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Prairie County, Arkansas

2026 election results. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) got 71% of the vote for governor in Prairie County. The margin is 7.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 11 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Prairie County

U.S. Senate

Tom Cotton
74.5%1,736
Hallie Shoffner
21.9%510
Jeff Wadlin
3.6%83
100% counted

Statewide: Tom Cotton wins. Called.

Governor

Sarah Huckabee Sanders
71.5%1,667
Fred Love
18.4%429
Colt Shelby
10.2%237
100% counted

Statewide: Sarah Huckabee Sanders wins. Called.

The leader in Prairie 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, 8:44 PM.

11 local contests in Prairie County

County offices and city and town races on Prairie 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

Prairie County Circuit and County Clerk

CandidateVotesShare
Gaylon Hale R2,252100.0%

Gaylon Hale is unopposed.

Cities & towns

Des Arc Alderman Ward 3 Position 2

CandidateVotesShare
James Rowton I28954.9%
Charles D Estes I23745.1%

James Rowton ahead in Prairie County.

Des Arc Alderman Ward 3 Position 1

CandidateVotesShare
Paul Guess I30857.9%
Stephen Fields I22442.1%

Paul Guess ahead in Prairie County.

Mayor - Des Arc

CandidateVotesShare
Anna Beth Fisher I31458.9%
Roger Scott I21941.1%

Anna Beth Fisher ahead in Prairie County.

Ulm Alderman Position 2

CandidateVotesShare
Kevin Knight I2757.4%
Joshua Hunter I2042.6%

Kevin Knight ahead in Prairie County.

Mayor - DeValls Bluff

CandidateVotesShare
Darlene Connor86100.0%

Darlene Connor is unopposed.

Mayor - Ulm

CandidateVotesShare
Brian Reynolds I47100.0%

Brian Reynolds is unopposed.

Mayor - Biscoe

CandidateVotesShare
Kent Smith I8781.3%
Stephanie Jones I2018.7%

Kent Smith ahead in Prairie County.

Ulm Alderman Position 5

CandidateVotesShare
Jennifer Short I3472.3%
Robert Floyd I1327.7%

Jennifer Short ahead in Prairie County.

Mayor - Hazen

CandidateVotesShare
David Hardke I293100.0%

David Hardke is unopposed.

DeValls Bluff Alderman Ward 1 Position 1

CandidateVotesShare
Raymond Watson I6264.6%
Jackie Adcock I3435.4%

Raymond Watson ahead in Prairie County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
AR SenateR +54.6R +66.8D +12.2
AR GovernorR +59.1R +66.8D +7.7
AR-01R +64.2R +66.8D +2.5

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 Prairie County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris16.4%Donald Trump82.1%R +65.73,201
2020Joe Biden18.7%Donald Trump79.7%R +61.03,496
2016Hillary Clinton23.6%Donald Trump72.7%R +49.13,444
2012Barack Obama28.0%Mitt Romney68.5%R +40.53,141
2008Barack Obama31.0%John McCain65.7%R +34.83,381
2004John Kerry43.1%George W. Bush56.0%R +12.93,624
2000Al Gore44.6%George W. Bush53.1%R +8.53,507

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 +57.2.

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.