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The2022 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member to theUnited States Senate to represent thestate ofArkansas. IncumbentRepublican SenatorJohn Boozman ran for a third term.[1] He won the May 24, 2022 Republican primary with 58.03% of the vote and the general election with 65.73% of the vote.[2]
This was the best performance for a Republican senator in the state's history, and was the first time for either U.S. Senate seat in Arkansas that Republicans won three consecutive elections.
Incumbent senatorJohn Boozman ran with the endorsement offormer President Donald Trump. However, he attracted multiple opponents from the right who questioned his loyalty to Trump, attacking him for refusing to object to the results of the2020 United States presidential election.[3] Despite it being his first time running for office, former NFL football playerJake Bequette and his supporting groups raised over $2.6 million.[4] Boozman ultimately won with 58% of the vote, easily avoiding a runoff.
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| Campaign finance reports as of May 4, 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
| John Boozman (R) | $5,515,449 | $4,930,354 | $1,580,776 |
| Jake Bequette (R) | $1,262,746 | $875,103 | $375,720 |
| Source:Federal Election Commission[17] | |||
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Jake Bequette | John Boozman | Heath Loftis | Jan Morgan | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendrix College[18] | May 2, 2022 | 802 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 19% | 45% | 2% | 17% | 18% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Boozman (incumbent) | 201,677 | 58.03% | |
| Republican | Jake Bequette | 71,809 | 20.66% | |
| Republican | Jan Morgan | 65,958 | 18.98% | |
| Republican | Heath Loftis | 8,112 | 2.33% | |
| Total votes | 347,556 | 100.0% | ||
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Jack Foster | Natalie James | Dan Whitfield | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendrix College[18] | May 2, 2022 | 597 (LV) | ± 5.0% | 5% | 17% | 15% | 63% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Natalie James | 49,722 | 54.09% | |
| Democratic | Dan Whitfield | 28,319 | 30.80% | |
| Democratic | Jack Foster | 13,891 | 15.11% | |
| Total votes | 91,932 | 100.0% | ||
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[24] | Solid R | March 4, 2022 |
| Inside Elections[25] | Solid R | April 1, 2022 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[26] | Safe R | March 1, 2022 |
| Politico[27] | Solid R | April 1, 2022 |
| RCP[28] | Safe R | February 24, 2022 |
| Fox News[29] | Solid R | May 12, 2022 |
| DDHQ[30] | Solid R | July 20, 2022 |
| 538[31] | Solid R | June 30, 2022 |
| The Economist[32] | Safe R | September 7, 2022 |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | John Boozman (R) | Natalie James (D) | Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendrix College[36] | September 12, 2022 | 835 (LV) | ± 3.8% | 44% | 31% | 5%[b] | 21% |
| Echelon Insights[37] | August 31 – September 7, 2022 | 382 (RV) | ± 7.7% | 56% | 32% | – | 12% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Boozman (incumbent) | 592,437 | 65.73% | +5.96% | |
| Democratic | Natalie James | 280,187 | 31.09% | −5.08% | |
| Libertarian | Kenneth Cates | 28,682 | 3.18% | −0.78% | |
| Total votes | 901,306 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
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| County[38] | John Boozman Republican | Natalie James Democratic | Kenneth Cates Libertarian | Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Arkansas | 3,342 | 74.95% | 1,012 | 22.70% | 105 | 2.35% | 2,330 | 52.25% | 4,459 |
| Ashley | 4,103 | 75.51% | 1,251 | 23.02% | 80 | 1.47% | 2,852 | 52.48% | 5,434 |
| Baxter | 12,207 | 78.30% | 2,940 | 18.86% | 443 | 2.84% | 9,267 | 59.44% | 15,590 |
| Benton | 58,938 | 65.08% | 28,336 | 31.29% | 3,288 | 3.63% | 30,602 | 33.79% | 90,562 |
| Boone | 10,174 | 80.20% | 1,979 | 15.60% | 533 | 4.20% | 8,195 | 64.60% | 12,686 |
| Bradley | 1,824 | 69.70% | 730 | 27.89% | 63 | 2.41% | 1,094 | 41.80% | 2,617 |
| Calhoun | 1,269 | 80.16% | 281 | 17.75% | 33 | 2.08% | 988 | 62.41% | 1,583 |
| Carroll | 5,867 | 64.98% | 2,835 | 31.40% | 327 | 3.62% | 3,032 | 33.58% | 9,029 |
| Chicot | 1,687 | 49.90% | 1,653 | 48.89% | 41 | 1.21% | 34 | 1.01% | 3,381 |
| Clark | 3,685 | 60.36% | 2,267 | 37.13% | 153 | 2.51% | 1,418 | 23.23% | 6,105 |
| Clay | 3,080 | 78.63% | 698 | 17.82% | 139 | 3.55% | 2,382 | 60.81% | 3,917 |
| Cleburne | 8,336 | 83.14% | 1,342 | 13.39% | 348 | 3.47% | 6,994 | 69.76% | 10,026 |
| Cleveland | 2,343 | 84.04% | 380 | 13.63% | 65 | 2.33% | 1,963 | 70.41% | 2,788 |
| Columbia | 4,177 | 69.01% | 1,752 | 28.94% | 124 | 2.05% | 2,425 | 40.06% | 6,053 |
| Conway | 4,648 | 69.21% | 1,856 | 27.64% | 212 | 3.16% | 2,792 | 41.57% | 6,716 |
| Craighead | 18,697 | 67.78% | 7,882 | 28.58% | 1,004 | 3.64% | 10,815 | 39.21% | 27,583 |
| Crawford | 13,894 | 78.59% | 3,125 | 17.68% | 660 | 3.73% | 10,769 | 60.91% | 17,679 |
| Crittenden | 5,436 | 51.07% | 4,999 | 46.96% | 210 | 1.97% | 437 | 4.11% | 10,645 |
| Cross | 3,707 | 75.58% | 1,079 | 22.00% | 119 | 2.43% | 2,628 | 53.58% | 4,905 |
| Dallas | 1,366 | 66.50% | 630 | 30.67% | 58 | 2.82% | 736 | 35.83% | 2,054 |
| Desha | 1,647 | 54.64% | 1,296 | 43.00% | 71 | 2.36% | 351 | 11.65% | 3,014 |
| Drew | 3,525 | 67.19% | 1,632 | 31.11% | 89 | 1.70% | 1,893 | 36.08% | 5,246 |
| Faulkner | 26,218 | 65.54% | 12,257 | 30.64% | 1,526 | 3.81% | 13,961 | 34.90% | 40,001 |
| Franklin | 4,284 | 79.73% | 892 | 16.60% | 197 | 3.67% | 3,392 | 63.13% | 5,373 |
| Fulton | 3,119 | 78.60% | 681 | 17.16% | 168 | 4.23% | 2,438 | 61.44% | 3,968 |
| Garland | 22,606 | 68.60% | 9,162 | 27.80% | 1,186 | 3.60% | 13,444 | 40.80% | 32,954 |
| Grant | 5,205 | 82.91% | 859 | 13.68% | 214 | 3.41% | 4,346 | 69.23% | 6,278 |
| Greene | 9,050 | 78.65% | 2,027 | 17.62% | 429 | 3.73% | 7,023 | 61.04% | 11,506 |
| Hempstead | 3,338 | 72.00% | 1,193 | 25.73% | 105 | 2.26% | 2,145 | 46.27% | 4,636 |
| Hot Spring | 7,360 | 74.60% | 2,139 | 21.68% | 367 | 3.72% | 5,221 | 52.92% | 9,866 |
| Howard | 2,668 | 73.84% | 861 | 23.83% | 84 | 2.32% | 1,807 | 50.01% | 3,613 |
| Independence | 8,325 | 79.13% | 1,839 | 17.48% | 357 | 3.39% | 6,486 | 61.65% | 10,521 |
| Izard | 3,687 | 80.75% | 721 | 15.79% | 158 | 3.46% | 2,966 | 64.96% | 4,566 |
| Jackson | 2,913 | 72.61% | 988 | 24.63% | 111 | 2.77% | 1,925 | 47.98% | 4,012 |
| Jefferson | 7,570 | 43.97% | 9,339 | 54.25% | 307 | 1.78% | -1,769 | -10.28% | 17,216 |
| Johnson | 5,287 | 75.67% | 1,458 | 20.87% | 242 | 3.46% | 3,829 | 54.80% | 6,987 |
| Lafayette | 1,281 | 65.49% | 632 | 32.31% | 43 | 2.20% | 649 | 33.18% | 1,956 |
| Lawrence | 3,692 | 80.68% | 729 | 15.93% | 155 | 3.39% | 2,963 | 64.75% | 4,576 |
| Lee | 978 | 49.20% | 956 | 48.09% | 54 | 2.72% | 22 | 1.11% | 1,988 |
| Lincoln | 2,040 | 74.64% | 619 | 22.65% | 74 | 2.71% | 1,421 | 51.99% | 2,733 |
| Little River | 2,879 | 75.98% | 798 | 21.06% | 112 | 2.96% | 2,081 | 54.92% | 3,789 |
| Logan | 4,920 | 79.00% | 1,094 | 17.57% | 214 | 3.44% | 3,826 | 61.43% | 6,228 |
| Lonoke | 17,007 | 76.14% | 4,477 | 20.04% | 852 | 3.81% | 12,530 | 56.10% | 22,336 |
| Madison | 4,489 | 77.73% | 1,102 | 19.08% | 184 | 3.19% | 3,387 | 58.65% | 5,775 |
| Marion | 4,766 | 79.65% | 1,015 | 16.96% | 203 | 3.39% | 3,751 | 62.68% | 5,984 |
| Miller | 8,475 | 75.78% | 2,422 | 21.66% | 286 | 2.56% | 6,053 | 54.13% | 11,183 |
| Mississippi | 5,430 | 63.87% | 2,876 | 33.83% | 195 | 2.29% | 2,554 | 30.04% | 8,501 |
| Monroe | 1,295 | 57.99% | 891 | 39.90% | 47 | 2.10% | 404 | 18.09% | 2,233 |
| Montgomery | 2,516 | 79.80% | 532 | 16.87% | 105 | 3.33% | 1,984 | 62.92% | 3,153 |
| Nevada | 1,667 | 67.87% | 740 | 30.13% | 49 | 2.00% | 927 | 37.74% | 2,456 |
| Newton | 2,440 | 79.74% | 513 | 16.76% | 107 | 3.50% | 1,927 | 62.97% | 3,060 |
| Ouachita | 4,163 | 59.52% | 2,663 | 38.08% | 168 | 2.40% | 1,500 | 21.45% | 6,994 |
| Perry | 2,919 | 76.98% | 712 | 18.78% | 161 | 4.25% | 2,207 | 58.20% | 3,792 |
| Phillips | 1,929 | 45.11% | 2,281 | 53.34% | 66 | 1.54% | -352 | -8.23% | 4,276 |
| Pike | 3,133 | 84.61% | 472 | 12.75% | 98 | 2.65% | 2,661 | 71.86% | 3,703 |
| Poinsett | 4,419 | 79.64% | 976 | 17.59% | 154 | 2.78% | 3,443 | 62.05% | 5,549 |
| Polk | 5,669 | 82.59% | 932 | 13.58% | 263 | 3.83% | 4,737 | 69.01% | 6,864 |
| Pope | 13,158 | 75.39% | 3,678 | 21.07% | 618 | 3.54% | 9,480 | 54.31% | 17,454 |
| Prairie | 2,209 | 83.11% | 386 | 14.52% | 63 | 2.37% | 1,823 | 68.59% | 2,658 |
| Pulaski | 52,745 | 42.73% | 67,503 | 54.69% | 3,184 | 2.58% | -14,758 | -11.96% | 123,432 |
| Randolph | 4,160 | 79.31% | 864 | 16.47% | 221 | 4.21% | 3,296 | 62.84% | 5,245 |
| St. Francis | 2,514 | 49.89% | 2,424 | 48.10% | 101 | 2.00% | 90 | 1.79% | 5,039 |
| Saline | 30,900 | 71.73% | 10,602 | 24.61% | 1,574 | 3.65% | 20,298 | 47.12% | 43,076 |
| Scott | 2,497 | 84.64% | 349 | 11.83% | 104 | 3.53% | 2,148 | 72.81% | 2,950 |
| Searcy | 2,523 | 81.10% | 426 | 13.69% | 162 | 5.21% | 2,097 | 67.41% | 3,111 |
| Sebastian | 24,097 | 70.32% | 8,926 | 26.05% | 1,246 | 3.64% | 15,171 | 44.27% | 34,269 |
| Sevier | 2,888 | 79.71% | 625 | 17.25% | 110 | 3.04% | 2,263 | 62.46% | 3,623 |
| Sharp | 4,848 | 80.45% | 979 | 16.25% | 199 | 3.30% | 3,869 | 64.21% | 6,026 |
| Stone | 3,949 | 77.94% | 932 | 18.39% | 186 | 3.67% | 3,017 | 59.54% | 5,067 |
| Union | 7,926 | 68.33% | 3,443 | 29.68% | 230 | 1.98% | 4,483 | 38.65% | 11,599 |
| Van Buren | 4,861 | 77.93% | 1,111 | 17.81% | 266 | 4.26% | 3,750 | 60.12% | 6,238 |
| Washington | 37,336 | 53.01% | 30,935 | 43.92% | 2,160 | 3.07% | 6,401 | 9.09% | 70,431 |
| White | 18,497 | 80.24% | 3,732 | 16.19% | 823 | 3.57% | 14,765 | 64.05% | 23,052 |
| Woodruff | 1,376 | 66.28% | 633 | 30.49% | 67 | 3.23% | 743 | 35.79% | 2,076 |
| Yell | 4,264 | 81.03% | 836 | 15.89% | 162 | 3.08% | 3,428 | 65.15% | 5,262 |
| Totals | 592,437 | 65.73% | 280,187 | 31.09% | 28,682 | 3.18% | 312,250 | 34.64% | 901,306 |
Boozman won all four congressional districts.[39]
| District | Boozman | James | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 72% | 25% | Rick Crawford |
| 2nd | 59% | 38% | French Hill |
| 3rd | 63% | 33% | Steve Womack |
| 4th | 70% | 27% | Bruce Westerman |
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