Half of the 35 members of the Arkansas Senate are up for election this November, seven of them in contested races. The Senate is the upper branch of the state’s bicameral legislature, known formally as the General Assembly.

Seven of the 54 contested races for seats in the Arkansas House of Representatives this November are open, meaning no incumbent is running. All 100 seats in the Arkansas Legislature’s lower chamber are up for election every two years.

Baker and Wood qualified for the nonpartisan judicial runoff election for the chief justice post by garnering more votes than Supreme Court Justice Barbara Webb and attorney Jay Martin in the March 5 election, though none of the candidates won a majority of the votes in the judicial general election.

House District 63 in West Memphis is one of the few areas where Republicans think they can expand their super-majority. With the GOP holding 82 of the state House of Representatives 100 seats, there are only a few seats left that Republicans think they can flip in the Nov. 5 general election.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- An effort to expand Arkansas' medical marijuana program fell short of the required signatures and won't qualify for the November ballot, Secretary of State John Thurston said Monday. Arkansans for Patient Access, the group behind the measure, said it planned to take legal action to appeal Thurston's decision.

The plaintiffs are convention leader Jennifer Lancaster and nearly two dozen other delegates to the convention. They filed their complaint Aug. 26 against Republican Party of Arkansas Chairman Joseph Wood and Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston, and filed a preliminary injunction motion Sept. 15.

Voters in Arkansas will join the rest of the nation Nov. 5 in casting ballots for U.S. president. They will also vote on Arkansas congressional races and contested statewide races for Arkansas Supreme Court chief justice and state treasurer, as well as a number of legislative races. Early voting begins Oct. 21.

State Rep. Mark McElroy (left), R-Tillar, is facing Democratic challenger Dexter Miller for the Arkansas House District 62 race in the Nov. 8 general election. McElroy represents a new district which stretches along the state’s eastern border on the Mississippi River and includes parts of Lee, St. Francis, Phillips, Monroe and Desha counties.

WASHINGTON -- When Arkansas' federal lawmakers and their congressional colleagues return to Capitol Hill following the Nov. 5 election, they will have just more than a month to finalize a spending plan ahead of the new calendar year. Copyright © 2024, Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC.

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Ala., will be supporting GOP vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance as a surrogate for her Senate colleague in the debate spin room on Tuesday night, the Britt campaign said Monday. The spin room is where reporters go to seek out reaction from the candidates and their top supporters following a debate.