2022 Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands election
November 8, 2022
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The 2022 Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands. Incumbent Republican Land Commissioner Tommy Land was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic challenger Darlene Goldi Gaines in a landslide.[1] Primary elections were held on May 24.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Tommy Land, incumbent land commissioner[2]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Darlene Goldi Gaines, business executive[3]
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tommy Land (incumbent) | 611,723 | 68.77 | ||
| Democratic | Darlene Goldi Gaines | 277,750 | 31.23 | ||
| Total votes | 889,473 | 100.00 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
| County[4] | Tommy Land Republican |
Darlene Goldi Gaines Democratic |
Margin | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Arkansas | 3,401 | 76.96% | 1,018 | 23.04% | 2,383 | 53.93% | 4,419 |
| Ashley | 4,183 | 77.01% | 1,249 | 22.99% | 2,934 | 54.01% | 5,432 |
| Baxter | 12,452 | 80.49% | 3,018 | 19.51% | 9,434 | 60.98% | 15,470 |
| Benton | 61,210 | 68.63% | 27,972 | 31.37% | 33,238 | 37.27% | 89,182 |
| Boone | 10,555 | 83.68% | 2,059 | 16.32% | 8,496 | 67.35% | 12,614 |
| Bradley | 1,803 | 71.18% | 730 | 28.82% | 1,073 | 42.36% | 2,533 |
| Calhoun | 1,265 | 80.52% | 306 | 19.48% | 959 | 61.04% | 1,571 |
| Carroll | 6,052 | 67.57% | 2,905 | 32.43% | 3,147 | 35.13% | 8,957 |
| Chicot | 1,669 | 49.23% | 1,721 | 50.77% | -52 | -1.53% | 3,390 |
| Clark | 3,669 | 61.89% | 2,259 | 38.11% | 1,410 | 23.79% | 5,928 |
| Clay | 3,205 | 82.31% | 689 | 17.69% | 2,516 | 64.61% | 3,894 |
| Cleburne | 8,628 | 86.77% | 1,316 | 13.23% | 7,312 | 73.53% | 9,944 |
| Cleveland | 2,302 | 86.35% | 364 | 13.65% | 1,938 | 72.69% | 2,666 |
| Columbia | 4,293 | 71.38% | 1,721 | 28.62% | 2,572 | 42.77% | 6,014 |
| Conway | 4,689 | 71.51% | 1,868 | 28.49% | 2,821 | 43.02% | 6,557 |
| Craighead | 19,542 | 71.60% | 7,752 | 28.40% | 11,790 | 43.20% | 27,294 |
| Crawford | 14,151 | 81.51% | 3,209 | 18.49% | 10,942 | 63.03% | 17,360 |
| Crittenden | 5,552 | 52.22% | 5,079 | 47.78% | 473 | 4.45% | 10,631 |
| Cross | 3,800 | 77.60% | 1,097 | 22.40% | 2,703 | 55.20% | 4,897 |
| Dallas | 1,405 | 69.35% | 621 | 30.65% | 784 | 38.70% | 2,026 |
| Desha | 1,702 | 57.33% | 1,267 | 42.67% | 435 | 14.65% | 2,969 |
| Drew | 3,523 | 67.75% | 1,677 | 32.25% | 1,846 | 35.50% | 5,200 |
| Faulkner | 27,691 | 69.83% | 11,962 | 30.17% | 15,729 | 39.67% | 39,653 |
| Franklin | 4,278 | 81.24% | 988 | 18.76% | 3,290 | 62.48% | 5,266 |
| Fulton | 3,196 | 81.78% | 712 | 18.22% | 2,484 | 63.56% | 3,908 |
| Garland | 23,517 | 72.21% | 9,052 | 27.79% | 14,465 | 44.41% | 32,569 |
| Grant | 5,376 | 86.18% | 862 | 13.82% | 4,514 | 72.36% | 6,238 |
| Greene | 9,375 | 82.01% | 2,056 | 17.99% | 7,319 | 64.03% | 11,431 |
| Hempstead | 3,401 | 74.88% | 1,141 | 25.12% | 2,260 | 49.76% | 4,542 |
| Hot Spring | 7,466 | 77.42% | 2,178 | 22.58% | 5,288 | 54.83% | 9,644 |
| Howard | 2,696 | 74.95% | 901 | 25.05% | 1,795 | 49.90% | 3,597 |
| Independence | 8,485 | 81.79% | 1,889 | 18.21% | 6,596 | 63.58% | 10,374 |
| Izard | 3,792 | 83.45% | 752 | 16.55% | 3,040 | 66.90% | 4,544 |
| Jackson | 2,934 | 73.48% | 1,059 | 26.52% | 1,875 | 46.96% | 3,993 |
| Jefferson | 7,560 | 45.20% | 9,166 | 54.80% | -1,606 | -9.60% | 16,726 |
| Johnson | 5,352 | 77.44% | 1,559 | 22.56% | 3,793 | 54.88% | 6,911 |
| Lafayette | 1,323 | 68.48% | 609 | 31.52% | 714 | 36.96% | 1,932 |
| Lawrence | 3,813 | 83.86% | 734 | 16.14% | 3,079 | 67.71% | 4,547 |
| Lee | 980 | 50.91% | 945 | 49.09% | 35 | 1.82% | 1,925 |
| Lincoln | 2,081 | 76.59% | 636 | 23.41% | 1,445 | 53.18% | 2,717 |
| Little River | 2,913 | 77.87% | 828 | 22.13% | 2,085 | 55.73% | 3,741 |
| Logan | 5,058 | 81.57% | 1,143 | 18.43% | 3,915 | 63.13% | 6,201 |
| Lonoke | 17,686 | 79.80% | 4,476 | 20.20% | 13,210 | 59.61% | 22,162 |
| Madison | 4,512 | 79.56% | 1,159 | 20.44% | 3,353 | 59.13% | 5,671 |
| Marion | 4,835 | 81.80% | 1,076 | 18.20% | 3,759 | 63.59% | 5,911 |
| Miller | 8,753 | 78.17% | 2,444 | 21.83% | 6,309 | 56.35% | 11,197 |
| Mississippi | 5,373 | 64.38% | 2,973 | 35.62% | 2,400 | 28.76% | 8,346 |
| Monroe | 1,281 | 60.71% | 829 | 39.29% | 452 | 21.42% | 2,110 |
| Montgomery | 2,606 | 83.39% | 519 | 16.61% | 2,087 | 66.78% | 3,125 |
| Nevada | 1,718 | 70.47% | 720 | 29.53% | 998 | 40.94% | 2,438 |
| Newton | 2,495 | 82.29% | 537 | 17.71% | 1,958 | 64.58% | 3,032 |
| Ouachita | 4,320 | 62.27% | 2,618 | 37.73% | 1,702 | 24.53% | 6,938 |
| Perry | 3,002 | 80.83% | 712 | 19.17% | 2,290 | 61.66% | 3,714 |
| Phillips | 1,914 | 46.54% | 2,199 | 53.46% | -285 | -6.93% | 4,113 |
| Pike | 3,170 | 86.35% | 501 | 13.65% | 2,669 | 72.70% | 3,671 |
| Poinsett | 4,471 | 81.29% | 1,029 | 18.71% | 3,442 | 62.58% | 5,500 |
| Polk | 5,840 | 85.53% | 988 | 14.47% | 4,852 | 71.06% | 6,828 |
| Pope | 13,727 | 79.18% | 3,609 | 20.82% | 10,118 | 58.36% | 17,336 |
| Prairie | 2,202 | 84.40% | 407 | 15.60% | 1,795 | 68.80% | 2,609 |
| Pulaski | 56,049 | 46.13% | 65,454 | 53.87% | -9,405 | -7.74% | 121,503 |
| Randolph | 4,374 | 83.20% | 883 | 16.80% | 3,491 | 66.41% | 5,257 |
| Saline | 32,118 | 75.73% | 10,291 | 24.27% | 21,827 | 51.47% | 42,409 |
| Scott | 2,507 | 87.11% | 371 | 12.89% | 2,136 | 74.22% | 2,878 |
| Searcy | 2,586 | 85.66% | 433 | 14.34% | 2,153 | 71.32% | 3,019 |
| Sebastian | 24,306 | 72.37% | 9,282 | 27.63% | 15,024 | 44.73% | 33,588 |
| Sevier | 2,934 | 83.07% | 598 | 16.93% | 2,336 | 66.14% | 3,532 |
| Sharp | 5,030 | 83.96% | 961 | 16.04% | 4,069 | 67.92% | 5,991 |
| St. Francis | 2,602 | 52.06% | 2,396 | 47.94% | 206 | 4.12% | 4,998 |
| Stone | 4,038 | 80.81% | 959 | 19.19% | 3,079 | 61.62% | 4,997 |
| Union | 8,202 | 71.33% | 3,297 | 28.67% | 4,905 | 42.66% | 11,499 |
| Van Buren | 5,052 | 82.32% | 1,085 | 17.68% | 3,967 | 64.64% | 6,137 |
| Washington | 38,895 | 56.00% | 30,558 | 44.00% | 8,337 | 12.00% | 69,453 |
| White | 19,068 | 83.47% | 3,776 | 16.53% | 15,292 | 66.94% | 22,844 |
| Woodruff | 1,391 | 67.95% | 656 | 32.05% | 735 | 35.91% | 2,047 |
| Yell | 4,328 | 83.02% | 885 | 16.98% | 3,443 | 66.05% | 5,213 |
| Totals | 611,723 | 68.77% | 277,750 | 31.23% | 333,973 | 37.55% | 889,473 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Crittenden (largest city: West Memphis)
- Desha (largest city: Dumas)
- Lee (largest city: Marianna)
- Monroe (largest city: Brinkley)
- St. Francis (largest city: Forrest City)
- Woodruff (largest city: Augusta)
By congressional district
Land won all four congressional districts.[5]
| District | Land | Goldi Gaines | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 74% | 26% | Rick Crawford |
| 2nd | 63% | 37% | French Hill |
| 3rd | 66% | 34% | Steve Womack |
| 4th | 73% | 27% | Bruce Westerman |
See also
References
- ^ "Republican Tommy Land elected Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands". KTVE – myarklamiss.com. November 9, 2022. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ^ https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/jan/15/state-lands-exec-to-seek-2nd-term/
- ^ Eley, Ashton (October 11, 2021). "North Little Rock Democrat to seek land commissioner post". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ^ a b Thurston, John (November 8, 2022). "Commissioner of State Lands Results". Secretary of State of Arkansas. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ^ "2022 Arkansas Election Results by Congressional District".