Arkansas State Senate District 22
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by John Payton Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- John Payton (Republican) won by 64.4 points, 2024
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History (18 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 34,199
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
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- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn PaytonWon Republican 28,12182.2% DemocraticSandy Maier Democratic 6,07817.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,186
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
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- Older district map (2022)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn PaytonWon Republican 24,186100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,406
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDave WallaceWon(incumbent) Republican 20,406100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,930
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDave WallaceWon Republican 14,45360.4% DemocraticDavid Burnett(incumbent) Democratic 9,47739.6% - Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid BurnettWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,882
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeremy HutchinsonWon Republican 21,33159.5% DemocraticDawn Creekmore Democratic 14,55140.5% - Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticShane BroadwayWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,272
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticShane BroadwayWon Democratic 17,23558.9% RepublicanJim Magnus Republican 12,03741.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,740
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAlvin SimesWon Democratic 11,50264.8% RepublicanCarolyn Elliott Republican 6,23835.2% - Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBill LewellenWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBill LewellenWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,405
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn PaganWon Democratic 14,83454.1% RepublicanRon Fuller Republican 12,57145.9% - Election day
- November 4, 1986
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert Ben AllenWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,344
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert Ben AllenWon(incumbent) Democratic 16,82569.1% OtherRichards Other 7,51930.9% - Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBill WalmsleyWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 2, 1976
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Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBill WalmsleyWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 7, 1972
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBill WalmsleyWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 3, 1970
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- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Arkansas Senate District 22, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn F. Gibson Sr.Won(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 22, election results 1970 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ar/senate/22. 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:22
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026