Arkansas Senate District 5
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Terry Rice Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Terry Rice (Republican) was unopposed, 2024
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- State Senate District 1· No member on file
- State Senate District 2· Matt Stone
- State Senate District 3· Steve Crowell
- State Senate District 4· Jimmy Hickey
- State Senate District 5· Terry Rice
- State Senate District 6· Matt McKee
- State Senate District 7· Alan Clark
- State Senate District 8· Stephanie Flowers
- State Senate District 9· Reginald Murdock
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- State Senate District 12· Jamie Scott
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- State Senate District 15· Fred Love
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- State Senate District 24· Missy Irvin
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- State Senate District 28· Bryan King
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History (21 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 31,823
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
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Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry RiceWon Republican 31,823100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,275
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
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- Older district map (2022)
Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry RiceWon(incumbent) Republican 23,275100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,047
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBob BallingerWon Republican 18,28867.6% DemocraticJim Wallace Democratic 7,87229.1% LibertarianLee Evans Libertarian 8873.3% - Election day
- November 4, 2014
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Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBryan B. KingWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Election day
- November 6, 2012
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Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBryan B. KingWon Republican —— - Election day
- November 2, 2010
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Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticStephanie FlowersWon Democratic —— - Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHenry Wilkins IVWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,336
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
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Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHenry Wilkins IVWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,47777.7% IndependentJimmie L. Wilson Independent 3,85922.3% - Election day
- November 7, 2000
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Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim HillWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 5, 1996
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Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim HillWon Democratic —— - Election day
- November 3, 1992
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Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNeely CassadyWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 6, 1990
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Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMike ToddWon Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,676
- Election day
- not on file
- Type
- Special election
- Type
- Runoff
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGladys WatsonWon Democratic 4,58552.9% DemocraticJerry Shipman Democratic 4,09147.1% - Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Special election
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Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGladys WatsonWon Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,741
- Election day
- not on file
- Type
- Special election
- Seats
- 2
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGladys WatsonWon Democratic 3,43044.3% DemocraticJerry ShipmanWon Democratic 2,45131.7% DemocraticAndrew G. Shug Democratic 1,86024.0% - Election day
- November 4, 1986
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Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTom WatsonWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 2, 1982
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Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTom WatsonWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 4, 1980
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Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert Ben AllenWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 2, 1976
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Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert Ben AllenWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 7, 1972
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Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert Ben AllenWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 3, 1970
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- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Arkansas Senate District 5, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticOlen HendrixWon(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 Senate District 5, election results 1970 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ar/senate/5. Retrieved October 30, 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:5
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse)Data as of Oct 28, 2026