2018 Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands election
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November 6, 2018
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The 2018 Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands. Incumbent Republican Land Commissioner John Thurston was term-limited and ran for secretary of state.[1] Republican Tommy Land defeated Democrat Larry Williams to succeed Thurston.[2]
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Tommy Land, businessman[3]
Withdrew
[edit]- Alex Ray, business consultant[4]
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Larry Williams, former Garland County judge[5]
Libertarian primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- T.J. Campbell[6]
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tommy Land | 530,230 | 60.05 | ||
| Democratic | Larry Williams | 323,682 | 36.66 | ||
| Libertarian | T.J. Campbell | 29,123 | 3.30 | ||
| Total votes | 883,035 | 100.00 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
[edit]| County[7] | Tommy Land Republican |
Larry Williams Democratic |
T.J. Campbell Libertarian |
Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Arkansas | 3,156 | 63.99% | 1,653 | 33.52% | 123 | 2.49% | 1,503 | 30.47% | 4,932 |
| Ashley | 4,055 | 65.90% | 2,008 | 32.63% | 90 | 1.46% | 2,047 | 33.27% | 6,153 |
| Baxter | 10,198 | 71.47% | 3,384 | 23.72% | 687 | 4.81% | 6,814 | 47.75% | 14,269 |
| Benton | 48,875 | 63.85% | 24,700 | 32.27% | 2,973 | 3.88% | 24,175 | 31.58% | 76,548 |
| Boone | 8,723 | 75.44% | 2,465 | 21.32% | 375 | 3.24% | 6,258 | 54.12% | 11,563 |
| Bradley | 1,704 | 59.77% | 1,078 | 37.81% | 69 | 2.42% | 626 | 21.96% | 2,851 |
| Calhoun | 1,229 | 69.08% | 513 | 28.84% | 37 | 2.08% | 716 | 40.25% | 1,779 |
| Carroll | 5,338 | 59.81% | 3,296 | 36.93% | 291 | 3.26% | 2,042 | 22.88% | 8,925 |
| Chicot | 1,440 | 40.74% | 2,037 | 57.62% | 58 | 1.64% | -597 | -16.89% | 3,535 |
| Clark | 3,605 | 53.50% | 2,993 | 44.42% | 140 | 2.08% | 612 | 9.08% | 6,738 |
| Clay | 2,741 | 66.92% | 1,218 | 29.74% | 137 | 3.34% | 1,523 | 37.18% | 4,096 |
| Cleburne | 7,714 | 80.15% | 1,677 | 17.42% | 234 | 2.43% | 6,037 | 62.72% | 9,625 |
| Cleveland | 1,912 | 73.88% | 622 | 24.03% | 54 | 2.09% | 1,290 | 49.85% | 2,588 |
| Columbia | 3,968 | 62.67% | 2,253 | 35.58% | 111 | 1.75% | 1,715 | 27.08% | 6,332 |
| Conway | 3,805 | 59.41% | 2,406 | 37.56% | 194 | 3.03% | 1,399 | 21.84% | 6,405 |
| Craighead | 16,393 | 63.32% | 8,570 | 33.10% | 925 | 3.57% | 7,823 | 30.22% | 25,888 |
| Crawford | 12,490 | 74.53% | 3,687 | 22.00% | 582 | 3.47% | 8,803 | 52.53% | 16,759 |
| Crittenden | 5,274 | 44.30% | 6,369 | 53.50% | 261 | 2.19% | -1,095 | -9.20% | 11,904 |
| Cross | 3,883 | 67.04% | 1,736 | 29.97% | 173 | 2.99% | 2,147 | 37.07% | 5,792 |
| Dallas | 1,170 | 55.37% | 910 | 43.07% | 33 | 1.56% | 260 | 12.30% | 2,113 |
| Desha | 1,463 | 43.13% | 1,860 | 54.83% | 69 | 2.03% | -397 | -11.70% | 3,392 |
| Drew | 3,199 | 60.13% | 1,979 | 37.20% | 142 | 2.67% | 1,220 | 22.93% | 5,320 |
| Faulkner | 23,588 | 61.90% | 13,035 | 34.21% | 1,485 | 3.90% | 10,553 | 27.69% | 38,108 |
| Franklin | 3,687 | 69.95% | 1,379 | 26.16% | 205 | 3.89% | 2,308 | 43.79% | 5,271 |
| Fulton | 2,532 | 67.14% | 1,126 | 29.86% | 113 | 3.00% | 1,406 | 37.28% | 3,771 |
| Garland | 19,544 | 61.78% | 11,105 | 35.11% | 984 | 3.11% | 8,439 | 26.68% | 31,633 |
| Grant | 4,240 | 76.52% | 1,153 | 20.81% | 148 | 2.67% | 3,087 | 55.71% | 5,541 |
| Greene | 7,982 | 73.20% | 2,590 | 23.75% | 333 | 3.05% | 5,392 | 49.45% | 10,905 |
| Hempstead | 3,153 | 63.53% | 1,714 | 34.54% | 96 | 1.93% | 1,439 | 28.99% | 4,963 |
| Hot Spring | 5,717 | 65.48% | 2,771 | 31.74% | 243 | 2.78% | 2,946 | 33.74% | 8,731 |
| Howard | 2,318 | 65.96% | 1,133 | 32.24% | 63 | 1.79% | 1,185 | 33.72% | 3,514 |
| Independence | 7,378 | 73.01% | 2,402 | 23.77% | 325 | 3.22% | 4,976 | 49.24% | 10,105 |
| Izard | 3,271 | 73.37% | 1,051 | 23.58% | 136 | 3.05% | 2,220 | 49.80% | 4,458 |
| Jackson | 2,604 | 62.48% | 1,440 | 34.55% | 124 | 2.98% | 1,164 | 27.93% | 4,168 |
| Jefferson | 7,155 | 36.53% | 12,053 | 61.54% | 379 | 1.93% | -4,898 | -25.01% | 19,587 |
| Johnson | 4,756 | 64.23% | 2,358 | 31.84% | 291 | 3.93% | 2,398 | 32.38% | 7,405 |
| Lafayette | 1,299 | 60.96% | 800 | 37.54% | 32 | 1.50% | 499 | 23.42% | 2,131 |
| Lawrence | 3,161 | 68.15% | 1,280 | 27.60% | 197 | 4.25% | 1,881 | 40.56% | 4,638 |
| Lee | 840 | 40.27% | 1,205 | 57.77% | 41 | 1.97% | -365 | -17.50% | 2,086 |
| Lincoln | 1,906 | 63.34% | 1,024 | 34.03% | 79 | 2.63% | 882 | 29.31% | 3,009 |
| Little River | 2,672 | 67.99% | 1,175 | 29.90% | 83 | 2.11% | 1,497 | 38.09% | 3,930 |
| Logan | 3,912 | 71.11% | 1,396 | 25.38% | 193 | 3.51% | 2,516 | 45.74% | 5,501 |
| Lonoke | 14,956 | 72.91% | 4,869 | 23.74% | 687 | 3.35% | 10,087 | 49.18% | 20,512 |
| Madison | 3,599 | 65.64% | 1,708 | 31.15% | 176 | 3.21% | 1,891 | 34.49% | 5,483 |
| Marion | 3,801 | 73.83% | 1,170 | 22.73% | 177 | 3.44% | 2,631 | 51.11% | 5,148 |
| Miller | 8,118 | 71.14% | 3,101 | 27.17% | 193 | 1.69% | 5,017 | 43.96% | 11,412 |
| Mississippi | 5,735 | 55.51% | 4,274 | 41.37% | 323 | 3.13% | 1,461 | 14.14% | 10,332 |
| Monroe | 1,244 | 47.81% | 1,296 | 49.81% | 62 | 2.38% | -52 | -2.00% | 2,602 |
| Montgomery | 2,070 | 72.86% | 696 | 24.50% | 75 | 2.64% | 1,374 | 48.36% | 2,841 |
| Nevada | 1,524 | 60.50% | 953 | 37.83% | 42 | 1.67% | 571 | 22.67% | 2,519 |
| Newton | 2,241 | 71.92% | 769 | 24.68% | 106 | 3.40% | 1,472 | 47.24% | 3,116 |
| Ouachita | 3,815 | 51.69% | 3,422 | 46.36% | 144 | 1.95% | 393 | 5.32% | 7,381 |
| Perry | 2,434 | 66.23% | 1,106 | 30.10% | 135 | 3.67% | 1,328 | 36.14% | 3,675 |
| Phillips | 1,989 | 36.78% | 3,290 | 60.84% | 129 | 2.39% | -1,301 | -24.06% | 5,408 |
| Pike | 2,459 | 73.58% | 768 | 22.98% | 115 | 3.44% | 1,691 | 50.60% | 3,342 |
| Poinsett | 4,242 | 70.01% | 1,642 | 27.10% | 175 | 2.89% | 2,600 | 42.91% | 6,059 |
| Polk | 4,779 | 79.10% | 1,065 | 17.63% | 198 | 3.28% | 3,714 | 61.47% | 6,042 |
| Pope | 12,974 | 72.56% | 4,303 | 24.06% | 604 | 3.38% | 8,671 | 48.49% | 17,881 |
| Prairie | 2,005 | 70.72% | 771 | 27.20% | 59 | 2.08% | 1,234 | 43.53% | 2,835 |
| Pulaski | 51,853 | 39.25% | 75,548 | 57.19% | 4,707 | 3.56% | -23,695 | -17.94% | 132,108 |
| Randolph | 3,793 | 68.12% | 1,538 | 27.62% | 237 | 4.26% | 2,255 | 40.50% | 5,568 |
| Saline | 28,241 | 68.87% | 11,336 | 27.65% | 1,428 | 3.48% | 16,905 | 41.23% | 41,005 |
| Scott | 2,156 | 76.08% | 563 | 19.87% | 115 | 4.06% | 1,593 | 56.21% | 2,834 |
| Searcy | 2,396 | 77.07% | 590 | 18.98% | 123 | 3.96% | 1,806 | 58.09% | 3,109 |
| Sebastian | 21,857 | 66.23% | 9,809 | 29.72% | 1,338 | 4.05% | 12,048 | 36.50% | 33,004 |
| Sevier | 2,268 | 70.99% | 826 | 25.85% | 101 | 3.16% | 1,442 | 45.13% | 3,195 |
| Sharp | 4,163 | 73.53% | 1,328 | 23.45% | 171 | 3.02% | 2,835 | 50.07% | 5,662 |
| St. Francis | 2,454 | 42.19% | 3,218 | 55.32% | 145 | 2.49% | -764 | -13.13% | 5,817 |
| Stone | 3,123 | 71.55% | 1,095 | 25.09% | 147 | 3.37% | 2,028 | 46.46% | 4,365 |
| Union | 7,571 | 62.00% | 4,228 | 34.62% | 412 | 3.37% | 3,343 | 27.38% | 12,211 |
| Van Buren | 4,444 | 71.44% | 1,564 | 25.14% | 213 | 3.42% | 2,880 | 46.29% | 6,221 |
| Washington | 32,335 | 49.66% | 30,413 | 46.71% | 2,365 | 3.63% | 1,922 | 2.95% | 65,113 |
| White | 16,779 | 76.61% | 4,467 | 20.40% | 656 | 3.00% | 12,312 | 56.21% | 21,902 |
| Woodruff | 989 | 47.62% | 1,008 | 48.53% | 80 | 3.85% | -19 | -0.91% | 2,077 |
| Yell | 3,773 | 71.27% | 1,344 | 25.39% | 177 | 3.34% | 2,429 | 45.88% | 5,294 |
| Totals | 530,230 | 60.05% | 323,682 | 36.66% | 29,123 | 3.30% | 206,548 | 23.39% | 883,035 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Clark (largest city: Arkadelphia)
- Mississippi (largest city: Blytheville)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "State Land Commissioner officially announces he will seek State Secretary of State's Office". Talk Business & Politics. October 24, 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2018/nov/07/land-wins-land-office-race-3-incumbents/
- ↑ Fondren, Joseph (August 25, 2018). "Land running for Land Commissioner". NEA Town Courier. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ Brantley, Max (February 5, 2018). "Alex Ray quits land commissioner race". Arkansas Times. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ Wickline, Michael R. (December 6, 2017). "Ex-county judge plans land commissioner bid". Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/oct/08/3-hopefuls-seek-lands-office-20181008/
- 1 2 Martin, Mark (November 6, 2018). "Commissioner of State Lands". Secretary of State of Arkansas. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
