Arkansas State Senate District 17
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Mark Johnson Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Mark Johnson (Republican) won by 16.4 points, 2024
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History (18 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 37,830
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark JohnsonWon Republican 22,03058.2% DemocraticMaureen Skinner Democratic 15,80041.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,669
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark JohnsonWon(incumbent) Republican 16,83558.7% DemocraticDavid Barber Democratic 11,83441.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,477
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott FlippoWon(incumbent) Republican 21,15679.9% LibertarianKevin Vornheder Libertarian 5,32120.1% - Election day
- November 4, 2014
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott FlippoWon Republican —— - Election day
- November 6, 2012
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohnny KeyWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Election day
- November 4, 2008
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim LukerWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 2, 2004
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames C. LukerWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 5, 2002
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim LukerWon Democratic —— - Election day
- November 3, 1998
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBill WalkerWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,433
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBill WalkerWon Democratic 8,96478.4% RepublicanAntimoore Hugh Jackson Republican 2,46921.6% - Election day
- November 3, 1992
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJerry D. JewellWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 6, 1990
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticStanley RussWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 4, 1986
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticStanley RussWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 2, 1982
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticStanley RussWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 4, 1980
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAlvin DwigginsWon Democratic —— - Election day
- November 2, 1976
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHarold KingWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 7, 1972
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHarold KingWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 3, 1970
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Arkansas Senate District 17, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert HarveyWon(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
- 1970 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 17, election results 1970 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ar/senate/17. 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:17
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026