2022 Arkansas State Auditor election
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The 2022 Arkansas State Auditor election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Arkansas State Auditor. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including for governor of Arkansas. Primary elections were held on May 24.
Incumbent Republican State Auditor Andrea Lea was barred by the Constitution of Arkansas from running for a third term.[1] Republican State Treasurer Dennis Milligan defeated Democrat Diamond Arnold-Johnson to succeed Lea.[2] Notably, Pulaski County, home to Little Rock, only voted for the Democratic nominee by a 4.8% margin.[3]
Candidates
Nominee
- Dennis Milligan, state treasurer (2015–2023)[4]
Democratic primary
Libertarian primary
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dennis Milligan | 595,166 | 66.79% | ||
| Democratic | Kelly Krout | 258,154 | 28.97% | ||
| Libertarian | Simeon Snow | 37,825 | 4.24% | ||
| Total votes | 891,145 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
| County[3] | Dennis Milligan Republican |
Diamond Arnold-Johnson Democratic |
Simeon Snow Libertarian |
Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Arkansas | 3,309 | 74.85% | 988 | 22.35% | 124 | 2.80% | 2,321 | 52.50% | 4,421 |
| Ashley | 4,090 | 75.41% | 1,229 | 22.66% | 105 | 1.94% | 2,861 | 52.75% | 5,424 |
| Baxter | 12,118 | 78.23% | 2,835 | 18.30% | 538 | 3.47% | 9,283 | 59.93% | 15,491 |
| Benton | 59,374 | 66.45% | 25,481 | 28.52% | 4,498 | 5.03% | 33,893 | 37.93% | 89,353 |
| Boone | 10,194 | 80.81% | 1,936 | 15.35% | 485 | 3.84% | 8,258 | 65.46% | 12,615 |
| Bradley | 1,800 | 69.52% | 730 | 28.20% | 59 | 2.28% | 1,070 | 41.33% | 2,589 |
| Calhoun | 1,234 | 78.60% | 300 | 19.11% | 36 | 2.29% | 934 | 59.49% | 1,570 |
| Carroll | 5,817 | 64.99% | 2,712 | 30.30% | 421 | 4.70% | 3,105 | 34.69% | 8,950 |
| Chicot | 1,615 | 47.87% | 1,713 | 50.77% | 46 | 1.36% | -98 | -2.90% | 3,374 |
| Clark | 3,594 | 60.30% | 2,158 | 36.21% | 208 | 3.49% | 1,436 | 24.09% | 5,960 |
| Clay | 2,946 | 75.65% | 656 | 16.85% | 292 | 7.50% | 2,290 | 58.81% | 3,894 |
| Cleburne | 8,407 | 84.49% | 1,238 | 12.44% | 305 | 3.07% | 7,169 | 72.05% | 9,950 |
| Cleveland | 2,312 | 84.47% | 376 | 13.74% | 49 | 1.79% | 1,936 | 70.73% | 2,737 |
| Columbia | 4,132 | 68.71% | 1,743 | 28.98% | 139 | 2.31% | 2,389 | 39.72% | 6,014 |
| Conway | 4,543 | 68.62% | 1,811 | 27.35% | 267 | 4.03% | 2,732 | 41.26% | 6,621 |
| Craighead | 18,961 | 69.38% | 7,226 | 26.44% | 1,143 | 4.18% | 11,735 | 42.94% | 27,330 |
| Crawford | 13,839 | 79.07% | 2,867 | 16.38% | 796 | 4.55% | 10,972 | 62.69% | 17,502 |
| Crittenden | 5,379 | 50.72% | 4,984 | 47.00% | 242 | 2.28% | 395 | 3.72% | 10,605 |
| Cross | 3,682 | 75.20% | 1,048 | 21.41% | 166 | 3.39% | 2,634 | 53.80% | 4,896 |
| Dallas | 1,330 | 65.55% | 636 | 31.35% | 63 | 3.10% | 694 | 34.20% | 2,029 |
| Desha | 1,641 | 55.53% | 1,240 | 41.96% | 74 | 2.50% | 401 | 13.57% | 2,955 |
| Drew | 3,505 | 67.24% | 1,540 | 29.54% | 168 | 3.22% | 1,965 | 37.69% | 5,213 |
| Faulkner | 27,084 | 68.16% | 10,873 | 27.36% | 1,781 | 4.48% | 16,211 | 40.79% | 39,738 |
| Franklin | 4,196 | 79.18% | 915 | 17.27% | 188 | 3.55% | 3,281 | 61.92% | 5,299 |
| Fulton | 3,079 | 78.67% | 678 | 17.32% | 157 | 4.01% | 2,401 | 61.34% | 3,914 |
| Garland | 22,988 | 70.46% | 8,364 | 25.64% | 1,273 | 3.90% | 14,624 | 44.82% | 32,625 |
| Grant | 5,236 | 83.78% | 798 | 12.77% | 216 | 3.46% | 4,438 | 71.01% | 6,250 |
| Greene | 9,147 | 79.82% | 1,833 | 15.99% | 480 | 4.19% | 7,314 | 63.82% | 11,460 |
| Hempstead | 3,358 | 72.72% | 1,164 | 25.21% | 96 | 2.08% | 2,194 | 47.51% | 4,618 |
| Hot Spring | 7,365 | 75.66% | 1,994 | 20.48% | 375 | 3.85% | 5,371 | 55.18% | 9,734 |
| Howard | 2,642 | 73.25% | 863 | 23.93% | 102 | 2.83% | 1,779 | 49.32% | 3,607 |
| Independence | 8,353 | 80.13% | 1,697 | 16.28% | 374 | 3.59% | 6,656 | 63.85% | 10,424 |
| Izard | 3,681 | 81.26% | 699 | 15.43% | 150 | 3.31% | 2,982 | 65.83% | 4,530 |
| Jackson | 2,950 | 74.16% | 923 | 23.20% | 105 | 2.64% | 2,027 | 50.96% | 3,978 |
| Jefferson | 7,322 | 43.36% | 8,977 | 53.16% | 587 | 3.48% | -1,655 | -9.80% | 16,886 |
| Johnson | 5,179 | 74.96% | 1,426 | 20.64% | 304 | 4.40% | 3,753 | 54.32% | 6,909 |
| Lafayette | 1,290 | 66.77% | 595 | 30.80% | 47 | 2.43% | 695 | 35.97% | 1,932 |
| Lawrence | 3,671 | 80.28% | 763 | 16.68% | 139 | 3.04% | 2,908 | 63.59% | 4,573 |
| Lee | 976 | 49.69% | 960 | 48.88% | 28 | 1.43% | 16 | 0.81% | 1,964 |
| Lincoln | 2,040 | 75.08% | 608 | 22.38% | 69 | 2.54% | 1,432 | 52.71% | 2,717 |
| Little River | 2,858 | 75.93% | 787 | 20.91% | 119 | 3.16% | 2,071 | 55.02% | 3,764 |
| Logan | 4,932 | 79.17% | 1,022 | 16.40% | 276 | 4.43% | 3,910 | 62.76% | 6,230 |
| Lonoke | 17,249 | 77.71% | 3,931 | 17.71% | 1,018 | 4.59% | 13,318 | 60.00% | 22,198 |
| Madison | 4,386 | 76.95% | 1,078 | 18.91% | 236 | 4.14% | 3,308 | 58.04% | 5,700 |
| Marion | 4,733 | 79.71% | 965 | 16.25% | 240 | 4.04% | 3,768 | 63.46% | 5,938 |
| Miller | 8,565 | 76.43% | 2,377 | 21.21% | 265 | 2.36% | 6,188 | 55.22% | 11,207 |
| Mississippi | 5,358 | 63.57% | 2,872 | 34.08% | 198 | 2.35% | 2,486 | 29.50% | 8,428 |
| Monroe | 1,220 | 55.94% | 901 | 41.31% | 60 | 2.75% | 319 | 14.63% | 2,181 |
| Montgomery | 2,561 | 81.38% | 482 | 15.32% | 104 | 3.30% | 2,079 | 66.06% | 3,147 |
| Nevada | 1,681 | 68.98% | 714 | 29.30% | 42 | 1.72% | 967 | 39.68% | 2,437 |
| Newton | 2,459 | 80.78% | 482 | 15.83% | 103 | 3.38% | 1,977 | 64.95% | 3,044 |
| Ouachita | 4,194 | 60.30% | 2,591 | 37.25% | 170 | 2.44% | 1,603 | 23.05% | 6,955 |
| Perry | 2,913 | 78.31% | 668 | 17.96% | 139 | 3.74% | 2,245 | 60.35% | 3,720 |
| Phillips | 1,849 | 44.76% | 2,194 | 53.11% | 88 | 2.13% | -345 | -8.35% | 4,131 |
| Pike | 3,136 | 85.36% | 449 | 12.22% | 89 | 2.42% | 2,687 | 73.14% | 3,674 |
| Poinsett | 4,353 | 79.10% | 990 | 17.99% | 160 | 2.91% | 3,363 | 61.11% | 5,503 |
| Polk | 5,657 | 82.74% | 896 | 13.11% | 284 | 4.15% | 4,761 | 69.64% | 6,837 |
| Pope | 13,311 | 76.88% | 3,324 | 19.20% | 680 | 3.93% | 9,987 | 57.68% | 17,315 |
| Prairie | 2,175 | 82.86% | 383 | 14.59% | 67 | 2.55% | 1,792 | 68.27% | 2,625 |
| Pulaski | 54,270 | 44.78% | 60,035 | 49.53% | 6,893 | 5.69% | -5,765 | -4.76% | 121,198 |
| Randolph | 4,206 | 80.27% | 814 | 15.53% | 220 | 4.20% | 3,392 | 64.73% | 5,240 |
| Saline | 30,985 | 73.08% | 9,196 | 21.69% | 2,216 | 5.23% | 21,789 | 51.39% | 42,397 |
| Scott | 2,448 | 84.56% | 352 | 12.16% | 95 | 3.28% | 2,096 | 72.40% | 2,895 |
| Searcy | 2,577 | 83.53% | 399 | 12.93% | 109 | 3.53% | 2,178 | 70.60% | 3,085 |
| Sebastian | 23,886 | 70.59% | 8,520 | 25.18% | 1,431 | 4.23% | 15,366 | 45.41% | 33,837 |
| Sevier | 2,902 | 80.52% | 610 | 16.93% | 92 | 2.55% | 2,292 | 63.60% | 3,604 |
| Sharp | 4,893 | 81.48% | 911 | 15.17% | 201 | 3.35% | 3,982 | 66.31% | 6,005 |
| St. Francis | 2,503 | 50.16% | 2,331 | 46.71% | 156 | 3.13% | 172 | 3.45% | 4,990 |
| Stone | 3,923 | 78.23% | 881 | 17.57% | 211 | 4.21% | 3,042 | 60.66% | 5,015 |
| Union | 7,861 | 68.27% | 3,332 | 28.94% | 321 | 2.79% | 4,529 | 39.33% | 11,514 |
| Van Buren | 4,916 | 79.62% | 1,010 | 16.36% | 248 | 4.02% | 3,906 | 63.27% | 6,174 |
| Washington | 37,568 | 54.12% | 28,293 | 40.76% | 3,555 | 5.12% | 9,275 | 13.36% | 69,416 |
| White | 18,627 | 81.59% | 3,389 | 14.84% | 814 | 3.57% | 15,238 | 66.75% | 22,830 |
| Woodruff | 1,360 | 66.47% | 613 | 29.96% | 73 | 3.57% | 747 | 36.51% | 2,046 |
| Yell | 4,272 | 81.93% | 785 | 15.06% | 157 | 3.01% | 3,487 | 66.88% | 5,214 |
| Totals | 595,166 | 66.79% | 258,154 | 28.97% | 37,825 | 4.24% | 337,012 | 37.82% | 891,145 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Chicot (largest city: Dermott)
- Jefferson (largest city: Pine Bluff)
- Phillips (largest city: Helena-West Helena)
- Pulaski (largest city: Little Rock)
By congressional district
Milligan won all four congressional districts.[6]
| District | Milligan | Arnold-Johnson | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 72% | 24% | Rick Crawford |
| 2nd | 61% | 34% | French Hill |
| 3rd | 64% | 31% | Steve Womack |
| 4th | 71% | 26% | Bruce Westerman |
See also
References
- ↑ "Arkansas Auditor election, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ↑ https://www.myarklamiss.com/ylehq/republican-dennis-milligan-elected-arkansas-auditor-of-state/
- 1 2 3 Thurston, John (November 8, 2022). "Auditor of State Results". Secretary of State of Arkansas. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ↑ https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2020/aug/01/treasurer-milligan-to-run-for-auditor/
- 1 2 https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2022/oct/31/three-vie-for-arkansas-auditors-office/
- ↑ "2022 Arkansas Election Results by Congressional District".
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