Arkansas State House District 53
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Matt Duffield Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Matt DuffieldRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first winJennifer LewterDemocratic
Last result · 2024 general: Matt Duffield (R) 73.4, Amie Gates (D) 26.6
- Earlier results
- Matt Duffield (Republican) was unopposed, 2022Mayor Jon Milligan (Republican) won by 52.7 points, 2020, older linesAll 22 elections
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Past results
- Votes for listed candidates
- 9,215
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
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- Same as today
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMatt DuffieldWon Republican 6,76373.4% DemocraticAmie Gates Democratic 2,45226.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,782
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMatt DuffieldWon Republican 5,782100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,897
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMayor Jon MilliganWon Republican 9,08676.4% DemocraticShawn Only Democratic 2,81123.6% - Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan SullivanWon(incumbent) Republican ——
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1972 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
All elections (22 for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 9,215
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMatt DuffieldWon Republican 6,76373.4% DemocraticAmie Gates Democratic 2,45226.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,782
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMatt DuffieldWon Republican 5,782100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,897
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMayor Jon MilliganWon Republican 9,08676.4% DemocraticShawn Only Democratic 2,81123.6% - Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan SullivanWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan SullivanWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,246
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan SullivanWon Republican 3,83052.9% DemocraticHomer Lenderman(incumbent) Democratic 3,41647.1% - Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHomer LendermanWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,193
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKeith M. IngramWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,90163.0% IndependentRoger Sumpter Independent 2,29237.0% - Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKeith M. IngramWon Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,270
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDenny SumpterWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,49859.3% RepublicanRay Nassar Republican 3,77240.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,029
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDenny SumpterWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,43060.1% RepublicanRichard Clark Republican 3,59939.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,002
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDenny SumpterWon Democratic 3,10651.8% RepublicanTracy L. Catt Republican 2,89648.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,284
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeremy HutchinsonWon Republican 8,64460.5% DemocraticKeith Montgomery Democratic 5,64039.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,541
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTed ThomasWon(incumbent) Republican 5,64859.2% DemocraticKeith Montgomery Democratic 3,89340.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,595
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTed ThomasWon(incumbent) Republican 6,57056.7% DemocraticTom Travis Democratic 5,02543.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,979
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTed ThomasWon Republican 4,07451.1% DemocraticDebbie Moreland Democratic 3,90548.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,054
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMark RiableWon Democratic 4,78152.8% RepublicanDana A. Moreland(incumbent) Republican 3,40537.6% IndependentJohn H. Farchman Independent 8689.6% - No results on file 1981 to 1991
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSturgis MillerWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 7, 1978
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSturgis MillerWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSturgis MillerWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 4, 1974
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSturgis MillerWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 7, 1972
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 53, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSturgis MillerWon(incumbent) Democratic ——
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
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Election Wrld. (2026). Arkansas State House District 53, election results 1972 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ar/house/53. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026