Arkansas elections in 2026
6 electoral votes · 4 House seats · South · 2 statewide races on the 2026 ballot
The political landscape
Arkansas politics center on Little Rock, the fast-growing northwest corner around Fayetteville and Bentonville, and an agricultural east. The state moved sharply toward Republicans over the past two decades and its statewide offices reflect that.
Its largest population centers include Little Rock, Fayetteville, Fort Smith. Where a state's people live, and what those places do for a living, is the starting point for how Electorate HQ simulations reason about it.
On the ballot in Arkansas
Latest Arkansas political headlines
Sanders Announces the August Face of ArkansasArkansas governor to appoint temporary Supreme Court justice to fill in for WebbArkansas election commissioners will urge lawmakers to ban payments for voter registrationsThere are political races in Arkansas this yearGreater Arkansas Volunteer | News | Arkansas Red CrossCandidates begin filing for municipal offices in Northwest ArkansasDem Senate hopeful Shoffner pulls promising poll numbers against unlikeable CottonArkansas healthcare providers alarmed by potential end of state’s Medicaid expansionSimulate Arkansas
In the Electorate HQ simulator, Arkansas is one of 51 delegations that reads current reporting and decides a presidential race issue by issue. Results are AI simulations, clearly labeled, with the reasoning shown for every call. See the methodology for what that does and does not mean.