Ballot set for 2022 Midterm Elections
State, local candidates draw for ballot position ahead of November vote
By RALPH HARDIN
ralphhardin@gmail.com
When it comes time to vote, does a candidate’s position on the ballot really make a difference? Perhaps not, but many may recall the “confusing” ballots in the 2000 presidential race that caused some doubt to be cast on the outcome of the Florida results.
When Crittenden County voters head to the polls in the Nov. 8 midterm elections, they will have many choices to make, and now voters and candidates alike will know what the official ballot will look like after candidates had an opportunity to draw for ballot position during last Thursday’s Crittenden County Election Commission meeting.
Voters will be selecting their preferences from among more than a dozen state and county races, as well as a number of voter-led and legislative- driven ballot measures and initiatives.
Here are the candidates for each state, county and municipal office, in ballot position order (note-uncontested races are not listed):
Earle Mayor
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■ Ramonda Henderson
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■ Nemi Matthews Sr.
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■ Donald Ray Stone
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■ Barbara A. Booker-Adkins
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■ Jaylen Smith
Earle City Council Pos. 2-1
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■ Ann Pickering-Philyaw
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■ Claudie M. Forrest
Earle City Council Pos. 4-1
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■ Angela R. Jones
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■ Demetrius Johnson Sr.
Edmondson Mayor
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■ Colt Boyd
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■ Sidney Thomas Prackett
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■ Art Gillard Jr.
Edmondson Recorder / Treasurer
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■ Hayward Shaw
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■ Larry Moore
See CANDIDATES, page A3 CANDIDATES
From page A1
Edmondson Town Council Position 2
■ Oscar Matthew
■ Gary Cordell
Edmondson Town Council Position 4
■ Sona Johnson
■ Travis Tate
Gilmore Town Council Position 1
■ Cecil Elmore Jr.
■ Kyle Kline
Jericho Town Council Position 2
■ Betty Pollard
■ Juanita Edwards
Jericho Town Council Position 3
■ Don Payne
■ Tanya Witt
Marion City Attorney
■ Rachel R. Vaughn
■ Christopher H. Crain
Marion City Council Pos. 1-2
■ Vincent Adam Cupples
■ Brad Moore
■ David Bigger
Marion City Council Pos. 3-2
■ Ray Nassar
■ Leandra Michelle -Schwartz
■ Sherry Holliman
Sunset Mayor
■ Erica Parker
■ R. Lynn Brown
■ Linsey Hayes
Turrell Mayor
■ Dorothy A. Cooper
■ Charles Edward Webster
West Memphis Mayor
■ Marco McClendon
■ Wayne Croom
■ James Pulliaum
West Memphis City Treasurer
■ Hubert Bass
■ Charles Suiter
West Memphis City Council Pos. 2-1
■ Gheric Bruce
■ Justin Stokes
■ Jaime Patterson
West Memphis City Council Pos. 3-1
■ Jay Holder
■ Charles Wheeless
City Council Pos. 5-1
■ Joyce Gray
■ Angela Eason
■ Helen Harris Elsewhere on the ballot, voters will select their choices in county and state races.
Crittenden County Clerk
■ Linda Fritz
■ Paula Brown
County Coroner
■ Martin Shea
■ William Wolfe
Quorum Court JP District 9
■ Vanesa Basemore
■ Robert Thorne
U.S. Senate
■ Senator John Boozman
■ Natalie James
■ Kenneth Cates
■ Write-in Candidate
U.S. Congress District 1
■ Congressman Rick Crawford
■ Representative Monte Hodges
Attorney General
■ Jesse Gibson
■ Lieutenant Governor Tim Grif_th
■ Write-in Candidate
Auditor of State
■ Treasurer of State Dennis Milligan
■ Diamond Arnold-Johnson
■ Simeon Snow
Commissioner of State Lands
■ Tommy Land Commissioner of State Lands
■ Darlene Goldi Gaines
Governor
■ Chris Jones
■ Sarah Huckabee Sanders
■ Ricky Dale Harrington Jr.
■ Write-in Candidate
Lieutenant Governor
■ Frank Gilbert
■ Kelly Ross Krout
■ Attorney General Leslie Rutledge
Secretary of State
■ Anna Beth Gorman
■ Secretary of State John Thurston
State Treasurer
■ Pam Whitaker
■ State Representative Mark Lowery
State Senate District 9
■ Terry Fuller
■ State Representative Reginald Murdock
State Supreme Court Associate Justice Position 2
■ Supreme Court Associate Justice Robin Wynne
■ Judge Chris Carnahan
Prosecuting Attorney District 2
■ Sonia Fonticiella
■ Martin E. Lilly Voters will also be asked to weigh in on a number of ballot initiatives and proposed constitutional amendments. An important deadline to note is for registering to vote. In order to be able to vote in the November election, you must register with the County Clerk’s Of_ce no later than Oct. 10, 2022.
Submitted photo
Marion City Councilman David Bigger draws for his ballot position in his re-election bid in the upcoming Nov. 8 election under the auspices of Election Commission chairman Frank Barton last week.
