The 2022 Arkansas House of Representatives elections was held on November 8, 2022. Elections were held to elect representatives from all 100
House of Representatives districts across the U.S. state of
Arkansas. It was held alongside numerous other
federal, state, and local elections, including the
2022 Arkansas Senate election
The 2022 Arkansas Senate elections took place as part of the wikt:biennial, biennial 2022 2022 United States elections, United States elections. Arkansas voters elected state senators to the Arkansas Senate in 18 of the state's 35 senate district ...
.
Retirements
Democrats
#District 29:
Fredrick Love retired due to term limits.
#District 48:
Reginald Murdock
Reginald Murdock (born April 29, 1966) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Arkansas Senate. Murdock previously served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023.
Political career
On April 1, 2020, Murdock be ...
retired to run for
state senate from District 9.
#District 55:
Monte Hodges
Monte Hodges (born November 1, 1971) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives representing District 55 since January 14, 2013. He was a candidate for U.S. congress in Arkansas's 1st congressiona ...
retired to run for
U. S. representative from
Arkansas's 1st congressional district.
#District 89:
Megan Godfrey
Megan Cardwell Godfrey (born December 5, 1983) is an American educator and politician who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 89th district from 2019 to 2023. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Early life
Megan Cardw ...
retired.
Republicans
#District 15:
Ken Bragg
Kenneth Wayne Bragg (born August 7, 1950) is an American politician in Arkansas. He has served since January 2013 as a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 15 in Grant County, a traditional Democratic stronghol ...
retired.
#District 39:
Mark Lowery retired to run for
treasurer of Arkansas.
#District 56:
Joe Jett retired.
#District 58:
Brandt Smith retired to run for
U. S. representative from
Arkansas's 1st congressional district.
#District 62:
Michelle Gray retired.
#District 63:
Stu Smith retired.
#District 64:
John Payton
John A. Payton (December 27, 1946 – March 22, 2012) was an African-American civil rights attorney. In 2008, he was appointed the sixth president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund serving in that post until his death. Prior ...
retired to run for
state senate from District 22.
#District 70:
Spencer Hawks
John Spencer Hawks (born 1983) is the former Republican state representative for District 70, which includes portions of Faulkner and Perry counties in central Arkansas.
Life and career
Hawks is a graduate of Greenbrier High School in Green ...
retired to run for
state senate from District 17.
#District 71:
Joe Cloud
Joe Cloud is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member for the 71st district of the Arkansas House of Representatives.
Cloud attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree, the ...
retired.
#District 77:
Justin Boyd retired to run for
state senate from District 27.
#District 79:
Gary Deffenbaugh
Gary Edwin Deffenbaugh (born April 25, 1949) is an American politician who served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023.
Education and career
Deffenbaugh has a Bachelor of Science in education from Ouachita Bapti ...
retired due to term limits.
#District 81:
Bruce Coleman retired.
#District 83:
Keith Slape
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retired to run for
state senate from District 28.
#District 88:
Clint Penzo
Clint Penzo is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Arkansas Senate representing the Springdale area. He previously served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023.
Early life and education
Penzo ...
retired to run for
state senate from District 31.
#District 92:
Gayla Hendren McKenzie retired to run for
state senate from District 35.
#District 93:
Jim Dotson
Jim Dotson (born 1977/1978) is an American politician. He has represented part of Benton County, Arkansas in the Arkansas Senate since 2023. Previously, he represented a similar constituency in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2013 to ...
retired to run for
state senate from District 34.
#District 96:
Joshua P. Bryant retired to run for
state senate from District 32.
#District 100: Nelda Speaks retired.
Incumbents defeated
Republicans
#District 2:
Marsh Davis lost renomination to Trey Steimel after being redistricted from District 61.
#District 39:
Craig Christiansen lost renomination to Wayne Long after being redistricted from District 47.
#District 61:
David Hillman lost renomination to Jeremiah Moore after being redistricted from District 13.
Predictions
Results
Overall
Closest races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
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District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
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District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
District 41
District 42
District 43
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
District 48
District 49
District 50
District 51
District 52
District 53
District 54
District 55
District 56
District 57
District 58
District 59
District 60
District 61
District 62
District 63
District 64
District 65
District 66
District 67
District 68
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District 70
District 71
District 72
District 73
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District 75
District 76
District 77
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District 79
District 80
District 81
District 82
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District 85
District 86
District 87
District 88
District 89
District 90
District 91
District 92
District 93
District 94
District 95
District 96
District 97
District 98
District 99
District 100
See also
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2022 Arkansas elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Arkansas on November 8, 2022. All of Arkansas' executive officers were up for election as well as all four of the state's seats in the United States House of Representatives and a U.S. senator. Pr ...
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2022 Arkansas Senate election
The 2022 Arkansas Senate elections took place as part of the wikt:biennial, biennial 2022 2022 United States elections, United States elections. Arkansas voters elected state senators to the Arkansas Senate in 18 of the state's 35 senate district ...
References
External links
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The Arkansas State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the st ...