Monday marked the first day of the week-long candidate filing period for the 2024 election, and the Secretary of State’s Office reports 215 candidates filed the requisite paperwork to run.
All told, 85 Republicans and 39 Democrats registered to run for various House, Senate, federal, and constitutional offices. The largest group, however, were in the nonpartisan judicial races, where 90 candidates signed up. These 214 red and blue candidates were joined by a lone Independent.
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Complete lists of the candidates who registered today are below, separated by the type of office each is running for. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk.
U.S. President: Joseph R. Biden* (D), Ron DeSantis (R), Nikki Haley (R), Vivek Ramaswamy (R), Donald J. Trump (R)
U.S. Congress, First District: Rodney Govens (D)
U.S. Congress, Second District: French Hill* (R), Marcus A. Jones (D)
U.S. Congress, Third District: Caitlin Draper (D)
U.S. Congress, Fourth District: Bruce Westerman* (R)
State Treasurer: Secretary of State John Thurston (R)
Arkansas Supreme Court: Judge Carlton D. Jones (Position 2), Supreme Court Justice Shawn A. Womack* (Position 5), Justice Barbara Womack Webb (Chief Justice/Position 1)
Arkansas Court of Appeals: Pam Hathaway (Dist. 6, Position 1), Molly McNulty (Dist. 6, Position 1), Judge Casey Tucker (Dist. 6, Position 1), Judge Waymond D. Brown (Dist. 7)
Arkansas House: State Representative Jeremy Wooldridge* (R-01), State Representative Stetson Painter* (R-03), Jason Nazarenko (R-04), James (Jim) A. Hall (I-05), State Representative Ron McNair* (R-05), State Representative Harlan Breaux* (R-06), David McPherson (D-07), State Representative Brit McKenzie* (R-07), Diana Gonzales Worthen (D-09), State Representative DeAnna Hodges* (R-09), Kate Schaffer (D-10), State Representative Mindy McAlindon* (R-10), State Representative Rebecca Burkes* (R-11), David L. Barber (D-12), Ashley Sheys (D-13), State Representative R. Scott Richardson* (R-13), Nick Burkes (R-14), State Representative John P. Carr* (R-15), Jeremey Criner (R-17), State Representative Robin Lundstrum* (R-18), Representative Steve Unger* (R-19), Representative Nicole Clowney* (D-21), State Representative David Whitaker* (D-22), State Representative Kendra Moore* (R-23), Ryan Intchauspe (D-24), Ty Bates (R-24), State Representative Chad Puryear* (R-25), James Eaton (R-26), Timmy Reid (R-27), State Representative Steven Walker* (R-27), State Representative Fran Cavenaugh* (R-30), State Representative Jack Ladyman* (R-32), Brandt Smith (R-32), State Representative Jon Milligan* (R-33), Desmond Hammett (D-34), Jessie McGruder (D-35), Raymond Whiteside (D-35), Robert Thorne Jr, J.P. (R-35), Representative Johnny Rye* (R-36), Lisa Head (D-37), Representative Steve Hollowell* (R-37), State Representative Dwight Tosh* (R-38), State Representative Wayne Long* (R-39), Tom Nowlin (D-41), Jerry Holmes (R-41), Lauren Faulk (D-42), Representative Stephen Meeks* (R-42), Representative Rick Beck* R-43), State Representative Stan Berry* (R-44), State Representative Aaron M. Pilkington* (R-45), State Representative Jon S. Eubanks* (R-46), State Representative Ryan A. Rose* (R-48), Representative Jay Richardson* (D-49), Robin W. McCray (D-50), Jane-Ellen Udouj-Kutchka (D-51), Jeff Burks (R-51), State Representative Cindy Crawford* (R-51), State Representative Marcus E. Richmond* (R-52), Amie Gates (D-53), State Representative Matt Duffield* (R-53), State Representative Mary Bentley* (R-54), State Representative Matt Brown* (R-55), Representative Cameron Cooper* (R-57), State Representative Roger S. Lynch* (R-60), Representative Jeremiah Moore* (R-61), Representative Ken Ferguson* (D-64), Representative Karilyn Brown* (R-67), State Representative Brian S. Evans* (R-68), State Representative David Ray* (R-69), State Representative Carlton Wing* (R-70), Cassandra D. Green (D-71), Representative Andrew Collins* (D-73), Representative Tippi McCullough* (D-74), Representative Ashley Hudson* (D-75), Representative Joy C. Springer* (D-76), Ryan Davis (D-76), State Representative Fred Allen* (D-77), Grant Smith (D-77), Representative Keith Brooks* (R-78), State Representative Tara Shephard* (D-79), State Representative Denise Ennett* (D-80), State Representative RJ Hawk* (R-81), State Representative Tony Furman* (R-82), Teresa Dannaway (D-83), Paul Childress (R-83), Ken Yang (R-83), State Representative Les Warren* (R-84), State Representative Richard McGrew* (R-85), Bill Bradshaw (D-86), State Representative John Maddox* (R-86), State Representative DeAnn Vaught* (R-87), Robert Leslie Bradford (R-88), State Representative Justin Gonzales* (R-89), State Representative Bruce Cozart* (R-91), State Representative Mike Holcomb* (R-93), State Representative Jeff Wardlaw* (R-94), Representative Howard M. Beaty, Jr.* (R-95), State Representative Wade Andrews* (R-98), State Representative Lane Jean* (R-99), State Representative Carol Dalby* (R-100)
Arkansas Senate: Senator Ben Gilmore* (R-01), Senator Steve Crowell* (R-03), Senator Matt McKee* (R-06), Senator Stephanie Flowers* (D-08), Representative Jamie Scott (D-12), Senator Mark Johnson* (R-17), Tommy Wayne Wagner Jr. (R-19), State Senator Dan Sullivan* (R-20), Senator John Payton* (R-22), Senator Scott Flippo* (R-23), Michelle Justice (D-25), State Senator Jim Petty* (R29), Kaylee Wedgeworth (D-34), Senator Jim Dotson* (R-34)
Candidates for prosecuting attorney, circuit court judge, and district court judge can be found here.