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The 2022 Arkansas State Auditor election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Arkansas State Auditor. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including for governor of Arkansas. Primary elections were held on May 24.
Incumbent Republican State Auditor Andrea Lea was barred by the Constitution of Arkansas from running for a third term.[1] Republican State Treasurer Dennis Milligan handily defeated Democrat Diamond Arnold-Johnson.[2] Notably, Pulaski County, home to Little Rock, only voted for the Democratic nominee by a 4.8% margin.[3] This could be attributed to Arnold-Johnson being arrested on a felony charge of "terroristic threatening" eleven days before election day.[4]
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Dennis Milligan, state treasurer (2015–2023)[5]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Diamond Arnold-Johnson, insurance advisor[6]
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Simeon Snow, tax specialist[6]
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dennis Milligan | 595,166 | 66.79% | ||
| Democratic | Diamond Arnold-Johnson | 258,154 | 28.97% | ||
| Libertarian | Simeon Snow | 37,825 | 4.24% | ||
| Total votes | 891,145 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
| County[3] | Dennis Milligan Republican |
Diamond Arnold-Johnson Democratic |
Simeon Snow Libertarian |
Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Arkansas | 3,309 | 74.85% | 988 | 22.35% | 124 | 2.80% | 2,321 | 52.50% | 4,421 |
| Ashley | 4,090 | 75.41% | 1,229 | 22.66% | 105 | 1.94% | 2,861 | 52.75% | 5,424 |
| Baxter | 12,118 | 78.23% | 2,835 | 18.30% | 538 | 3.47% | 9,283 | 59.93% | 15,491 |
| Benton | 59,374 | 66.45% | 25,481 | 28.52% | 4,498 | 5.03% | 33,893 | 37.93% | 89,353 |
| Boone | 10,194 | 80.81% | 1,936 | 15.35% | 485 | 3.84% | 8,258 | 65.46% | 12,615 |
| Bradley | 1,800 | 69.52% | 730 | 28.20% | 59 | 2.28% | 1,070 | 41.33% | 2,589 |
| Calhoun | 1,234 | 78.60% | 300 | 19.11% | 36 | 2.29% | 934 | 59.49% | 1,570 |
| Carroll | 5,817 | 64.99% | 2,712 | 30.30% | 421 | 4.70% | 3,105 | 34.69% | 8,950 |
| Chicot | 1,615 | 47.87% | 1,713 | 50.77% | 46 | 1.36% | -98 | -2.90% | 3,374 |
| Clark | 3,594 | 60.30% | 2,158 | 36.21% | 208 | 3.49% | 1,436 | 24.09% | 5,960 |
| Clay | 2,946 | 75.65% | 656 | 16.85% | 292 | 7.50% | 2,290 | 58.81% | 3,894 |
| Cleburne | 8,407 | 84.49% | 1,238 | 12.44% | 305 | 3.07% | 7,169 | 72.05% | 9,950 |
| Cleveland | 2,312 | 84.47% | 376 | 13.74% | 49 | 1.79% | 1,936 | 70.73% | 2,737 |
| Columbia | 4,132 | 68.71% | 1,743 | 28.98% | 139 | 2.31% | 2,389 | 39.72% | 6,014 |
| Conway | 4,543 | 68.62% | 1,811 | 27.35% | 267 | 4.03% | 2,732 | 41.26% | 6,621 |
| Craighead | 18,961 | 69.38% | 7,226 | 26.44% | 1,143 | 4.18% | 11,735 | 42.94% | 27,330 |
| Crawford | 13,839 | 79.07% | 2,867 | 16.38% | 796 | 4.55% | 10,972 | 62.69% | 17,502 |
| Crittenden | 5,379 | 50.72% | 4,984 | 47.00% | 242 | 2.28% | 395 | 3.72% | 10,605 |
| Cross | 3,682 | 75.20% | 1,048 | 21.41% | 166 | 3.39% | 2,634 | 53.80% | 4,896 |
| Dallas | 1,330 | 65.55% | 636 | 31.35% | 63 | 3.10% | 694 | 34.20% | 2,029 |
| Desha | 1,641 | 55.53% | 1,240 | 41.96% | 74 | 2.50% | 401 | 13.57% | 2,955 |
| Drew | 3,505 | 67.24% | 1,540 | 29.54% | 168 | 3.22% | 1,965 | 37.69% | 5,213 |
| Faulkner | 27,084 | 68.16% | 10,873 | 27.36% | 1,781 | 4.48% | 16,211 | 40.79% | 39,738 |
| Franklin | 4,196 | 79.18% | 915 | 17.27% | 188 | 3.55% | 3,281 | 61.92% | 5,299 |
| Fulton | 3,079 | 78.67% | 678 | 17.32% | 157 | 4.01% | 2,401 | 61.34% | 3,914 |
| Garland | 22,988 | 70.46% | 8,364 | 25.64% | 1,273 | 3.90% | 14,624 | 44.82% | 32,625 |
| Grant | 5,236 | 83.78% | 798 | 12.77% | 216 | 3.46% | 4,438 | 71.01% | 6,250 |
| Greene | 9,147 | 79.82% | 1,833 | 15.99% | 480 | 4.19% | 7,314 | 63.82% | 11,460 |
| Hempstead | 3,358 | 72.72% | 1,164 | 25.21% | 96 | 2.08% | 2,194 | 47.51% | 4,618 |
| Hot Spring | 7,365 | 75.66% | 1,994 | 20.48% | 375 | 3.85% | 5,371 | 55.18% | 9,734 |
| Howard | 2,642 | 73.25% | 863 | 23.93% | 102 | 2.83% | 1,779 | 49.32% | 3,607 |
| Independence | 8,353 | 80.13% | 1,697 | 16.28% | 374 | 3.59% | 6,656 | 63.85% | 10,424 |
| Izard | 3,681 | 81.26% | 699 | 15.43% | 150 | 3.31% | 2,982 | 65.83% | 4,530 |
| Jackson | 2,950 | 74.16% | 923 | 23.20% | 105 | 2.64% | 2,027 | 50.96% | 3,978 |
| Jefferson | 7,322 | 43.36% | 8,977 | 53.16% | 587 | 3.48% | -1,655 | -9.80% | 16,886 |
| Johnson | 5,179 | 74.96% | 1,426 | 20.64% | 304 | 4.40% | 3,753 | 54.32% | 6,909 |
| Lafayette | 1,290 | 66.77% | 595 | 30.80% | 47 | 2.43% | 695 | 35.97% | 1,932 |
| Lawrence | 3,671 | 80.28% | 763 | 16.68% | 139 | 3.04% | 2,908 | 63.59% | 4,573 |
| Lee | 976 | 49.69% | 960 | 48.88% | 28 | 1.43% | 16 | 0.81% | 1,964 |
| Lincoln | 2,040 | 75.08% | 608 | 22.38% | 69 | 2.54% | 1,432 | 52.71% | 2,717 |
| Little River | 2,858 | 75.93% | 787 | 20.91% | 119 | 3.16% | 2,071 | 55.02% | 3,764 |
| Logan | 4,932 | 79.17% | 1,022 | 16.40% | 276 | 4.43% | 3,910 | 62.76% | 6,230 |
| Lonoke | 17,249 | 77.71% | 3,931 | 17.71% | 1,018 | 4.59% | 13,318 | 60.00% | 22,198 |
| Madison | 4,386 | 76.95% | 1,078 | 18.91% | 236 | 4.14% | 3,308 | 58.04% | 5,700 |
| Marion | 4,733 | 79.71% | 965 | 16.25% | 240 | 4.04% | 3,768 | 63.46% | 5,938 |
| Miller | 8,565 | 76.43% | 2,377 | 21.21% | 265 | 2.36% | 6,188 | 55.22% | 11,207 |
| Mississippi | 5,358 | 63.57% | 2,872 | 34.08% | 198 | 2.35% | 2,486 | 29.50% | 8,428 |
| Monroe | 1,220 | 55.94% | 901 | 41.31% | 60 | 2.75% | 319 | 14.63% | 2,181 |
| Montgomery | 2,561 | 81.38% | 482 | 15.32% | 104 | 3.30% | 2,079 | 66.06% | 3,147 |
| Nevada | 1,681 | 68.98% | 714 | 29.30% | 42 | 1.72% | 967 | 39.68% | 2,437 |
| Newton | 2,459 | 80.78% | 482 | 15.83% | 103 | 3.38% | 1,977 | 64.95% | 3,044 |
| Ouachita | 4,194 | 60.30% | 2,591 | 37.25% | 170 | 2.44% | 1,603 | 23.05% | 6,955 |
| Perry | 2,913 | 78.31% | 668 | 17.96% | 139 | 3.74% | 2,245 | 60.35% | 3,720 |
| Phillips | 1,849 | 44.76% | 2,194 | 53.11% | 88 | 2.13% | -345 | -8.35% | 4,131 |
| Pike | 3,136 | 85.36% | 449 | 12.22% | 89 | 2.42% | 2,687 | 73.14% | 3,674 |
| Poinsett | 4,353 | 79.10% | 990 | 17.99% | 160 | 2.91% | 3,363 | 61.11% | 5,503 |
| Polk | 5,657 | 82.74% | 896 | 13.11% | 284 | 4.15% | 4,761 | 69.64% | 6,837 |
| Pope | 13,311 | 76.88% | 3,324 | 19.20% | 680 | 3.93% | 9,987 | 57.68% | 17,315 |
| Prairie | 2,175 | 82.86% | 383 | 14.59% | 67 | 2.55% | 1,792 | 68.27% | 2,625 |
| Pulaski | 54,270 | 44.78% | 60,035 | 49.53% | 6,893 | 5.69% | -5,765 | -4.76% | 121,198 |
| Randolph | 4,206 | 80.27% | 814 | 15.53% | 220 | 4.20% | 3,392 | 64.73% | 5,240 |
| Saline | 30,985 | 73.08% | 9,196 | 21.69% | 2,216 | 5.23% | 21,789 | 51.39% | 42,397 |
| Scott | 2,448 | 84.56% | 352 | 12.16% | 95 | 3.28% | 2,096 | 72.40% | 2,895 |
| Searcy | 2,577 | 83.53% | 399 | 12.93% | 109 | 3.53% | 2,178 | 70.60% | 3,085 |
| Sebastian | 23,886 | 70.59% | 8,520 | 25.18% | 1,431 | 4.23% | 15,366 | 45.41% | 33,837 |
| Sevier | 2,902 | 80.52% | 610 | 16.93% | 92 | 2.55% | 2,292 | 63.60% | 3,604 |
| Sharp | 4,893 | 81.48% | 911 | 15.17% | 201 | 3.35% | 3,982 | 66.31% | 6,005 |
| St. Francis | 2,503 | 50.16% | 2,331 | 46.71% | 156 | 3.13% | 172 | 3.45% | 4,990 |
| Stone | 3,923 | 78.23% | 881 | 17.57% | 211 | 4.21% | 3,042 | 60.66% | 5,015 |
| Union | 7,861 | 68.27% | 3,332 | 28.94% | 321 | 2.79% | 4,529 | 39.33% | 11,514 |
| Van Buren | 4,916 | 79.62% | 1,010 | 16.36% | 248 | 4.02% | 3,906 | 63.27% | 6,174 |
| Washington | 37,568 | 54.12% | 28,293 | 40.76% | 3,555 | 5.12% | 9,275 | 13.36% | 69,416 |
| White | 18,627 | 81.59% | 3,389 | 14.84% | 814 | 3.57% | 15,238 | 66.75% | 22,830 |
| Woodruff | 1,360 | 66.47% | 613 | 29.96% | 73 | 3.57% | 747 | 36.51% | 2,046 |
| Yell | 4,272 | 81.93% | 785 | 15.06% | 157 | 3.01% | 3,487 | 66.88% | 5,214 |
| Totals | 595,166 | 66.79% | 258,154 | 28.97% | 37,825 | 4.24% | 337,012 | 37.82% | 891,145 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Chicot (largest city: Dermott)
- Jefferson (largest city: Pine Bluff)
- Phillips (largest city: Helena-West Helena)
- Pulaski (largest city: Little Rock)
By congressional district
Milligan won all four congressional districts.[7]
| District | Milligan | Arnold-Johnson | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 72% | 24% | Rick Crawford |
| 2nd | 61% | 34% | French Hill |
| 3rd | 64% | 31% | Steve Womack |
| 4th | 71% | 26% | Bruce Westerman |
See also
References
- "Arkansas Auditor election, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- Dudley Jr., Kevin (November 9, 2022). "Republican Dennis Milligan elected Arkansas Auditor of State". KTVE. Retrieved May 3, 2026.
- "Auditor of State Results". Secretary of State of Arkansas. November 8, 2022. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- Webb, Jack A. (October 28, 2022). "Democratic nominee for Arkansas auditor arrested for felony terroristic threatening". KATV. Retrieved May 3, 2026.
- Wickline, Michael R. (August 1, 2020). "Treasurer Milligan to run for auditor". Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved May 3, 2026.
- Earley, Neal (October 31, 2022). "Three vie for Arkansas auditor's office". Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved May 3, 2026.
- "2022 Arkansas Election Results by Congressional District".