What to expect on the ballot

With primary elections set for Tuesday, voters may be curious as to what exactly will be listed on their ballots.

The News-Times has provided a breakdown of races that will appear on Union County ballots, with the information taken from sample ballots available on display in front of the Union County Clerk’s Office in the courthouse in downtown El Dorado.

Democratic ballot

• Governor: Jared K. Henderson or Leticia Sanders.

• Union County tax collector: Karen Scott or incumbent Paula Beard.

• Alderman for the city of El Dorado, Ward 3, Position 2: Andre Rucks or Tony Henry.

Republican ballot

• United States Congress, District 4: Randy Caldwell or incumbent Rep. Bruce Westerman.

• Governor: Jan Morgan or incumbent Asa Hutchinson.

• Secretary of State: John Thurston or Trevor Drown.

• Quorum Court Justice of the Peace, District 10: Bret Garrett or Donald Brock.

Editor’s note: According to the Union County Clerk’s Office, there is no digital copy of the county’s district map available. However, according to the map posted inside the clerk’s office within the courthouse, District 10 is an area of the county that is mostly west of El Dorado city limits and includes the city of Smackover, aligning most closely with an area bordered by West Hillsboro to the south, Shady Grove Road to the east, the northern boundary of the county limits and Union Road 433 to the east.

• Mayor of the city of El Dorado: Christopher Lutman, incumbent Frank R. Hash or Bill Luther.

All ballots

All ballots, regardless of party, also will include the nonpartisan judicial and school board races, which include:

• State Supreme Court Associate Justice, Position

3: David Sterling, Judge Kenneth Hixson or state Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson.

• Member Board of Directors, Smackover-Norphlet School District, Zone 3: Lynn Birchfield or Nathaniel J. Smith.

• Member Board of Directors, Parkers Chapel School District #35, Position 2: Wes Taylor or Bonnie B. Fish.

• Tax issues also will be listed on the ballot for each of the following school districts:

El Dorado - 33.5 mill school tax;

Parkers Chapel - 39.8 mill school tax; Junction City - 40.9 mill school tax; Smackover-Norphlet - 41 mill school tax; and Strong Huttig - 39 mill school tax.

Each tax issue is asking to maintain the current rate.