Arkansas State Senate District 1
Tue, Nov 3 · Vacant. The member list we use shows no one in this seat.
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general (different candidates): Ben Gilmore (R) 77.4, Asher Williams (L) 22.6No current holder is listed. This is the last result, not who sits there now.
- Last election
- Ben Gilmore (Republican) won by 54.8 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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Candidates on the ballot
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The member list we use shows no one in this seat.
- Tomeka ButlerDemocratic
- Harrell WilsonRepublican
Source: arkansas.tally-enr.com, dated Oct 28
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History (18 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 29,646
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBen GilmoreWon Republican 22,93377.4% LibertarianAsher Williams Libertarian 6,71322.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,580
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBen GilmoreWon(incumbent) Republican 21,580100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 56,633
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBart HesterWon(incumbent) Republican 36,77864.9% DemocraticRonetta J. Francis Democratic 19,85535.1% - Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBart HesterWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBart HesterWon Republican —— - Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohnny KeyWon Republican —— - Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanShawn A. WomackWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,963
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanShawn WomackWon Republican 14,39653.4% DemocraticJoe Dillard Democratic 12,56746.6% - Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJimmy JeffressWon Democratic —— - Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames C. ScottWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames C. ScottWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,068
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoe E. YatesWon(incumbent) Republican 12,47454.1% DemocraticJim Lingle Democratic 10,59445.9% - Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoe E. YatesWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,817
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoe E. YatesWon Republican 11,96857.5% DemocraticBob Crafton Democratic 8,84942.5% - Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMax HowellWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMax HowellWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMax HowellWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,421
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Arkansas Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim CaldwellWon Republican 10,99353.8% DemocraticRussell Elrod(incumbent) Democratic 9,42846.2%
- 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
- 1968 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.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Arkansas State Senate District 1, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ar/senate/1. 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.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ar/sldu:1
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026