Arkansas Secretary of State election, 2014
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TheArkansas Secretary of State election took place onNovember 4, 2014. IncumbentMark Martin (R) was first elected in 2010 and ran successfully for re-election in 2014. HedefeatedDemocratic candidateSusan Inman andLibertarian Party candidateJacob Holloway in the general election. Martin won another four-year term in the election.
Aprimary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Arkansas utilizes anopen primary system. Registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, seethis article.
Candidates
General election
Mark Martin -Incumbent
Susan Inman - Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners and Pulaski County Election Commissioner[3]
Jacob Holloway[4]
Results
General election
| Secretary of State of Arkansas, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Mark MartinIncumbent | 60.6% | 506,384 | |
| Democratic | Susan Inman | 35.1% | 292,878 | |
| Libertarian | Jacob Holloway | 4.3% | 36,159 | |
| Total Votes | 835,421 | |||
| Election results viaArkansas Secretary of State | ||||
Primary election
Republican primary
- Uncontested
Democratic primary
- Uncontested
Ballot access for political parties
InArkansas, the process to establish a political party is tied to the votes cast in a presidential or gubernatorial election. In order to initially put candidates on the ballot, political parties must submit a petition with 10,000 signatures. Then, in order to maintain that status beyond the election year in which they submit such a petition, their candidate for governor or president must receive at least 3 percent of the votes cast for that office.[5][6]
In 2012, both theLibertarian andGreen Parties of Arkansas qualified to put candidates on the ballot, but then their candidates did not receive enough votes for the parties to maintain their ballot status. In the fall of 2013, both parties submitted new petitions and were qualified to put candidates on the 2014 ballot.[7][8][9] In order to maintain their status as political parties without needing to petition for the 2016 elections, their candidate forgovernor needed to receive at least 3 percent of the vote.Frank Gilbert (L) received 1.9 percent of the gubernatorial vote andJosh Drake (G) received 1.1 percent of the vote.[10]
Polls
| Arkansas Secretary of State | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Mark Martin * (R) | Susan Inman (D) | Jacob Holloway (L) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling September 18-21, 2014 | 43% | 32% | 5% | 20% | +/-2.6 | 1,453 | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling August 1-3, 2014 | 39% | 33% | 6% | 21% | +/-3 | 1,066 | |||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 41% | 32.5% | 5.5% | 20.5% | +/-2.8 | 1,259.5 | |||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email toeditor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: An incumbent is denoted with an asterisk (*).
Past elections
2010
| Arkansas Secretary of State, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Mark Martin | 51.3% | 392,468 | |
| Democratic | Pat O'Brien | 48.7% | 372,123 | |
| Total Votes | 764,591 | |||
| Election results viaArkansas Secretary of State | ||||
2006
| Arkansas Secretary of State, 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Charlie Daniels | 61.6% | 468,548 | |
| Republican | Jim Lagrone | 35.4% | 269,766 | |
| Green | Ralph Scully | 3% | 22,773 | |
| Total Votes | 761,087 | |||
| Election results viaUS Election Atlas | ||||
2002
| Arkansas Secretary of State, 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Charlie Daniels | 62.1% | 492,621 | |
| Republican | Janet Huckabee | 37.9% | 300,293 | |
| Total Votes | 792,914 | |||
| Election results viaUS Election Atlas | ||||
Campaign finance
Comprehensive donor information for this election has been collected by Follow the Money. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of$213,435 during the election. This information was last updated on May 11, 2015.[11]
| Campaign Contribution Totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Office | Result | Contributions | |
| Susan Inman | Arkansas Secretary of State |  | $137,379 | |
| Mark Martin | Arkansas Secretary of State |  | $76,056 | |
| Jacob Holloway | Arkansas Secretary of State | | $0 | |
| Grand Total Raised | $213,435 | |||
Key deadlines
| Deadline | Event |
|---|---|
| March 3, 2014 | Candidate filing deadline |
| May 20, 2014 | Primary election |
| June 10, 2014 | Primary runoff election |
| November 4, 2014 | General election |
| November 19, 2014 | Deadline for the county board of election commissioners to certify election results |
| January 13, 2015 | Inauguration day for state executive officials in general election |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Arkansas + Secretary + State + Election + 2014"
See also
- Arkansas Secretary of State
- Arkansas state executive official elections, 2014
- State executive official elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑LexisNexis, "Ark. Stat. Ann. § 7-7-307," accessed November 19, 2025
- ↑LexisNexis, "Ark. Stat. Ann. § 7-7-308," accessed November 19, 2025
- ↑Arkansas News, "Democrat announces for secretary of state," May 9, 2013, accessed August 12, 2013
- ↑Arkansas Secretary of State, "2014 Preferential Primary Elections & Non Partisan General Election, Candidate Information: Jacob D. Holloway," accessed March 3, 2014
- ↑Arkansas Code, "Title 7, Section 1-101-21," accessed December 3, 2013
- ↑Arkansas House Bill 2036, "An Act To Amend the Law Concerning Certain Procedural Dates In Election; To Amend the Law Concerning Certain Petitions; And For Other Purposes," Approved April 18, 2013
- ↑Libertarian Party of Arkansas Website, "History of the Libertarian Party of Arkansas," accessed December 5, 2013
- ↑Green Party of Arkansas Website, "Ballot Access," accessed December 5, 2013
- ↑Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin, "New Political Party Petition--Green Party," November 6, 2013
- ↑UALR Public Radio, "Poll: Ross, Hutchinson In Virtual Dead Heat In Governor’s Race," April 6, 2014
- ↑Follow the Money, "Overview of Arkansas 2014 elections," accessed May 11, 2015
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