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Former Sen. Bryan King defeated incumbent Sen. Bob Ballinger in the Senate District 28 race on Tuesday.
King took 3,604 votes (54%) to Ballinger’s 3,091 votes (46%), according to unofficial vote totals.
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“Things didn’t go our way tonight,” Ballinger wrote on Facebook after the results were released. “We worked hard, but it wasn’t meant to be.”
The race was a rematch between the two candidates, who faced off in 2018 when Ballinger defeated King.
King will face Democrat Jim Wallace in the Nov. 8 general election.
» See Washington County results here
In other Arkansas Senate runoff news:
- State Rep. John Payton (59%) defeated state Sen. James Sturch (41%) in District 22. Payton will be unopposed in November.
- Tyler Dees (63%) defeated state Rep. Gayle Hendren McKenzie (37%) in District 35. Dees will face Libertarian Doug Peterson in November.
In the Arkansas House:
- Trey Steimel (59%) defeated state Rep. Marsh Davis (41%) in District 2. Steimel will face Libertarian Teresa Norman in November.
- Hope Hendren Duke (68%) defeated Jay Oliphant (32%) in District 12. Duke will face Libertarian David Gill in November.
- Scott Richardson (60%) defeated Denise Bugos (40%) in District 13. Richardson will face Democrat Jen Standerfer in November.
- Kendra Moore (57%) defeated Jim Wilson (43%) in District 23. Moore will face Libertarian Ryan Hanson in November.
- Steven Walker (53%) defeated Timmy Reid (47%) in District 27. Walker will be unopposed in November.
- Wayne Long (59%) defeated Robert Griffin (41%) in District 39. Long will face Libertarian Clayton Hall in November.
- State Rep. Marcus Richmond (78%) defeated Mike Jones (22%) in District 52. Richmond will face Independent John Wayne Catlett in November.
