March 2024 Election Results: Benton County, Arkansas
FRIDAY. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT COMING UP. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS DARBY. LET’S GET BACK TO OUR COMMITMENT COVERAGE. AS SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IN OUR AREA HAD QUESTIONS ON THE BALLOT TODAY. >> YEAH, WE’LL GET TO THIS. THE BELLA VISTA POLICE PENSION QUESTION. SHOULD THERE BE A PROPERTY TAX OF AN ADDITIONAL 0.5 MILLS TO SUPPORT POLICE PENSIONS AT THIS POINT, THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS ARE IN FAVOR OF THAT WITH 60% OF THE VOTE. THERE. >> AND IN CENTERTON, WE HAVE THE BONDS AND CENTERTON OF UP TO 3.5 MILLION FOR REFUNDING THE CITY’S SALES AND USE TAX. RIGHT NOW, 63% FOR 37% AGAINST IT. AS FOR CENTERTON BONDS, MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT 31 MILLION AND CHANGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY STREETS, ROADS AND BRIDGES. 74% FOR 26% AGAINST. ONCE AGAIN, THESE RESULTS STILL BEING TABULATED, NOT 100% IN STATE IN CENTERTON BONDS OF UP TO 2.6 MILLION IN CHANGE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITY PAYMENTS, 66% FOR 34%. AGAIN AND BONDS IN CENTERTON 1.5 MILLION POLICE FACILITY VEHICLE AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS 63% FOR 37% AGAINST. SO ALL OF THOSE IN CENTERTON SO FAR FOR FOR VERSUS AGAINST INCLUDING THIS ONE FOR THE 26 MILLION FOR BUYING LAND AND CONSTRUCTING A COMMUNITY CENTER, 67 FOR 33 AGAINST. >> RIGHT. WELL, THE CITY OF CENTERTON THE MAYOR SAYS THE POPULATION THERE HAS DOUBLED IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. AND SO THIS WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE MOVING AROUND THE MONEY OF AN EXISTING 1% SALES TAX. SO REALLOCATING THE FUNDS, IF YOU WILL. TANIGUCHI IS LIVE FOR US RIGHT NOW AT CITY HALL. COURTNEY, YOU SPOKE TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THE PROPOSED SALES TAX EXTENSION. RELATE TO THESE BONDS. >> YES. ALISON, I DID TALK TO THE MAYOR AND THIS $26 MILLION 50,000 SQUARE FOOT COMMUNITY CENTER COULD BE IN CENTERTON NEAR FUTURE IF VOTERS DECIDED TO GO FORWARD WITH THE CITY’S PROPOSED SALES TAX EXTENSION. NOW, TODAY, CENTERTON RESIDENTS WERE AT DIFFERENT POLLING LOCATIONS CASTING THEIR VOTES ON THE EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT 1% SALES TAX. THE MAYOR SAYS THIS EXTENSION WOULD NOT IMPACT THE CITY’S CURRENT SALES TAX RATE AND THE CITY HAS HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS ABOUT THE PROPOSED EXTENSION LEADING UP TO ELECTION DAY. TODAY. THE NEW CENTER WOULD BE LOCATED ALONG KELLER ROAD AND INCLUDE AN OLYMPIC SIZED POOL, BASKETBALL AND PICKLEBALL COURTS, AND A FITNESS CENTER. AT THESE MEETINGS, CITY LEADERS HEARD FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE, AND SOME NEIGHBORS SAY THERE IS A DEMAND FOR A CENTER IN THE AREA. >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR. UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE AMENITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE’RE FAST GROWING CITY. WE’RE ACTUALLY JUST FOUND OUT WHERE THE 20TH LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE’RE GROWING, GROWING LIKE CRAZY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE’VE BEEN ADDING PARKS AND TRAILS AND THINGS AND, UH, WE FEEL LIKE IT’S TIME NOW TO ADD SOMETHING MORE FOR THE COMMUNITY. >> NOW, THE MAYOR ALSO SAID THAT IT WOULD TAKE UP TO 6 TO 8 WEEKS TO COME UP WITH A FINAL DESIGN PLAN IF THEY WERE APPROVED, AND THEN ANOTHER YEAR TO BUILD. GIVING THE PROJECT A HOPEFUL FINISH DATE OF AROUND THE END OF 2025 OR EARLY 2026. LIVE IN CENTERTON COURTNEY GOOCH 4029 NEWS COURTNEY THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO GO TO BENTON COUNTY NOW. THE PROSECUTOR RACE THERE RIGHT NOW BRIAN SEXTON 56% OF THE VOTE OVER SARA PHILLIPS WITH 44%. STILL VERY EARLY WITH THESE VOTES BEING TABULATED AS WELL. BUT WE HAVE 40/29’S CHIP SCARBOROUGH LIVE IN BENTON COUNTY AS THE CANDIDATES WATCH THESE NUMBERS COME IN. CHIP AND YEAH, BRANDON, THE ELECTION COMMISSION HERE IN ROGERS JUST HANDED ME THIS COPY OF THE FINAL UNOFFICIAL RESULTS MOMENTS AGO. >> COMING IN. WE’VE BEEN WAITING ALL NIGHT FOR THEM, AND HERE THEY ARE. SO THIS COPY SHOWS US THAT ROUGHLY 18,000 PEOPLE IN BENTON COUNTY VOTED IN PERSON TODAY. AND ANOTHER 15,000 VOTED EITHER EARLY OR ABSENTEE. NOW, ONE OF THE RACES WE’VE BEEN WATCHING VERY CLOSELY AS BENTON COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, AND THERE ARE TWO CANDIDATES IN THAT RACE. AS YOU KNOW, WE’RE GOING TO SHOW THEM TO YOU ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE SARA PHILLIPS AND BRIAN SEXTON. PHILLIPS HAS WORKED IN THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OFFICE BEFORE, BUT SHE NOW WORKS FOR WALMART’S LEGAL DEPARTMENT. AND THEN SEXTON IS THE DEPUTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FOR BENTON COUNTY AND HE’S BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS NOW. AND HE DOES APPEAR. TO BE THE WINNER IN THIS RACE. SO I’VE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO SEXTON JUST A SHORT TIME AGO TO GET HIS RESPONSE TO THAT. I THINK HE’S STILL KIND OF GOING OVER THE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW AND PROCESSING THEM, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON GATHERING HIS REACTION TO THIS. AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE IT, WE’LL BRING IT TO YOU, MOST LIKELY TOMORROW MORNING. BUT FOR NOW, WE ARE LIVE IN BENTON COUNT
March 2024 Election Results: Benton County, Arkansas
Updated: 12:46 AM CST Mar 6, 2024
ARKANSAS ELECTION RESULTS: PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES | US CONGRESS | STATE SENATE | STATE HOUSE |STATE SUPREME COURT | BENTON COUNTY | CARROLL COUNTY | CRAWFORD COUNTY | JOHNSON COUNTY | LOGAN COUNTY | MADISON COUNTY | SEBASTIAN COUNTY | WASHINGTON COUNTYBenton County voters selected Jeff Dunn, Joel Jones, John Good Rissler, and Joel Edwards as the winners of their respective JP races.Bryan Sexton won the race for county prosecutor. Sexton has been with the county for 17 years and currently works as deputy prosecuting attorney.People living in the area serviced by the Avoca Fire and Rescue Dept. voted on a possible due increase on March 5. If passed, everyone living in the Avoca Fire District will have annual dues increase from $50 to $125. As of Tuesday night, the vote was 263 to 259.People in Bella Vista approved a police officer pension millage and Centerton voters approved Centerton voters approved tax and bond issues.Siloam Springs elected Heath Nance to the school board.
ARKANSAS ELECTION RESULTS: PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES | US CONGRESS | STATE SENATE | STATE HOUSE |STATE SUPREME COURT | BENTON COUNTY | CARROLL COUNTY | CRAWFORD COUNTY | JOHNSON COUNTY | LOGAN COUNTY | MADISON COUNTY | SEBASTIAN COUNTY | WASHINGTON COUNTY
Benton County voters selected Jeff Dunn, Joel Jones, John Good Rissler, and Joel Edwards as the winners of their respective JP races.
Bryan Sexton won the race for county prosecutor. Sexton has been with the county for 17 years and currently works as deputy prosecuting attorney.
People living in the area serviced by the Avoca Fire and Rescue Dept. voted on a possible due increase on March 5. If passed, everyone living in the Avoca Fire District will have annual dues increase from $50 to $125. As of Tuesday night, the vote was 263 to 259.
People in Bella Vista approved a police officer pension millage and Centerton voters approved Centerton voters approved tax and bond issues.
Siloam Springs elected Heath Nance to the school board.
