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The Arkansas Senate Safe R

This is one of our least certain forecasts — state-legislative races have almost no district polling and many of these maps were redrawn. Read the range, not the midpoint. How this is modeled →

Forecast · candidate-independent chamber model

Republicans are favored to hold control of the Arkansas Senate.

Chance of R control>99 in 100Expected Democratic seats 6.0 of 3580% range 39
D 635 seatsR 29
PVIR+15
Seats up in 202617
Chamber size35
District by district

35 seats, one per district. Hover a district for its seat; the table below opens with the closest races and carries the exact values.

Rating band
Striped = seat changes partyModeled seats use forecast paint; legal carries and terrain remain explicitly distinct
Forecast margin — pale at Even, deep at safe Not on the 2026 ballot (staggered term)

Census Bureau 2025 1:500,000 cartographic boundaries — simplified geometry for thematic mapping, not legal district lines.

DemocratRepublican
13Modeled D-vs-RRepublican — 55 in 100Allison Grigsby SweatmanState Representative Brandon AchorR+1.1
9Modeled D-vs-RState Representative Jessie McGruder — 81 in 100State Representative Jessie McGruderKenny PhillipsD+8.6
31Modeled D-vs-RSenator Clint Penzo — 96 in 100Senator Clint PenzoR+17.3
27Modeled D-vs-RState Senator Justin Boyd — 98 in 100Eduardo GuzmanState Senator Justin BoydR+20.2
14Modeled D-vs-RSenator Clarke Tucker — >99 in 100Senator Clarke Tucker · Mark S. Foster (O)D+26.3
30Modeled D-vs-RRepresentative Denise Garner — >99 in 100Representative Denise GarnerD+26.7
32Modeled D-vs-RState Senator Joshua P. Bryant — >99 in 100State Senator Joshua P. BryantR+29.2
16Modeled D-vs-RSheriff Rodney Wright — >99 in 100Joshua IrbySheriff Rodney WrightR+30.4
35Modeled D-vs-RSenator Tyler Dees — >99 in 100Senator Tyler DeesR+37.2
2Modeled D-vs-RSenator Matt Stone — >99 in 100Senator Matt StoneR+37.2