How judicial elections work

Judicial elections are nonpartisan

Arkansas judicial elections are nonpartisan. Candidates for judicial office do not run as the nominee of a political party, and party labels do not appear next to their names on the ballot.

One ballot can carry both partisan races, where candidates run as party nominees, and nonpartisan judicial races, where they do not. Same ballot, two sets of rules.

Why it works that way

A judge's job is to decide cases impartially. Nonpartisan judicial elections reflect the idea that a judge should not owe a decision to a party or a platform.

Terms, qualifications and dates

Term length, the qualifications a person must meet to run, filing periods and election dates are all set by Arkansas law and the official election calendar. Those details change, and publishing a stale one would be worse than publishing none.

On this site

• The 2028 Benton County district judge election — official information as it is confirmed.
• Past Benton County judicial election results — with links to the official result documents.
• Official voter resources — registration, deadlines and polling places, straight from the authorities that run elections.

How candidates are treated here

Every candidate for an office covered by this site receives the same treatment: the same fields, the same structure, the same sourcing. This site does not endorse, rank, rate or compare candidates, and it does not characterize sitting judges.