Republicans appeared to retain their supermajority in the Arkansas Senate with unofficial results showing the party leading in at least 16 contested races on Tuesday.
Arkansas Sen. Alan Clark, R-Lonsdale, said he made a mistake in asking Sen. Mark Johnson, R-Ferndale, to sign Clark s name on a sign-in sheet to be paid reimbursement for a Senate Boys State committee meeting June 3 that Clark didn t attend because he was sick.
Arkansas Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Chairman Bill Sample of Hot Springs is the highest-profile state legislator among the five Republican state lawmakers who lost in Tuesday's primary election.
One Republican challenger took down an incumbent state senator, while two other incumbents will face runoffs in an attempt to keep their seats in the state legislature.
Arkansas’ new legislative district maps for the next decade became final last week, and those changing borders, in addition to term limits and political ambitions, are affecting how many current office holders will return to the House and Senate in 2023.