2018 Arkansas lieutenant gubernatorial election
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November 6, 2018
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The 2018 Arkansas lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, concurrently with elections to the United States House of Representatives, governor, and other state and local elections. Primary elections were held on May 22, 2018, with runoff elections held on June 19.[1]
Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Tim Griffin won re-election to a second term in office.[2]
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Tim Griffin, incumbent lieutenant governor (2015–present) and former U.S. representative from AR-2 (2011–2015)[3]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tim Griffin (incumbent) | Unopposed | ||
| Total votes | N/a | 100.0 | ||
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Anthony Bland, business owner (previously ran for secretary of state)[5]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Anthony Bland | Unopposed | ||
| Total votes | N/a | 100.0 | ||
General election
[edit]Post-primary endorsements
[edit]Tim Griffin (R)
Newspapers and other media
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tim Griffin (incumbent) | 570,433 | 64.18 | ||
| Democratic | Anthony Bland | 293,535 | 33.03 | ||
| Libertarian | Frank Gilbert | 24,767 | 2.79 | ||
| Total votes | 888,735 | 100.00 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
[edit]| County[7] | Tim Griffin Republican |
Anthony Bland Democratic |
Frank Gilbert Libertarian |
Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Arkansas | 3,531 | 71.28% | 1,347 | 27.19% | 76 | 1.53% | 2,184 | 44.09% | 4,954 |
| Ashley | 4,217 | 68.62% | 1,839 | 29.93% | 89 | 1.45% | 2,378 | 38.70% | 6,145 |
| Baxter | 10,438 | 73.01% | 3,269 | 22.86% | 590 | 4.13% | 7,169 | 50.14% | 14,297 |
| Benton | 51,365 | 66.59% | 23,526 | 30.50% | 2,244 | 2.91% | 27,839 | 36.09% | 77,135 |
| Boone | 8,984 | 77.55% | 2,258 | 19.49% | 343 | 2.96% | 6,726 | 58.06% | 11,585 |
| Bradley | 1,867 | 65.51% | 901 | 31.61% | 82 | 2.88% | 966 | 33.89% | 2,850 |
| Calhoun | 1,303 | 73.12% | 441 | 24.75% | 38 | 2.13% | 862 | 48.37% | 1,782 |
| Carroll | 5,599 | 62.52% | 3,110 | 34.73% | 246 | 2.75% | 2,489 | 27.79% | 8,955 |
| Chicot | 1,537 | 43.42% | 1,955 | 55.23% | 48 | 1.36% | -418 | -11.81% | 3,540 |
| Clark | 3,898 | 57.81% | 2,726 | 40.43% | 119 | 1.76% | 1,172 | 17.38% | 6,743 |
| Clay | 3,015 | 73.43% | 992 | 24.16% | 99 | 2.41% | 2,023 | 49.27% | 4,106 |
| Cleburne | 7,940 | 82.38% | 1,483 | 15.39% | 215 | 2.23% | 6,457 | 67.00% | 9,638 |
| Cleveland | 2,060 | 79.57% | 495 | 19.12% | 34 | 1.31% | 1,565 | 60.45% | 2,589 |
| Columbia | 4,170 | 65.85% | 2,082 | 32.88% | 81 | 1.28% | 2,088 | 32.97% | 6,333 |
| Conway | 4,304 | 66.67% | 2,011 | 31.15% | 141 | 2.18% | 2,293 | 35.52% | 6,456 |
| Craighead | 17,380 | 66.79% | 7,822 | 30.06% | 819 | 3.15% | 9,558 | 36.73% | 26,021 |
| Crawford | 13,043 | 77.46% | 3,337 | 19.82% | 459 | 2.73% | 9,706 | 57.64% | 16,839 |
| Crittenden | 5,542 | 46.55% | 6,127 | 51.47% | 236 | 1.98% | -585 | -4.91% | 11,905 |
| Cross | 4,159 | 71.72% | 1,534 | 26.45% | 106 | 1.83% | 2,625 | 45.27% | 5,799 |
| Dallas | 1,278 | 60.43% | 813 | 38.44% | 24 | 1.13% | 465 | 21.99% | 2,115 |
| Desha | 1,761 | 51.04% | 1,588 | 46.03% | 101 | 2.93% | 173 | 5.01% | 3,450 |
| Drew | 3,572 | 66.41% | 1,687 | 31.36% | 120 | 2.23% | 1,885 | 35.04% | 5,379 |
| Faulkner | 25,438 | 66.13% | 11,856 | 30.82% | 1,175 | 3.05% | 13,582 | 35.31% | 38,469 |
| Franklin | 4,086 | 77.37% | 1,058 | 20.03% | 137 | 2.59% | 3,028 | 57.34% | 5,281 |
| Fulton | 2,709 | 71.31% | 997 | 26.24% | 93 | 2.45% | 1,712 | 45.06% | 3,799 |
| Garland | 21,617 | 68.07% | 9,279 | 29.22% | 860 | 2.71% | 12,338 | 38.85% | 31,756 |
| Grant | 4,518 | 81.48% | 912 | 16.45% | 115 | 2.07% | 3,606 | 65.03% | 5,545 |
| Greene | 8,359 | 76.53% | 2,234 | 20.45% | 329 | 3.01% | 6,125 | 56.08% | 10,922 |
| Hempstead | 3,236 | 65.32% | 1,633 | 32.96% | 85 | 1.72% | 1,603 | 32.36% | 4,954 |
| Hot Spring | 6,325 | 72.40% | 2,204 | 25.23% | 207 | 2.37% | 4,121 | 47.17% | 8,736 |
| Howard | 2,450 | 69.78% | 1,010 | 28.77% | 51 | 1.45% | 1,440 | 41.01% | 3,511 |
| Independence | 7,892 | 77.82% | 1,958 | 19.31% | 291 | 2.87% | 5,934 | 58.51% | 10,141 |
| Izard | 3,440 | 77.11% | 899 | 20.15% | 122 | 2.73% | 2,541 | 56.96% | 4,461 |
| Jackson | 2,902 | 69.43% | 1,200 | 28.71% | 78 | 1.87% | 1,702 | 40.72% | 4,180 |
| Jefferson | 8,115 | 41.13% | 11,159 | 56.56% | 454 | 2.30% | -3,044 | -15.43% | 19,728 |
| Johnson | 5,336 | 71.70% | 1,845 | 24.79% | 261 | 3.51% | 3,491 | 46.91% | 7,442 |
| Lafayette | 1,360 | 64.15% | 726 | 34.25% | 34 | 1.60% | 634 | 29.91% | 2,120 |
| Lawrence | 3,470 | 74.58% | 1,053 | 22.63% | 130 | 2.79% | 2,417 | 51.94% | 4,653 |
| Lee | 915 | 43.32% | 1,157 | 54.78% | 40 | 1.89% | -242 | -11.46% | 2,112 |
| Lincoln | 2,100 | 69.28% | 860 | 28.37% | 71 | 2.34% | 1,240 | 40.91% | 3,031 |
| Little River | 2,723 | 69.52% | 1,097 | 28.01% | 97 | 2.48% | 1,626 | 41.51% | 3,917 |
| Logan | 4,207 | 76.31% | 1,149 | 20.84% | 157 | 2.85% | 3,058 | 55.47% | 5,513 |
| Lonoke | 15,874 | 77.11% | 4,190 | 20.35% | 523 | 2.54% | 11,684 | 56.75% | 20,587 |
| Madison | 3,948 | 71.72% | 1,396 | 25.36% | 161 | 2.92% | 2,552 | 46.36% | 5,505 |
| Marion | 3,906 | 75.79% | 1,105 | 21.44% | 143 | 2.77% | 2,801 | 54.35% | 5,154 |
| Miller | 8,266 | 72.38% | 3,001 | 26.28% | 153 | 1.34% | 5,265 | 46.10% | 11,420 |
| Mississippi | 6,179 | 59.53% | 3,853 | 37.12% | 348 | 3.35% | 2,326 | 22.41% | 10,380 |
| Monroe | 1,443 | 55.12% | 1,138 | 43.47% | 37 | 1.41% | 305 | 11.65% | 2,618 |
| Montgomery | 2,207 | 77.90% | 573 | 20.23% | 53 | 1.87% | 1,634 | 57.68% | 2,833 |
| Nevada | 1,593 | 63.31% | 891 | 35.41% | 32 | 1.27% | 702 | 27.90% | 2,516 |
| Newton | 2,359 | 76.22% | 651 | 21.03% | 85 | 2.75% | 1,708 | 55.19% | 3,095 |
| Ouachita | 4,125 | 55.85% | 3,143 | 42.55% | 118 | 1.60% | 982 | 13.30% | 7,386 |
| Perry | 2,754 | 74.61% | 829 | 22.46% | 108 | 2.93% | 1,925 | 52.15% | 3,691 |
| Phillips | 2,173 | 40.06% | 3,105 | 57.25% | 146 | 2.69% | -932 | -17.18% | 5,424 |
| Pike | 2,711 | 81.05% | 569 | 17.01% | 65 | 1.94% | 2,142 | 64.04% | 3,345 |
| Poinsett | 4,603 | 75.74% | 1,311 | 21.57% | 163 | 2.68% | 3,292 | 54.17% | 6,077 |
| Polk | 4,945 | 81.82% | 914 | 15.12% | 185 | 3.06% | 4,031 | 66.69% | 6,044 |
| Pope | 13,574 | 75.75% | 3,811 | 21.27% | 534 | 2.98% | 9,763 | 54.48% | 17,919 |
| Prairie | 2,223 | 77.95% | 579 | 20.30% | 50 | 1.75% | 1,644 | 57.64% | 2,852 |
| Pulaski | 60,303 | 44.94% | 69,605 | 51.87% | 4,273 | 3.18% | -9,302 | -6.93% | 134,181 |
| Randolph | 4,141 | 73.79% | 1,266 | 22.56% | 205 | 3.65% | 2,875 | 51.23% | 5,612 |
| Saline | 30,195 | 72.83% | 10,011 | 24.15% | 1,251 | 3.02% | 20,184 | 48.69% | 41,457 |
| Scott | 2,311 | 80.97% | 445 | 15.59% | 98 | 3.43% | 1,866 | 65.38% | 2,854 |
| Searcy | 2,528 | 79.92% | 533 | 16.85% | 102 | 3.22% | 1,995 | 63.07% | 3,163 |
| Sebastian | 23,004 | 69.41% | 8,923 | 26.92% | 1,215 | 3.67% | 14,081 | 42.49% | 33,142 |
| Sevier | 2,390 | 74.66% | 713 | 22.27% | 98 | 3.06% | 1,677 | 52.39% | 3,201 |
| Sharp | 4,390 | 77.51% | 1,133 | 20.00% | 141 | 2.49% | 3,257 | 57.50% | 5,664 |
| St. Francis | 2,600 | 44.91% | 3,057 | 52.81% | 132 | 2.28% | -457 | -7.89% | 5,789 |
| Stone | 3,348 | 75.63% | 967 | 21.84% | 112 | 2.53% | 2,381 | 53.78% | 4,427 |
| Union | 7,956 | 64.75% | 4,104 | 33.40% | 227 | 1.85% | 3,852 | 31.35% | 12,287 |
| Van Buren | 4,871 | 77.68% | 1,204 | 19.20% | 196 | 3.13% | 3,667 | 58.48% | 6,271 |
| Washington | 34,384 | 52.45% | 29,166 | 44.49% | 2,008 | 3.06% | 5,218 | 7.96% | 65,558 |
| White | 17,702 | 80.43% | 3,782 | 17.18% | 525 | 2.39% | 13,920 | 63.25% | 22,009 |
| Woodruff | 1,195 | 57.67% | 828 | 39.96% | 49 | 2.36% | 367 | 17.71% | 2,072 |
| Yell | 4,071 | 76.59% | 1,110 | 20.88% | 134 | 2.52% | 2,961 | 55.71% | 5,315 |
| Totals | 570,433 | 64.18% | 293,535 | 33.03% | 24,767 | 2.79% | 276,898 | 31.16% | 888,735 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Griffin won five counties that had previously voted for Democratic candidate John Burkhalter in 2014.[8][7]
- Clark (largest city: Arkadelphia)
- Desha (largest city: Dumas)
- Mississippi (largest city: Blytheville)
- Monroe (largest city: Brinkley)
- Woodruff (largest city: Augusta)
By congressional district
[edit]Griffin won all four congressional districts.[9]
| District | Griffin | Bland | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 68% | 29% | Rick Crawford |
| 2nd | 58% | 39% | French Hill |
| 3rd | 65% | 32% | Steve Womack |
| 4th | 68% | 30% | Bruce Westerman |
References
[edit]- ↑ "2018ElectionCalendar.pdf" (PDF). Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
- ↑ "Republican Tim Griffin is re-elected for second term as Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas". THV-11. November 6, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
- ↑ Demillo, Andrew (July 11, 2016). "Arkansas Lt. Gov. Griffin says he's seeking re-election". Associated Press. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
- 1 2 "Arkansas Election Night Reporting". Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
- ↑ Brantley, Max (February 15, 2018). "Democratic candidate shifts to race for lt. governor". Arkansas Times. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
- ↑ "EDITORIAL: For Tim Griffin". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. October 24, 2018. Archived from the original on March 1, 2026. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Martin, Mark (November 6, 2018). "Lieutenant Governor". Secretary of State of Arkansas. Retrieved September 18, 2026.
- ↑ "Arkansas Election Night Reporting". Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
- ↑ "DRA 2020". Daves Redistricting. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
