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Madison County, Arkansas

2026 election results. Tom Cotton (R) got 67% of the U.S. Senate vote in Madison County. The margin is 20.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 4 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Madison County

U.S. Senate

Tom Cotton
67.1%3,467
Hallie Shoffner
29.1%1,503
Jeff Wadlin
3.8%198
100% counted

Statewide: Tom Cotton wins. Called.

Governor

Sarah Huckabee Sanders
66.3%3,422
Fred Love
25.1%1,295
Colt Shelby
8.6%446
100% counted

Statewide: Sarah Huckabee Sanders wins. Called.

The leader in Madison 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, 9:59 PM.

4 local contests in Madison County

County offices, city and town races and judges on Madison 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

Madison County Circuit Clerk

CandidateVotesShare
Tiffany McDaniel R4,473100.0%

Tiffany McDaniel is unopposed.

Cities & towns

City of St. Paul Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Ronald D. Springston19100.0%

Ronald D. Springston is unopposed. St. Paul's page.

City of Huntsville Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Travis Dotson491100.0%

Travis Dotson is unopposed. Huntsville's page.

Judges

Circuit Judge, District 04, Division 02

CandidateVotesShare
Wendy Howerton2,92561.1%
Kristin Pawlik1,85938.9%

Wendy Howerton ahead in Madison County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Wendy Howerton 37,395 (52.0%), Kristin Pawlik 34,477 (48.0%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
AR SenateR +39.5R +59.6D +20.1
AR GovernorR +45.1R +59.6D +14.5
AR-03R +51.1R +59.6D +8.5

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 Madison County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris19.9%Donald Trump78.5%R +58.67,502
2020Joe Biden21.3%Donald Trump77.0%R +55.77,351
2016Hillary Clinton23.2%Donald Trump72.0%R +48.86,841
2012Barack Obama32.0%Mitt Romney64.9%R +32.96,568
2008Barack Obama33.9%John McCain62.8%R +28.96,328
2004John Kerry37.9%George W. Bush60.7%R +22.76,384
2000Al Gore36.5%George W. Bush60.2%R +23.75,628

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 +34.9.

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.