2022 United States Senate election in Arkansas


The 2022 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member to the United States Senate to represent the state of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican Senator John Boozman ran for a third term. He won the May 24, 2022 Republican primary with 58.03% of the vote and the general election with 65.73% of the vote.
This was the best performance for a Republican senator in the state's history, and was the first time for either U.S. Senate seat in Arkansas that Republicans won three consecutive elections.

Republican primary

Incumbent senator John Boozman ran with the endorsement of former President Donald Trump. However, he attracted multiple opponents from the right who questioned his loyalty to Trump, attacking him for refusing to object to the results of the 2020 [United States presidential election]. Despite it being his first time running for office, former NFL football player Jake Bequette and his supporting groups raised over $2.6 million. Boozman ultimately won with 58% of the vote, easily avoiding a runoff.

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Natalie James, realtor

Eliminated in primary

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominated at convention

  • Kenneth Cates, firefighter

General election

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Boozman won all four congressional districts.
DistrictBoozmanJamesRepresentative
72%25%Rick Crawford
59%38%French Hill
63%33%Steve Womack
70%27%Bruce Westerman