Washington County voters wait in line to cast their ballot shortly after a Springdale Civic Center polling site opened on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. (Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate)
Bull Shoals and Fayetteville elected new mayors, while the Jonesboro incumbent was successful in his re-election bid during Tuesday’s runoff elections.
These three races were among more than two dozen decided by Arkansans in 17 counties during the final election of the year. Runoff elections in county and municipal races occur when there are more than two candidates and no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, according to state law.
There are no runoff elections for state or federal offices in Arkansas.
William “Bill” Stahlman Jr. earned 283 votes to unseat Bull Shoals Mayor Carol Duss who received 250 votes, according to complete but unofficial results. Duss was appointed to the position following former Mayor Michael Savu’s resignation earlier this year, according to the Mountain Home Observer.
Molly Rawn was elected the new mayor of Fayetteville after receiving 5,411 votes Tuesday night. Lioneld Jordan, who has served as mayor for 16 years, received 5,169 votes, according to complete but unofficial results.
Meanwhile, Harold Copenhaver, who was first elected in 2020, earned a second term as Jonesboro’s mayor with 5,264 votes. His opponent, LJ Bryant, received 3,446 votes, according to complete but unofficial results.
Dec. 18 is the deadline for the county board of election commissioners to certify election results to the Secretary of State and the county clerk, mayor of the municipality, or city clerk or recorder.
Below is a list of statewide election results as of Tuesday evening:
* — Denotes the incumbent
Benton County
Bella Vista City Council Ward 1 Position 1
Travis Harp — 1,671 votes (80.8%)
Jerry Snow* — 397 votes (19.2%)
Bella Vista City Council Ward 3, Position 1
Doug Fowler* — 1,063 votes (49.19%)
Anna Isbell — 1,098 votes (50.81%)
Centerton City Council Ward 2, Position 1
Wendy Henson — 287 votes (62.94%)
Keith Higginbotham* — 169 votes (37.06%)
Pea Ridge City Council Ward 2 Position 1
Steven B. Guthrie* — 455 votes (72.92%)
Wendy Harding — 169 votes (27.08%)
Rogers City Council Ward 2 Position 2
Carissa Cummings — 515 votes (39.55%)
Margaret “Marge” Wolf* — 787 votes (60.45%)
Rogers City Council Ward 3 Position 2
Alicia Hayes — 314 votes (23.47%)
Hayes Minor — 1,024 votes (76.53%)
Siloam Springs Board of Directors Position 5
Reid Carroll* — 576 votes (54.75%)
Kevin Williams — 476 votes (45.25%)
Siloam Springs Board of Directors Position 6
Brad Burns — 598 votes (57.17%)
Mark Long* — 448 votes (42.83%)
Boone County
Harrison City Council Harrison Ward 3 Position 1
Charlie Pierce — 117 votes (71.78%)
Austin Wilson — 46 votes (28.22%)
Columbia County
Magnolia City Council Ward 1 Position 1
Annette Hughey — 75 votes (41.67%)
Wayne Simpson* — 105 votes (58.33%)
Craighead County
Jonesboro Mayor
LJ Bryant — 3,446 votes (39.55%)
Harold Copenhaver* — 5,264 votes (60.41%)
Crittenden County (unavailable by deadline)
Marion City Council Ward 1 Position 1
Gene Hardin
Kelsey Pirani Hensley*
Cross County
Parkin City Council Ward 1 Position 1
Sherry Gillon* — 140 votes (50.36%)
Jestan Hopkins — 138 votes (49.64%)
Faulkner County
Conway City Council Ward 2 Position 1
Drew Spurgers — 520 votes (65.91%)
Mark Vaught — 269 votes (34.09%)
Fulton County
Hardy City Council Ward 2 Position 1
Natalie Quintana-DuBois — 40 votes (60.6%)
Junior Wise — 26 votes (39.39%)
Marion County
Bull Shoals Mayor
Carol Duss* — 250 votes (46.9%)
William “Bill” Stahlman Jr. — 283 votes (53.1%)
Monroe County
Brinkley City Council Ward 1 Position 1
Willie Branch Jr. — 52 votes (54.17%)
Daniel F. Davenport — 44 votes (45.83%)
Clarendon City Council Ward 1 Position 1
Earnestine Annette Artis — 23 votes (39.65%)
Phil Washington* — 35 votes (60.34%)
Phillips County
Helena-West Helena City Council Ward 2 Position 2
Latoya Harris* — 283 votes (47.17%)
Adrian C. Messina — 317 votes (52.83%)
Pulaski County
Jacksonville City Council Ward 1 Position 2
Tanner Ruple — 679 votes (53.17%)
Cheesa Williams — 597 votes (46.75%)
Maumelle City Council Ward 1 Position 1
Barry Brown — 257 votes (45.17%)
LJ Wesley — 312 votes (54.83%)
Sebastian County
Fort Smith Board of Directors Ward 3 Position 3
Russell E. Bragg — 348 votes (33.3%)
Lee Kemp — 697 votes (66.7%)
Lavaca City Council Ward 2 Position 2
Dawn Marie Hutchins — 80 votes (70.17%)
Charles Darin Jetton — 34 votes (29.82%)
Sharp County
Hardy City Council Ward 2 Position 1
Natalie Quintana-DuBois — 40 votes (60.6%)
Junior Wise — 26 votes (39.39%)
Washington County
Fayetteville Mayor
Lioneld Jordan* — 5,169 votes (48.86%)
Molly Rawn — 5,411 votes (51.14%)
Fayetteville City Council Ward 4 Position 2
Monique Jones — 1,533 votes (58.09%)
Todd Hertzberg — 1,106 votes (41.91%)
Prairie Grove City Council Ward 1 Position 2
Brian Hawkins — 44 votes (26.35%)
Audrey B. Wetzel — 123 votes (73.65%)
White County
Pangburn Clerk/Recorder/Treasurer
Lesley Gray* — 99 votes (57.23%)
Nikki Tackett — 74 votes (42.77%)
Yell County (unavailable by deadline)
Havana City Council Ward 1 Position 1
Robin Duvall
Tommy Greenfield*
GET THE MORNING HEADLINES.