Outside of Pine Bluff, six municipal races in Jefferson County involved two or more candidates.
None of the six White Hall City Council seats involved an opponent. That means Sara Lunsford and Ken Smith in Ward 1, Scott Ray and Franklin Johnson II in Ward 2, and David Beck and Joel Foster in Ward 3 will remain on the City Council.
All of the city council seats in Altheimer and Sherrill up for election were unopposed as well. In Altheimer, Jessie Culclager and Joycette Strong in Ward 1 and George Britton Jr. and Paul Manning in Ward 2 won unopposed. In Sherrill, Roger Keith Jacks will hold Position 2 on the City Council, and Mauricene Blackwell will be treasurer/recorder.
Two races in Redfield involved challengers: treasurer/recorder and City Council Ward 3, Position 1.
With 31 of 36 precincts reporting, the unofficial returns show for the following races:
Independent reporting for Pine Bluff & Jefferson County since 1879.
Redfield treasurer/recorder:
Dane Fults96
Tricia Clark68
Redfield City Council Ward 3, Position 1:
Rachel Toland94
Diann Smith67
Sandra Garrett in Ward 2, Position 1, and Darrell Hedden in Ward 3, Position 2, ran unopposed.
In Wabbaseka, two City Council races were contested:
Wabbaseka City Council Position 4:
Geraldine Moore46
Theresa Sloan41
Wabbaseka City Council Position 5:
Commeka Goodloe66
Richard E. Gains18
Melony J. Darrough in Position 1, Veatrice McHenry in Position 2 and Sara J. Smith in Position 3 ran unopposed.
Two City Council races in Humphrey were contested:
Humphrey City Council Ward 1, Position 1:
Donald Combs56
Chris Potter36
Results in Ward 2, Position 2, show:
Jillian Bogy52
Jalicia Wyatt42
Glenn Pearsons in Ward 2, Position 1; John Wayne Moring in Ward 3, Position 1; and Stephanie Potter for treasurer/recorder ran unopposed.
FEDERAL AND STATE RACES
Below are unofficial county results of federal and state races:
U.S. president and vice president:
Kamala D. Harris/
Tim Walz11,589
Donald J. Trump
/J.D. Vance6,791
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
/Nicole Shanahan157
Chase Oliver/
Mike ter Maat51
Jill Stein/
Rudolph Ware33
Peter Sonski
/Lauren Onak26
Michael Wood
/John G. Pietrowski23
U.S. Congress District 4:
Risie Howard10,558
Bruce Westerman7,413
State treasurer:
John Pagan10,210
John Thurston7,237
Michael Pakko651
State Supreme Court chief justice Position 1:
Rhonda Wood8,432
Karen Baker8,191
Issue No. 1 (a constitutional amendment to provide that lottery proceeds may be used to fund or provide scholarships and grants to Arkansas citizens enrolled in vocational-technical schools and technical institutes):
For15,325
Against2,617
Issue No. 2 (an amendment requiring local voter approval in a countywide special election for certain new casino licenses and repealing authority to issue a casino license in Pope County):
For9,625
Against8,450
Pine Bluff School District 47.7-mill school tax, approved by voters in August 2023:
For5,620
Against4,562
Watson Chapel School District 39.8-mill school tax, approved by voters in August 2022:
Against2,384
For1,610
Jefferson Township constable:
Bill Beadle527
Scott Dunn460