darryl Birdsong ahead in Cleburne County.

Higden Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Scott Barker I66100.0%

Scott Barker is unopposed.

City of Fairfield Bay Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Seth J. Connell I108100.0%

Seth J. Connell is unopposed. Fairfield Bay's page. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Seth J. Connell 767 (100.0%).

Quitman Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Todd Henry I154100.0%

Todd Henry is unopposed. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Todd Henry 164 (100.0%).

Heber Springs Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
L.T. Davis1,28756.2%
Kasey Griffin1,00543.8%

L.T. Davis ahead in Cleburne County.

Judges

Circuit Judge, Dist 16, Division 02

CandidateVotesShare
Kara Byars5,72765.4%
Scott Davidson3,02434.6%

Kara Byars ahead in Cleburne County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Kara Byars 18,023 (62.7%), Scott Davidson 10,699 (37.3%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
AR SenateR +60.2R +69.0D +8.9
AR GovernorR +65.3R +69.0D +3.7
AR-02R +62.1R +69.0D +6.9

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 Cleburne County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris15.2%Donald Trump83.2%R +67.912,741
2020Joe Biden15.7%Donald Trump81.5%R +65.812,680
2016Hillary Clinton17.4%Donald Trump78.3%R +60.912,085
2012Barack Obama22.5%Mitt Romney74.6%R +52.111,647
2008Barack Obama26.0%John McCain70.2%R +44.211,338
2004John Kerry39.7%George W. Bush59.2%R +19.411,835
2000Al Gore40.4%George W. Bush56.1%R +15.810,207

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 +52.2.

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.