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72686

Who is on the ballot in 72686?

Pope County, AR

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

20 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
Governor1U.S. Senate1Statewide6Local8Measures4

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County and municipal contests depend on your exact address — use the address lookup below for the full slate. Every race links to official sources on the Arkansas voter hub.
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72686 sample ballot preview: statewide, congressional and Pope County races

U.S. House

ZIP 72686 spans District 4 and District 1, so your U.S. House race depends on your street address. Enter a full address to pin down your district, or browse both fields on the Arkansas hub.

U.S. Senate
2 candidates
Federal ▾
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Tom Cotton
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Tom Cotton is Arkansas's incumbent U.S. senator and the Republican nominee for re-election in 2026. A former Army officer and U.S. representative, he has built his Senate record around national security, immigration enforcement, conservative judicial policy, agriculture, and Republican fiscal priorities.
Top Priorities
  • Strengthen national security and military readiness
  • Tighten immigration and border enforcement
  • Support conservative judicial, fiscal, and agriculture policy
Key voting record
Regularly supported defense authorization, military readiness, and national-security measures in the Senate. Supported
Backed stricter immigration enforcement and border-security measures. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
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Hallie Shoffner
DEM
Biography
Hallie Shoffner is Arkansas's Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2026 and a farmer. Her campaign gives Democrats a statewide nominee against incumbent Tom Cotton and emphasizes rural Arkansas, agriculture, community needs, and a different approach to federal representation.
Top Priorities
  • Represent rural Arkansas and agriculture
  • Focus on community needs and affordability
  • Offer a Democratic alternative in the Senate race
Campaign siteFull profile
Governor
3 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is Arkansas's incumbent governor and Republican nominee for re-election in 2026. Her record and campaign emphasize income-tax cuts, education changes, workforce development, public safety, and conservative executive leadership.
Top Priorities
  • Cut taxes and grow Arkansas's economy
  • Continue education and workforce changes
  • Strengthen public safety and conservative leadership
Key voting record
Signed a major education law expanding school choice, teacher-pay changes, literacy policy, and workforce-related education reforms. Supported
Signed multiple tax-cut measures reducing Arkansas income-tax rates. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
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Fredrick Love
DEM
Biography
Fredrick Love is Arkansas's Democratic nominee for governor and a state senator from Little Rock. His campaign emphasizes inclusive economic development, small-business support, infrastructure, education-to-workforce alignment, and investment across Arkansas communities.
Top Priorities
  • Create regional economic opportunity
  • Support small businesses and infrastructure
  • Align education with workforce needs
Campaign siteFull profile
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Colt Shelby
Biography
Colt Shelby is the Libertarian nominee for Arkansas governor and a farmer. His campaign offers a limited-government alternative focused on individual liberty, local control, and reducing state interference.
Top Priorities
  • Reduce government overreach
  • Protect individual liberty and local control
  • Support farmers and small communities
Campaign siteFull profile
Commissioner of State Lands
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Christopher Olson
Biography
Christopher Olson, of Viola, was nominated as the Libertarian Party of Arkansas's candidate for Commissioner of State Lands at the party's 2026 convention, per Talk Business and Politics. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Full profile
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Cole Jester
REP
Biography
Cole Jester currently serves as Arkansas Secretary of State, a position he assumed in early 2025, per the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He previously worked as Deputy Chief Legal Counsel in Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office and as a judicial clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and worked on legislation restricting certain foreign ownership of agricultural land while in the governor's office, per the same source. Arkansas law bars an appointee from seeking reelection to the office to which they were appointed, which the newspaper reported is why he is running for Commissioner of State Lands rather than Secretary of State. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
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Lieutenant Governor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Leslie Rutledge
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Leslie Rutledge is Arkansas's incumbent lieutenant governor and a candidate for re-election on the November 3 ballot. She previously served two terms as Arkansas attorney general.
Top Priorities
  • Cites work cutting taxes alongside the governor and legislature.
  • Expanding education options for Arkansas families.
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Michael Kalagias
Biography
Michael Kalagias of Rogers is the Libertarian Party of Arkansas's nominee for lieutenant governor, chosen at the party's February 2026 convention, according to Talk Business & Politics. No verifiable campaign site or additional biographical detail was found as of this research. No campaign website was found as of September 12, 2026.
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Attorney General
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
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Tim Griffin
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Tim Griffin is Arkansas's incumbent attorney general, the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. He previously served as lieutenant governor and as a member of Congress. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Tim Griffin.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
Secretary of State
3 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Kim Hammer
REP
Biography
Kim Hammer is a candidate for Arkansas secretary of state on the November 3 ballot, a Republican state senator from Benton.
Top Priorities
  • Continuing to implement election laws passed by the Arkansas Legislature.
  • Positioning Arkansas as a national leader on election security.
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Kelly Grappe
DEM
Biography
Kelly Grappe is running for Arkansas Secretary of State. She spent nearly 25 years with Alltel and Verizon in operations and team leadership roles, per her campaign site. She currently leads Learning & Development for a Little Rock-based dental organization and has owned a small business and farm in rural Arkansas with her husband, per her campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Depoliticizing the Secretary of State's office.
  • Reducing barriers to voting and to placing citizen measures on the ballot.
Per the Arkansas Times.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Michael Pakko
Biography
Michael Pakko is an economist who has served on the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors and is a frequent commentator on the Arkansas economy, according to his campaign site. He has served as State Chair of the Libertarian Party of Arkansas for the past decade. Pakko is the Libertarian nominee for Arkansas Secretary of State, chosen at the party's February 2026 convention, in the November 3, 2026 general election.
Top Priorities
  • Recruiting election administrators and staff based on qualifications rather than party affiliation.
  • Increasing voter participation and electoral competitiveness in Arkansas.
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Auditor
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
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Dennis Milligan
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Dennis Milligan is currently serving as Auditor of State of Arkansas, first elected in 2022, per his campaign site. He previously served as Saline County Circuit Clerk from 2011 to 2015 and two terms as Treasurer of State, per the campaign site. Before entering public service, he owned and operated a small business for 38 years, expanding it into 17 states, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Notes work modernizing the state's payroll system and expanding the unclaimed property Data Match program, per campaign site
Campaign siteFull profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
Treasurer
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
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John Thurston
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
John Thurston is Arkansas's incumbent treasurer, the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. He previously served as secretary of state and commissioner of state lands. No campaign website was found as of September 12, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Promoting financial literacy and streamlining government operations., per campaign announcement, Talk Business & Politics
  • Maximizing returns on the state's investments., per campaign announcement, Talk Business & Politics
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.

Countywide races in Pope County

ZIP 72686 sits in Pope County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Pope County races (25).

Pope County Judge
1 candidate
County ▾
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Ben D. Cross
REP
Biography
Ben D. Cross appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Pope County Judge, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Ben D. Cross.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Incumbent Republican Ben D. Cross was unopposed in the primary and is unopposed in November, per the Pope County Board of Election Commissioners' abstract of unopposed candidates.
Pope County Sheriff
1 candidate
County ▾
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Shawn Harris
REP
Biography
Harris has spent 25 years with the Pope County Sheriff's Office, rising from corrections officer to patrol lieutenant, his current role overseeing patrol deputies, per River Valley Now. He has completed law enforcement leadership and crisis-response training and previously served five years in elected city leadership, per the same report. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Shawn Harris.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
This is an open seat; sitting Sheriff Blake Wilson did not file for re-election, per the Pope County Sheriff's Office's official roster page. Republican Shawn Harris finished ahead of Tony Haley 3,788 votes (51.74%) to 3,461 (47.28%) in the primary, per the Pope County Board of Election Commissioners' official canvass, and is unopposed in November.
Pope County Circuit Clerk
1 candidate
County ▾
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Rachel L. Oertling
REP
Biography
Rachel L. Oertling appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Pope County Circuit Clerk, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Rachel L. Oertling.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Incumbent Republican Rachel L. Oertling was unopposed in the primary and is unopposed in November, per the Pope County Board of Election Commissioners' abstract of unopposed candidates.
Pope County Clerk
1 candidate
County ▾
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Pam Ennis
REP
Biography
Pam Ennis appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Pope County Clerk, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Pam Ennis.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Pam Ennis was unopposed in the Republican primary and is unopposed in November, per the Pope County Board of Election Commissioners' abstract of unopposed candidates.
Pope County Assessor
1 candidate
County ▾
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Dana Baker
REP
Biography
Dana Baker appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Pope County Assessor, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Dana Baker.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Incumbent Republican Dana Baker was unopposed in the primary and is unopposed in November, per the Pope County Board of Election Commissioners' abstract of unopposed candidates.
Pope County Collector
1 candidate
County ▾
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Jennifer Haley
REP
Biography
Jennifer Haley appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Pope County Collector, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Jennifer Haley.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Incumbent Republican Jennifer Haley was unopposed in the primary and is unopposed in November, per the Pope County Board of Election Commissioners' abstract of unopposed candidates. (Not related to sheriff primary candidate Tony Haley.)
Pope County Treasurer
1 candidate
County ▾
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Larry Holman
REP
Biography
Larry Holman appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Pope County Treasurer, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Larry Holman.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Incumbent Republican Larry Holman was unopposed in the primary and is unopposed in November, per the Pope County Board of Election Commissioners' abstract of unopposed candidates.
Pope County Coroner
1 candidate
County ▾
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Seth Cochran
REP
Biography
Seth Cochran appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Pope County Coroner, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Seth Cochran.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Seth Cochran was unopposed in the Republican primary and is unopposed in November, per the Pope County Board of Election Commissioners' abstract of unopposed candidates.

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