The list of candidates is set for the March 3, 2026, preferential primary election, according to the Jefferson County Clerk’s Office. The filing period closed Wednesday, with dozens of candidates entering local, county, and school board races.
Early voting will begin on February 16, and the deadline to register to vote is February 2, according to the Arkansas Secretary of State’s Office.
The winners in each primary will either advance to the November 3, 2026, general election—if candidates from more than one political party have filed—or take office on January 1, 2027.
Political designations are listed as D for Democrat, R for Republican, and I for Independent.
County Judge: Gerald Robinson (D), Eric Walden Jr. (D), Jeff Edwards (D), Efrem Neely (D), Michael Turley (D), Nathaniel Todd (R)
Sheriff: Lafayette Woods Jr. (D), Mark Cannon (D), Chris Lowery (I)
Tax Collector: Tony Washington (D)
Treasurer: Vonysha Goodwin (D)
County Clerk: Shawndra Taggart (D), Rosetta Giddens (D)
Assessor: Gloria Tillman (D), Bruce White Jr. (D)
Circuit Clerk: Connie Compton (D), Barbara Collins (D)
Coroner: Chad Kelley (D), Jamal Gordon (D)
City Attorney: Althea Hadden (D), Lorraine Hatcher (I)
Pine Bluff City Council:
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Ward 1: Latisha Brunson (D)
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Ward 2: Glen Brown Jr. (D)
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Ward 3: Lanette Frazier (D), Jeffrey Neal (D)
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Ward 4: Steven Mays (D), Nathaniel Baker (D)
Prosecuting Attorney (Nonpartisan): Mircha King, Karres Manning-Center
Justice of the Peace candidates
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District 1: Alfred Carroll (D), Jacqueline Tillmon (D), Deshaun Eans (D)
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District 2: Reginald Adams (D), Leo Smith (D)
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District 3: Reginald Johnson (D), Joseph O’Neal (D)
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District 4: Patricia Johnson (D), Oscar Bullard Jr. (D)
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District 5: Jimmy Fisher (D), Ivan Whitfield (D)
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District 6: Randy Green (D), Glen Brown (D), Tim Morris (I)
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District 7: Melanie Johnson Dumas (D)
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District 8: Roy Agee (R), David Dinwiddie (D)
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District 9: George Barnes Sr. (D), Cedric Jackson (D)
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District 10: Conley Byrd (R), Greg Moody (D)
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District 11: Tina Butler (D), Jerry Lawrence Jr. (R)
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District 12: Ted Harden (R)
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District 13: Brenda Bishop Gaddy (D), Sherman Ferguson (D)
Constable races
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Dunnington: John Thomas (D)
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Vaugine: James Wilburn (D)
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Pastoria: David Pipkin (I)
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Spring: Richard Victorino (R)
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Talladega: Michale Stayton (R)
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Barraque: Rich Debill (I)
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Richland: Bruce Carman (D)
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Niven: Eric Shelton (R)
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Melton: Garland Brown (I)
School board and mayoral candidates
Pine Bluff School District:
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Zone 1: Christen Shelton
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Zone 2: LozAnne Calhoun, Arnold Robertson Jr. (D)
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Zone 3: Ricky Whitmore
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Zone 5: Charles Colen
Watson Chapel School District:
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At-Large: Kevin Moore
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Zone 3: Rosemary White
White Hall School District:
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At-Large Position 1: Scott Lockhart
Mayor of Humphrey: Sharon McCuller-Silverman (I)
Judicial races
The following candidates have filed for nonpartisan judicial positions in the 11th West Circuit, which serves Jefferson and Lincoln counties, according to the Arkansas Secretary of State’s Office:
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Second Division: Robert Wyatt Jr.
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Third Division: Mac Norton
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Fifth Division: Jodi Dennis
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Sixth Division: Earnest E. Brown Jr.
