Baxter County Sheriff to be decided Today in runoff election

The future of the Baxter County Sheriff’s department will be decided today in the Republican Preferential Primary runoff election.Voters will decide between the two candidates who garnered the most votes in the March 3 Primary, Brian Davis and Mark Hollingsworth. The winner of the runoff will move forward as the Republican nominee which is unopposed for the November election.

The March 3 Preferential Primary saw 7,275 votes cast for sheriff with Davis receiving 2,917, Hollingsworth with 3,346 and Henry Campfield with 1,012. Only 429 votes separated Davis and Hollingsworth. The two candidates remaining will be looking to absorb Campfield’s voters as his votes accounted for 14 percent of those cast. Hollingsworth had 46 percent and Davis carried 40 percent of the vote.

The other contest on the runoff ballot is the statewide Republican primary for Arkansas Secretary of State between Bryan Norris and State Sen. Kim Hammer. The winner will face Democrat Kelly Grappe in the general election.

Polls across the county will be open from 7:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.

Vote centers will be located at the Baxter County Training Center in Midway, Big Flat City Hall, East Side Baptist Church in Mountain Home, First United Methodist Church in Mountain Home, Henderson Fire Station, Lakeview Civic Center, Lone Rock Baptist Church in Norfork, Norfork First Baptist Church, Northeast Lakeside Fire Station, Salesville City Hall and The Good Shepherd Methodist Church in Cotter.

Unofficial election results will be compiled and released beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Baxter County Courthouse. KTLO News will broadcast live results that evening on KTLO FM 97.9 and stream live on KTLOStreaming on YouTube and the Facebook page for KTLO, Classic Hits and The Boot.

Other area counties polling locations and election results will be available online at KTLO.com/electioncentral.

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