In the Arkansas primaries yesterday, Craighead County voters had their say on three contested races. In the State Senate District 21 race, Representative Dan Sullivan defeated John Cooper and won that seat. In the State Representative District 53 race, Cole Peck and Jon Milligan will be involved in a March 31st runoff. Bobby Long only picked up 26% of the vote. The winner of that race will face Democrat Shawn Only in November. In the State Representative District 58 race, Brant Smith defeated Ken Yarbrough in the Republican primary. Smith will face Democrat Jim Burton in November. Here is the breakdown of the numbers from the primary:
State Senate District 21:
Dan Sullivan 5,487 (58%)
John Cooper 3,879 (42%)
State Representative District 53:
Cole Peck 1,394 (40%)
Jon Milligan 1,128 (33%)
Bobby Long 909 (26%)
State Representative District 58:
Brandt Smith 2,260 (61%)
Ken Yarbrough 1,440 (39%)
Constable District 7
Steve Floyd 921 (54%)
Doug Thomas 777 (46%)
Constable District 9
Scott Davis 544 (55%)
Martin Lilly (45%)
Constable District 11
David Chadwick 176 (58%)
Jack Gathright 130 (42%)
Constable Distict 13
Dan Walker 483 (62%)
Scott Armstrong 291 (38%)
Millage issues were also passed.
Bay Mill District 41.7 No. 21
For 187 (55%)
Against 155 (45%)
Riverside Mill District No. 15
For 429 (56%)
Against 332 (44%)
Westside Mill District No. 5
For 666 (51%)
Against (49%)