U.S. Senate
Tom Cotton
69.9%6,390
Hallie Shoffner
26.8%2,445
Jeff Wadlin
3.3%304
Statewide: Tom Cotton wins. Called.
Independence County, Arkansas
2026 election results. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) got 70% of the vote for governor in Independence County. The margin is 11.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 12 local contests from the state's own results.
2026 results in Independence County
Governor
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
69.6%6,366
Fred Love
23.3%2,133
Colt Shelby
7.0%643
Statewide: Sarah Huckabee Sanders wins. Called.
U.S. House: Arkansas 1st District
Rick Crawford
73.8%6,730
Terri Green
22.7%2,072
Steve Parsons
3.5%316
Whole district: Rick Crawford wins. Called.
The leader in Independence 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, 7:58 PM.
12 local contests in Independence County
County offices, city and town races, local measures and judges on Independence 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
Independence County Circuit Clerk
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Carmen Duncan R | 8,095 | 100.0% |
Carmen Duncan is unopposed.
Cities & towns
Town of Moorefield Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah Morgan I | 42 | 100.0% |
Sarah Morgan is unopposed. Moorefield's page.
City of Cushman Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Joshua Goodwin I | 121 | 100.0% |
Joshua Goodwin is unopposed. Cushman's page.
City of Batesville Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rick Elumbaugh I | 1,960 | 100.0% |
Rick Elumbaugh is unopposed. Batesville's page.
City of Southside Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ray Bowman I | 989 | 100.0% |
Ray Bowman is unopposed. Southside's page.
Town of Pleasant Plains Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ruth Quintana I | 73 | 100.0% |
Ruth Quintana is unopposed. Pleasant Plains's page.
City of Newark Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Barber I | 188 | 100.0% |
Brian Barber is unopposed. Newark's page.
Town of Sulphur Rock Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Hoggard I | 106 | 100.0% |
Paul Hoggard is unopposed. Sulphur Rock's page.
Town of Oil Trough Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bobby Carroll I | 37 | 100.0% |
Bobby Carroll is unopposed. Oil Trough's page.
City of Cave City Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jonas Anderson I | 62 | 100.0% |
Jonas Anderson is unopposed. Cave City's page. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Jonas Anderson 360 (100.0%).
Local measures
Pleasant Plains Terms
| Choice | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| For Adoption | 61 | 79.2% |
| Against Adoption | 16 | 20.8% |
For Adoption ahead with 79.2% in Independence County.
Judges
Circuit Judge, Dist 16, Division 02
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kara Byars | 5,005 | 57.7% |
| Scott Davidson | 3,667 | 42.3% |
Kara Byars ahead in Independence 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
| Race | Margin | 2024 president | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|
| AR Senate | R +44.7 | R +60.8 | D +16.1 |
| AR Governor | R +49.8 | R +60.8 | D +11.0 |
| AR-01 | R +52.9 | R +60.8 | D +7.9 |
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 Independence County has voted for president
| Year | Democrat | Share | Republican | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris | 19.2% | Donald Trump | 78.7% | R +59.5 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden | 19.3% | Donald Trump | 77.5% | R +58.2 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton | 21.2% | Donald Trump | 73.0% | R +51.8 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama | 26.5% | Mitt Romney | 70.4% | R +43.9 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama | 30.0% | John McCain | 67.1% | R +37.1 |
| 2004 | John Kerry | 41.8% | George W. Bush | 57.1% | R +15.3 |
| 2000 | Al Gore | 44.4% | George W. Bush | 53.0% | R +8.6 |
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 +50.9.
Other counties in Arkansas
Arkansas results- Arkansas County
- Ashley County
- Baxter County
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Bradley County
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Chicot County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Cleveland County
- Columbia County
- Conway County
- Craighead County
- Crawford County
- Crittenden County
- Cross County
- Dallas County
- Desha County
- Drew County
- Faulkner County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Garland County
- Grant County
- Greene County
- Hempstead County
- Hot Spring County
- Howard County
- Izard County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Lawrence County
- Lee County
- Lincoln County
- Little River County
- Logan County
- Lonoke County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Miller County
- Mississippi County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Nevada County
- Newton County
- Ouachita County
- Perry County
- Phillips County
- Pike County
- Poinsett County
- Polk County
- Pope County
- Prairie County
- Pulaski County
- Randolph County
- Saline County
- Scott County
- Searcy County
- Sebastian County
- Sevier County
- Sharp County
- St. Francis County
- Stone County
- Union County
- Van Buren County
- Washington County
- White County
- Woodruff County
- Yell County
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.