2026 results · Arkansas · Arkansas Governor
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the Republican, wins re-election as governor of Arkansas
Donald Trump carried Arkansas by 30.6 points in 2024; this year's count is a 15.3-point move toward the Democrats.
| Candidate | Votes | Share | Share of the vote |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sarah Huckabee SandersRepublican, incumbent | 477,303 | 53.9% | |
 Fredrick LoveDemocrat | 341,835 | 38.6% | |
| Colt ShelbyLibertarian | 66,911 | 7.5% |
Called by Call the Map, Nov 3, 9:39 PM EST · 94% counted.
About 94% of the expected vote counted886,049 votesCount last changed Nov 7, 9:08 AM EST · checked Nov 7, 4:59 PM ESTSource: the official state and county counts, gathered by civicAPI
The map
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What moved most
Scroll through Arkansas, part by part. The parts follow the federal government’s metropolitan areas: each big metro’s core counties, its suburbs and outer suburbs, the smaller metro areas, then the small towns and countryside.
What the count shows
Added together, the 75 counties compared moved 15.3 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.
The counties compared cast 75% as many votes as in 2024, from 87% in Chicot County to 64% in Polk County. Where turnout ran higher, the county moved more toward the Republicans (r = −0.48).
Franklin County moved most: R+62.4 for president in 2024, R+28.5 this year
The 10 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted, and at least half a percent of the state's 2024 vote. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.
2024 president 2026
Benton County added 22,810 net votes for Love against the 2024 margin, 10% of the statewide change
Across the 75 counties compared, the margin moved by 226,868 votes toward Love: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.
- Benton County+22,810 Love
- Washington County+15,342 Love
- Saline County+11,181 Love
- Faulkner County+10,932 Love
- Sebastian County+9,907 Love
- Craighead County+9,127 Love
- White County+8,010 Love
- Lonoke County+7,316 Love
2 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Love this year
Striped on the map above. Largest first.
- Washington CountyR+6.7D+11.7
- Desha CountyR+4.8D+12.8
What the places that moved have in common
Each of Arkansas’s counties, set against the Census Bureau’s figures for who lives there. A pattern across counties, not an exit poll: it does not say how any group of people voted.
Urban, suburban and rural counties
2024 president 2026 · Urban: 1,000 or more residents per square mile; suburban: 100 to 999; rural: under 100 (our grouping).
Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 and 2023 Gazetteer; a county joins once its count is substantially in.
Arkansas’s ballot
All of Arkansas’s resultsThe state legislatureBallot measures
StatewideRepublicans won 4 of Arkansas's 5 statewide races and lead 1 more.
U.S. HouseBefore the election R 4–0, now R 4–0
won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.
Every count on this page is the official count, from the state and its counties. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes. Photos: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed; Fredrick Love, by Arkansas Farm Bureau, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed.
