Steve Hollowell

Republican Party

Candidate, Arkansas House of Representatives District 37

Arkansas House of Representatives District 37

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

3

Predecessor:Jamie Scott (D)

Prior offices:

Arkansas House of Representatives District 49

Years in office: 2017 - 2023

Successor:Jay Richardson (D)

Compensation

Base salary

$45,244/year

Per diem

No data available for 2025.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Next election

November 3, 2026

Contact

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Steve Hollowell (Republican Party) is a member of theArkansas House of Representatives, representingDistrict 37. He assumed office on January 9, 2023. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Hollowell (Republican Party) is running for re-election to theArkansas House of Representatives to representDistrict 37. The Republican primary for this office onMarch 3, 2026, was canceled.

Biography

Steve Hollowell lives in Forrest City, Arkansas. Hollowell earned a degree from Arkansas State University. His career experience includes working in the real estate industry. Hollowell served as an alderman of Forrest City and has been affiliated with the Rotary Club.^[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Hollowell was assigned to the following committees:

• House Insurance and Commerce Committee
• House Revenue and Taxation Committee
• Legislative Council
• Joint Energy Committee

2023-2024

Hollowell was assigned to the following committees:

• House Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee
• House Revenue and Taxation Committee
• Joint Energy Committee
• Legislative Joint Auditing Committee

2021-2022

Hollowell was assigned to the following committees:

• House Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee
• House Education Committee
• Joint Energy Committee

2019-2020

Hollowell was assigned to the following committees:

• Joint Energy Committee
• House Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee
• Public Transportation Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2026

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2026

General election

The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 37

IncumbentSteve Hollowell is running in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 37 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Steve Hollowell (R)

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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. IncumbentSteve Hollowell advanced from the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 37.

Endorsements

2024

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 37

IncumbentSteve Hollowell defeatedLisa Head in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 37 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Hollowell (R)	72.4	7,762
		Lisa Head (D)	27.6	2,955

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,717
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled.Lisa Head advanced from the Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 37.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. IncumbentSteve Hollowell advanced from the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 37.

Endorsements

2022

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 37

IncumbentSteve Hollowell defeatedChristopher Reed andBrian Ramsey in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 37 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Hollowell (R)	72.0	6,123
	Submit photo	Christopher Reed (D)	25.1	2,132
	Submit photo	Brian Ramsey (L)	3.0	254

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,509
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled.Christopher Reed advanced from the Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 37.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. IncumbentSteve Hollowell advanced from the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 37.

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Arkansas House of Representatives District 37

Brian Ramsey advanced from the Libertarian convention for Arkansas House of Representatives District 37 on February 20, 2022.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Brian Ramsey (L)

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2020

See also: Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 49

IncumbentSteve Hollowell defeatedJustin Reeves in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 49 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Hollowell (R)	56.6	5,725
	Submit photo	Justin Reeves (D)	43.4	4,382

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,107
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled.Justin Reeves advanced from the Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 49.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. IncumbentSteve Hollowell advanced from the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 49.

2018

See also:Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 49

IncumbentSteve Hollowell defeatedHoward Smith in the general election for Arkansas House of Representatives District 49 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Hollowell (R)	62.8	5,261
		Howard Smith (D)	37.2	3,116

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,377 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 49

Howard Smith advanced from the Democratic primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 49 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Howard Smith

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 49

IncumbentSteve Hollowell advanced from the Republican primary for Arkansas House of Representatives District 49 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Steve Hollowell

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2016

See also:Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2016

Ballotpedia's analysis revealed that only 42 of the 100 seats up for election in 2016 involved competition between Democrats and Republicans. This made it numerically impossible for Democrats to take control of either Arkansas legislative chamber in 2016.

The reason for thelow competition was that candidates were in safe districts for their parties.Between 1972 and 2014, an upward trend in uncontested state legislative elections occurred.

TheDemocratic Party of Arkansas focused its 2016 efforts on the state’s House of Representatives. Without the numbers to win thestate Senate, H.L. Moody, communications director for the Democratic Party of Arkansas, told Ballotpedia that the party’s goal was to “start building back where we can,” beginning with the House.

Ballotpedia spoke to political analystRichard Winger, who said that the early primary deadline for the 2016 elections was a possible factor as well, making it difficult for Democrats to recruit candidates early.

The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing period began at noon local time on November 2, 2015, and ended at noon local time on November 9, 2015.^[2]

Steve Hollowell defeated incumbentMarshall Wright in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 49 general election.^[3]

Arkansas House of Representatives, District 49 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Steve Hollowell	55.67%	5,539
	Democratic	Marshall WrightIncumbent	44.33%	4,411
Total Votes				9,950
Source:Arkansas Secretary of State

IncumbentMarshall Wright ran unopposed in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 49 Democratic Primary.^[4][5]

Arkansas House of Representatives, District 49 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Marshall WrightIncumbent (unopposed)

Steve Hollowell ran unopposed in the Arkansas House of Representatives District 49 Republican Primary.^[4][5]

Arkansas House of Representatives, District 49 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Steve Hollowell (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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Scorecards

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