Ballot orders set for March election
Candidates for public offices in Pine Bluff and Jefferson County chose whether they could draw for their own positions on the ballot for the March 5 election or let a 9-year-old try to bring them luck.
It was not Jensen Hipp’s first time to draw positions for those who trusted him or those who were absent from Wednesday’s Jefferson County Election Commission. Jensen, whose father, Sven, is an election co-coordinator, took the polyhedral dice – one for every candidate in each race – and presented each position number to Election Commission Chairman Michael Adam before a nearly full commission office.
Listed in order of the determined ballot positions is each race for the preferential primary, non-partisan and annual White Hall School District elections. The names as listed are not necessarily how they will be printed on the ballot (* indicates incumbent):
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
U.S. President: 1. Marianne Williamson, 2. Stephen P. Lyons, 3. Dean Phillips, 4. Joseph R. Biden Jr.*, 5. Armando “Mando” Perez-Serrato, 6. Frankie Lozada.
Arkansas State Representative, District 65: 1. Kanisher Wooten Caldwell, 2. Glenn Barnes (seat currently held by Vivian Flowers, who is running for Pine Bluff mayor).
Pine Bluff Mayor: 1. Charles Washington, 2. Joni Alexander-Robinson, 3. Vivian Flowers, 4. Shirley Washington*, 5. Steven Mays Sr., 6. Samuel Glover.
Pine Bluff City Clerk: 1. Janice Roberts*, 2. Mary Liddell.
Pine Bluff City Treasurer: 1. Loretta Whitfield, 2. Gregory Gustek*.
Pine Bluff Council Member, Ward 1, Position 1: Lloyd Holcomb Jr.*, 2. Marlette Boales.
Pine Bluff Council Member, Ward 2, Position 1: Steven Shaner*, 2. Yvonne Denton.
Pine Bluff Council Member, Ward 3, Position 1: 1. Glen Brown Sr.*, 2. William Fells, 3. Kenneth Gray Sr.
Pine Bluff Council Member, Ward 4, Position 2: 1. Mar’Tavius Proctor, 2. Bruce Lockett*.
Jefferson County Justice of the Peace, District 1: 1. Alfred Carroll Sr.*, 2. Garland Trice.
Jefferson County Justice of the Peace, District 4: 1. Patricia Johnson*, 2. Win Trafford.
Jefferson County Justice of the Peace, District 5: 1. Jimmy Fisher Sr., 2. Lloyd Franklin II*.
Jefferson County Justice of the Peace, District 6: 1. Randy Green, 2. Margarette Williams*.
Jefferson County Justice of the Peace, District 9: 1. Cedric Jackson*, 2. Joseph O’Neal.
Jefferson County Justice of the Peace, District 13: 1. Bruce Carman, 2. Brenda Gaddy*.
Jefferson County Constable, Vaugine Township: 1. DeShawn Bennett*, 2. Leon Warren.
Unopposed Candidates: U.S. Congress, District 4, Risie Howard; State Treasurer, John Pagan; State Senate, District 8, Stephanie Flowers*; State Representative, District 64, Ken Ferguson*; Justice of the Peace, District 2, Reginald Adams*; Justice of the Peace, District 3, Reginald Johnson*; Justice of the Peace, District 7, Melanie Dumas*; Justice
of the Peace, District 10, Na-Quishia Terrell; Justice of the Peace, District 12, Raymond Washington.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
U.S. President: 1. Asa Hutchinson, 2. Ryan L. Binkley, 3. Donald J. Trump, 4. David Stuckenberg, 5. Ron DeSantis, 6. Doug Burgum, 7. Vivek Ramaswamy, 8. Chris Christie, 9. Nikki Haley.
Jefferson County Constable, Spring Township: 1. Clyde McDaniel, 2. Richard Victorino*.
Unopposed Candidates: U.S Congress, District 4, Bruce Westerman*; State Treasurer, John Thurston; State Senate, District 1, Ben Gilmore*; State Representative, District 93, Mike Holcomb*; Justice of the Peace, District 8, Roy Agee*; Justice of the Peace, District 10, Conley F. Byrd Jr.*; Justice of the Peace, District 11, Danny Holcomb*; Justice of the Peace, District 12, Ted Harden*; Jefferson Township Constable, Scott Dunn; Melton Township Constable, Turner Nowlin*; Talladega Township Constable, Michale Stayton; Washington Township Constable, Otho Anderson III; Barraque Township Constable, Richard DeBill.
NONPARTISAN JUDICIAL GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES
State Supreme Court Chief Justice, Position 1: Karen Baker, 2. Rhonda Wood, 3. Jay Martin, 4. Barbara Womack Webb (seat currently held by John Dan Kemp, who intends to retire).
State Supreme Court Associate
Justice, Position 2: 1. Courtney Hudson, 2. Carlton D. Jones (seat currently held by Cody Hiland, fulfilling term of the late Robin Wynne).
State District Judge, District 29, Division 2: 1. John L. Kearney*, 2. Efrem B. Neely Sr.
ACT 1013
Act 1013 of 2019 amended state law regarding which unopposed candidates must be listed on a ballot.
For general elections, the phrase “Unopposed Candidates” must appear on the ballot, permitting a voter to cast one vote for all unopposed candidates, although the candidates do not have to be listed. Candidates for governor, mayor, circuit clerk and non-judicial state elected officials (U.S. House, U.S. Senate, constitutional offices, state House and state Senate) must be listed.
For primary elections, all unopposed candidates except for school board and non-partisan judicial candidates must be printed on the ballot, but do not have to be listed separately.
Pursuant to the act, the following candidates will not appear on the ballot: State Supreme Court Associate Justice, Position 5, Shawn A. Womack*; Court of Appeals Associate Judge, District 7, Waymond M. Brown*; State District Judge, District 29, Division 1, Kim Bridgforth*; State District Judge, District 29, Division 3, Phillip Green*; and White Hall School Board, Position 2, R.D. Johnson*.