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Arkansas's 2006 state elections were held November 7, 2006. Primaries were held May 23 and runoffs, if necessary, were held June 13. Arkansas elected seven constitutional officers, 17 of 35 state senate seats, all 100 house seats and 28 district prosecuting attorneys, and voted on one constitutional amendment and one referred question. Non-partisan judicial elections were held the same day as the party primaries for four Supreme Court justices, four appeals circuit court judges, and eight district court judges.
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Democrat
Republican
Green Party
Third Parties
Democratic Primary
Halter came in first in the Democratic primary:
Democratic Run-off
Halter also won the run-off:
Republican Primary
Holt won the primary:
Democrat
Republican
Green Party
Democratic Primary
McDaniel came in first:
Democratic Run-off
McDaniel also won the run-off, with exactly 87,000 votes:
Republican
Green Party
Rebekah Kennedy - civil rights attorney and Public Relations chair for the Green Party of Arkansas
Democrat
Green Party
Democratic Primary
Shoffner lead solidly, but not enough to avoid a run-off:
Democratic Run-off
Shoffner won the run-off:
Republican
Green Party
Democrat
Green Party
Judicial Elections
Judicial elections are nonpartisan.
Supreme Court
Four Supreme Court associate justices were up for reelection to eight-year terms.
Position 2
Position 5
Position 6
Position 7
Court of Appeals
Elections were held on primary election day for four appeals judges to new eight-year terms. All candidates stood unopposed and were reelected by acclamation:
Circuit Courts
Elections were also held on primary election day for eight district court judges, for six-year terms. Necessary run-offs will be held with the general election.
State Senate
17 senators are up for reelection to four-year terms.
State House
All 100 House seats are up for re-election.
Referendums
Amendment 1 would amend the Arkansas Constitution to lift prohibitions against gambling from bingos and lotteries conducted by authorized nonprofit organizations, such as churches or volunteer fire organizations.
Question 1 would allow the state to issue no more than $250 million in bonds to finance the development of technology and facilities for state institutions of higher education.