Arkansas Senate: Party Control and History

Current seats

Republican majorityDemocrats 6, Republicans 27, vacant 2. 35 seats; 18 for a majority.

Democrats 6Republicans 27Vacant 2

Vacant: district 1, district 18. Control counts seats by party; coalitions and power-sharing agreements are not shown.

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

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Democrat 6Republican 27Vacant 2

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2024: the candidate(s) with the most votes in each contest (MEDSL); contests with unreliable rows are not shown. Lines of the 2024 elections (US Census Bureau).

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

Seats after each election, 1968-2022

Seats by election, table

Year	D	R	Other	Seats	Control
2022	6	29	0	35	Republican majority
2020	7	28	0	35	Republican majority
2018	9	26	0	35	Republican majority
2016	9	26	0	35	Republican majority
2014	12	23	0	35	Republican majority
2012	14	21	0	35	Republican majority
2010	20	15	0	35	Democratic majority
2008	27	8	0	35	Democratic majority
2006	27	8	0	35	Democratic majority
2004	27	8	0	35	Democratic majority
2002	27	8	0	35	Democratic majority
2000	26	9	0	35	Democratic majority
1998	30	5	0	35	Democratic majority
1996	30	5	0	35	Democratic majority
1994	29	6	0	35	Democratic majority
1992	31	4	0	35	Democratic majority
1990	31	4	0	35	Democratic majority
1988	31	4	0	35	Democratic majority
1986	31	4	0	35	Democratic majority
1984	31	4	0	35	Democratic majority
1982	32	3	0	35	Democratic majority
1980	34	1	0	35	Democratic majority
1978	35	0	0	35	Democratic majority
1976	34	1	0	35	Democratic majority
1974	34	1	0	35	Democratic majority
1972	34	1	0	35	Democratic majority
1970	34	1	0	35	Democratic majority
1968	Not available

Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022: version 1.0, released June 12, 2024; a fixed historic release.

District results, 2016-2024

The candidate with the most votes in each contest.

2024: 18 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	BEN GILMORE	Republican	77.4%
3	STEVE CROWELL	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
4	JIMMY HICKEY JR	Republican	80.7%
5	TERRY RICE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
6	MATT MCKEE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
8	STEPHANIE FLOWERS	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
12	JAMIE SCOTT	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
17	MARK JOHNSON	Republican	58.2%
18	JONATHAN DISMANG	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
19	DAVE WALLACE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
20	DAN SULLIVAN	Republican	60.9%
22	JOHN PAYTON	Republican	82.2%
23	SCOTT FLIPPO	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
25	BREANNE DAVIS	Republican	74.2%
26	GARY STUBBLEFIELD	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
29	JIM PETTY	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
33	BART HESTER	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
34	JIM DOTSON	Republican	63.9%

2022: 36 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	BEN GILMORE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
2	MATT STONE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
3	ALDERMAN STEVE CROWELL	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
4	JIMMY HICKEY JR	Republican	79.1%
5	TERRY RICE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
6	MATT MCKEE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
7	ALAN CLARK	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
8	STEPHANIE FLOWERS	Democrat	72.6%
9	REGINALD MURDOCK	Democrat	53.2%
10	RONALD CALDWELL	Republican	72.5%
11	RICKY HILL	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
12	LINDA PONDEXTER CHESTERFIELD	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
13	JANE ENGLISH	Republican	52.5%
14	CLARKE TUCKER	Democrat	63.5%
15	FRED LOVE	Democrat	86.2%
16	KIM HAMMER	Republican	75.7%
17	MARK JOHNSON	Republican	58.7%
18	NICK CARTWRIGHT	Democrat	83.2%
19	DAVE WALLACE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
20	DAN SULLIVAN	Republican	62.4%
21	BLAKE JOHNSON	Republican	83.8%
22	JOHN PAYTON	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
23	SCOTT FLIPPO	Republican	79.7%
24	MISSY THOMAS IRVIN	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
25	BREANNE DAVIS	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
26	GARY STUBBLEFIELD	Republican	83.8%
27	JUSTIN BOYD	Republican	43.6%
28	BRYAN B KING	Republican	43.3%
29	JIM PETTY	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
30	GREG LEDING	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
31	CLINT PENZO	Republican	60.1%
32	JOSHUA BRYANT	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
33	BART HESTER	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
34	JIM DOTSON	Republican	69.8%
35	TYLER DEES	Republican	73.7%
85	CORTNEY WARWICK MCKEE	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate

2020: 17 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	BART HESTER	Republican	64.9%
2	JIM HENDREN	Republican	73.4%
7	LANCE EADS	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
11	JIMMY HICKEY JR	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
12	CHARLES BECKHAM	Republican	55.9%
13	ALAN CLARK	Republican	75.2%
16	BREANNE DAVIS	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
21	DAN SULLIVAN	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
22	DAVE WALLACE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
23	RONALD CALDWELL	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
25	STEPHANIE FLOWERS	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
26	BEN GILMORE	Republican	60.1%
27	TRENT GARNER	Republican	61.1%
28	JONATHAN DISMANG	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
29	RICKY HILL	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
32	CLARKE TUCKER	Democrat	64.9%
34	JANE ENGLISH	Republican	53.8%

2018: 10 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share
3	SENATOR CECILE BLEDSOE	Republican	62.0%
4	REP GREG LEDING	Democrat	61.5%
5	REPRESENTATIVE BOB BALLINGER	Republican	67.6%
8	REPRESENTATIVE MATHEW PITSCH	Republican	76.3%
10	SENATOR LARRY TEAGUE	Democrat	62.4%
14	SENATOR BILL SAMPLE	Republican	69.7%
17	SENATOR SCOTT FLIPPO	Republican	79.9%
19	REPRESENTATIVE JAMES STURCH	Republican	72.9%
33	REPRESENTATIVE KIM HAMMER	Republican	68.3%
35	SENATOR JASON RAPERT	Republican	55.1%

2016: 12 contests, 7 not shown

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
22	Representative Dave Wallace	not in source	60.4%	seats not in source
26	Senator Eddie L. Cheatham	not in source	78.7%	seats not in source
27	Trent Garner	not in source	54.6%	seats not in source
32	Will Bond	not in source	75.0%	seats not in source
34	Senator Jane English	not in source	58.0%	seats not in source
DISTRICT 12	Not shown: no votes recorded
DISTRICT 13	Not shown: no votes recorded
DISTRICT 16	Not shown: no votes recorded
DISTRICT 23	Not shown: no votes recorded
DISTRICT 25	Not shown: no votes recorded
DISTRICT 28	Not shown: no votes recorded
DISTRICT 29	Not shown: no votes recorded

MEDSL precinct returns 2016-2024: a fixed historic release; the file records no release date.

Sources

Current members: Open States (CC0 1.0), commit 3a1d876 of November 3, 2026; seat totals from openstates-metadata (MIT).

Seats after each election: Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0).

District results: MEDSL precinct returns (2018-2024 CC0 1.0; 2016 MIT License).

District lines: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line cartographic boundaries (public domain), state legislative districts 2024, 1:500,000.

Data through November 3, 2026.