Despite large spending and unprecedented numbers of open seats and candidates, voters in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley returned all serving legislators seeking another term or at least didn't fire them yet.
A sales tax extension in Fort Smith, liquor sales in Decatur on Sundays and a special election for mayor in Tontitown are among the items added to ballots in Northwest Arkansas as special elections.
Benton and Washington county voters will decide as many contested primaries in races for the state Legislature this year as they did in the last three elections combined, records show.