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Jonesboro, Arkansas

2026 election results. 2 contests on Jonesboro's ballot in Arkansas's official results. 0.625% Sales and Use Tax: Against ahead with 58.9%. Alderman Ward 5, Pos. 1: LJ Bryant ahead.

2 contests on Jonesboro's ballot

From Arkansas's official results file, where the contest's name gives Jonesboro as its place. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

Cities & towns

City of Jonesboro, Alderman Ward 5, Pos. 1

CandidateVotesShare
LJ Bryant1,03538.6%
Patti Lack78529.3%
Vince Pearcy60322.5%
James Carl Wilson Jr2559.5%

LJ Bryant ahead.

Local measures

City of Jonesboro, 0.625% Sales and Use Tax

ChoiceVotesShare
Against10,27558.9%
For7,16941.1%

Against ahead with 58.9%.

Statewide races in Craighead County

U.S. Senate

Tom Cotton
55.1%14,416
Hallie Shoffner
41.5%10,867
Jeff Wadlin
3.4%897
100% counted

These are Craighead County's votes, which include Jonesboro's. Statewide: Tom Cotton wins. Called.

Governor

Sarah Huckabee Sanders
56.2%14,693
Fred Love
37.8%9,878
Colt Shelby
6.0%1,581
100% counted

These are Craighead County's votes, which include Jonesboro's. Statewide: Sarah Huckabee Sanders wins. Called.

Results for Jonesboro alone aren't in the state's file for these races. Craighead County's page has its U.S. House results and its other local contests.

Sources & scope

Arkansas's official results, file posted Nov 13, 6:07 PM. Unofficial until certified. This page lists the contests whose names in that file give Jonesboro as their place; other contests on Jonesboro voters' ballots, such as school boards and districts, are on Craighead County's page.