Election results: 2022 Arkansas ballot issues
SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS IS MAKING HISTORY THIS MORNING AS THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO BE THE GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS. SHE SPOKE TO HUNDREDS OF SUPPORTERS AT HER ELECTION PARTY IN LITTLE ROCK. THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR WAS CALLED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JUST MINUTES AFTER THE POLLS CLOSED IN ARKANSAS. SANDERS SPOKE ABOUT HER CAMPAIGN – ALL THE PLACES SHE VISITED IN ARKANSAS AND ALL THE PEOPLE SHE MET. SHE SAYS HER MAIN FOCUS IS ON THE FUTURE OF OUR STATE AND HOW THAT WILL LOOK FOR YOUNG ARKANSANS. ( “Thank you so much to the people of Arkansas who have entrusted this responsibility to me I will be forever grateful to each of you. I promise I won’t let you down. I will never ever forget who and what we are fighting for because I have three little reminders, Scarlett, Huck and George, who are going to hold me accountable and will remind me that every decision I make as governor will have a direct impact on their life and every kid in Arkansas.” ) SANDERS SAYS SHE FOCUSED HER CAMPAIGN ON ACCESS TO EDUCATION IN ARKANSAS AND SHE WANTS TO PHASE OUT THE STATE INCOME TAX DURING HER TIME AS GOVERNOR. 40/29’S PHIL REED WAS AT DR. CHRIS JONES’S ELECTION WATCH PARTY AND HAS REACTION. Democratic candidate for governor did not concede during his speech Tuesday night. He stressed that he will accept the results after all the votes are counted. <> Jones thanked every single person at his watch party for their support. He said he will continue to fight for Arkansas no matter where the result is, adding that the race wasn’t about him, but for all Arkansans. Jones told that despite Sarah Huckabee Sanders giving a victory speech, he’s not feeling any pressure to suceed <> “Zero. I mean look, I’m a math guy. You gotta do the math. And once the math shakes out. In a democracy, every vote count. And so until we count those votes, we don’t know. Once we do that. Absolutely. Whatever the will of the people of Arkansas is, I will embrace it fully, and accept it fully. But we don’t know yet.” Again, Jones did not concede on Tuesday night. No word yet on if he would speak on Wednesday. In Little Rock Phil Reed 40/29 news BENTON, MADISON, AND WASHINGTON COUNTY VOTERS ALL HAD BONDS ISSUES ON THEIR BALLOTS — TIED TO PROPOSED JAIL CONSTRUCTION OR EXPANSION. IN WASHINGTON COUNTY — THERE WERE TWO MEASURES — AND BOTH FAILED. FIRST — THE ISSUE OF BONDS IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $28,500,000 TO BUILD A NEW JUVENILE COURT FACILITY — FAILED WITH 59-PERCENT VOTING AGAINST. SECOND — AN ISSUE OF BONDS IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $113,500,000 TO FUND A JAIL EXPANSION — WAS ALSO VOTED DOWN. 54- PERCENT OF VOTERS SAID NO TO IT. SO WHAT’S NEXT FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY? 40/29’S JACOB MURPHY IS LIVE THERE THIS MORNING WITH A LOOK AT THE FUTURE. JACOB? CURRENT WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF TIM HELDER SAYS THE JAIL IS OVERCROWDED — AND THERE IS A NEED FOR A NEW JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM. NOW IT IS BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD FOR THE COUNTY LEADERS. FOLLOWING LAST NIGHT’S ELECTION — PATRICK DEAKINS IS NOW THE WASHINGTON COUNTY JUDGE-ELECT. WE SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT THE FAILED ISSUES. DEAKINS SAYS HE’S WORRIED ABOUT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY JAIL IN ITS CURRENT STATE — AND NOW THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. <> ( 2:00 well it requires us to roll up our sleeves and work harder. i think that’s what the people of washington county have told us that they’re not there yet on the jail tax. they don’t see that as a need, so we need to go back and address that. and if we continue to think that’s a need, we need to do a better VOTES ARE SET TO BE CERTIFIED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY ON NOVEMBER 29TH. BENTON COUNTY VOTERS ALSO ADDRESSED A PROPOSED JAIL EXPANSION WITH VOTES ON A PAIR OF SALES AND USE TAX INCREASES. WHAT THE RESULTS THERE MEAN IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. LIVE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, JACOB MURPHY, 40/29 NEWS. IN BENTON COUNTY — THE TWO ‘SALES AND USE TAX’ INITIATIVES HAVE FAILED. BOTH INITIATIVES WERE ABOUT THE COUNTY JAIL. SINCE BOTH FAILED — THE COUNTY SHERIFF, JUDGE, AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL MEET TO DISCUSS HOW THEY CAN INCREASE SPACE AT THE JAIL WITHOUT THE PROPOSED TAX INCREASES. IN MADISON COUNTY, A HALF-PERCENT SALES TAX TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIP A NEW JAIL WAS APPROVED. HOWEVER — A ONE- POINT-TWO-FIVE PERCENT SALES TAX WAS VOTED DOWN. SINCE JUST ONE OF TH
Election results: 2022 Arkansas ballot issues
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