U.S. Senate
Tom Cotton
68.0%3,114
Hallie Shoffner
28.1%1,285
Jeff Wadlin
4.0%181
Statewide: Tom Cotton wins. Called.
Yell County, Arkansas
2026 election results. Tom Cotton (R) got 68% of the U.S. Senate vote in Yell County. The margin is 20.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 9 local contests from the state's own results.
2026 results in Yell County
Governor
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
63.2%2,888
Fred Love
22.2%1,013
Colt Shelby
14.7%672
Statewide: Sarah Huckabee Sanders wins. Called.
U.S. House: Arkansas 4th District
Bruce Westerman
74.5%3,339
James Russell
25.5%1,145
Whole district: Bruce Westerman wins. Called.
The leader in Yell 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, 7:54 PM.
9 local contests in Yell County
County offices, city and town races and other local offices on Yell 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
Yell County Circuit Clerk
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Ward R | 4,150 | 100.0% |
Anna Ward is unopposed.
Cities & towns
Mayor City of Plainview
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Caleb Lisenbey | 96 | 100.0% |
Caleb Lisenbey is unopposed. Plainview's page.
Mayor City of Danville
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Gilkey | 218 | 100.0% |
Bill Gilkey is unopposed. Danville's page.
Mayor City of Belleville
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Steven Baxter | 68 | 100.0% |
Steven Baxter is unopposed. Belleville's page.
City Council Ward 2, Position 2 City of Danville
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alison Isely Wilson | 158 | 68.7% |
| James Loyd | 72 | 31.3% |
Alison Isely Wilson ahead in Yell County. Danville's page.
City Council Ward 1, Position 2 City of Havana
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lisa Dawson | 43 | 81.1% |
| Christy Gorman-Over | 10 | 18.9% |
Lisa Dawson ahead in Yell County. Havana's page.
Mayor City of Dardanelle
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Witt | 492 | 68.6% |
| Kurt Spears | 225 | 31.4% |
Jimmy Witt ahead in Yell County. Dardanelle's page.
Mayor City of Havana
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan Dawson | 51 | 100.0% |
Ryan Dawson is unopposed. Havana's page.
Other local offices
Board of Directors Zone 1 Dardanelle ISD
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dana Tribble | 1,091 | 54.6% |
| Mark Byrd | 906 | 45.4% |
Dana Tribble ahead in Yell County. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Dana Tribble 1,158 (54.0%), Mark Byrd 987 (46.0%).
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 +41.6 | R +61.9 | D +20.3 |
| AR Governor | R +48.1 | R +61.9 | D +13.8 |
| AR-04 | R +48.9 | R +61.9 | D +12.9 |
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 Yell County has voted for president
| Year | Democrat | Share | Republican | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris | 18.7% | Donald Trump | 79.5% | R +60.7 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden | 19.0% | Donald Trump | 77.5% | R +58.5 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton | 23.0% | Donald Trump | 71.6% | R +48.6 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama | 28.8% | Mitt Romney | 67.7% | R +38.8 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama | 33.2% | John McCain | 63.1% | R +29.9 |
| 2004 | John Kerry | 43.7% | George W. Bush | 55.2% | R +11.5 |
| 2000 | Al Gore | 47.3% | George W. Bush | 49.7% | R +2.5 |
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 +58.3.
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
- Independence 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
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.