2026 results · Arkansas · county

Baxter County, Arkansas

Cotton carried Baxter County by 46.5 points in the Senate race, 10.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here (R+56.8). 6 races have votes counted here.

Baxter County on the national map

Votes counted, Senate: 14,274; 68% of the 20,954 votes for president in 2024
2026 margin: R+46.5
2024 president: R+56.8
Shift from 2024: 10.3 pts → D
In Arkansas: 57th of 75; The 57th best county for Shoffner of the 75 counted; 61st for turnout against 2024.

Statewide races

Arkansas SenateTom Cotton won · R+11.8 across the state
25.3% Hallie Shoffner71.8% Tom Cotton
R+46.514,274 votes
10.3 pts → D2024 R+56.8
Arkansas GovernorSarah Huckabee Sanders won · R+15.2 across the state
23.0% Fred Love72.6% Sarah Huckabee Sanders
R+49.614,259 votes
7.3 pts → D2024 R+56.8
Arkansas Commissioner of State LandsCole Jester won · Jester +28.1 across the state
78.0% Cole Jester22.0% Christopher Olson
Jester +55.913,713 votes
112.8 pts → D2024 R+56.8
Arkansas Lieutenant GovernorLeslie Rutledge won · Rutledge +27.7 across the state
77.5% Leslie Rutledge22.5% Michael Kalagias
Rutledge +55.013,825 votes
111.8 pts → D2024 R+56.8
Arkansas Secretary of StateKim Hammer won · R+16.2 across the state
23.9% Kelly Grappe72.6% Kim Hammer
R+48.714,203 votes
8.1 pts → D2024 R+56.8

The House

Arkansas 1st DistrictBaxter County's part of the district · Rick Crawford won · R+34.4 across the district
23.2% Terri Yarbrough Green73.6% Rick Crawford
R+50.414,198 votes
6.1 pts → D2024 R+56.4

Counts come from each race’s official source, named on its own page. Margins are the leading two candidates’ difference in points of all votes counted. 2024 is the presidential vote, Harris against Trump, on the same ground (for a House district, the county’s part of it). A county is not compared with 2024 until a quarter of its 2024 vote is counted. Ranks are among the state’s counties with votes counted in the same race.