ARKANSAS
      Nov. 8, 2022 U.S. Senate

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+John Boozman (R) i
592,437
 		65.73%
Natalie James (D)
 280,187
 		31.09%
Kenneth Cates (L)
 28,682
 3.18%

901,306
Registration: 1,799,136.  Total ballots cast: 914,227.
Plurality: 312,250 votes (34.64 percentage points)
 AR Secretary of State



Notes:  Sen. John Boozman (R), easily won a third term, defeating real estate agent Natalie James (D) and firefighter/paramedic Kenneth Cates (L). 

Former President Trump endorsed Boozman on Mar. 8, 2021.  In the May 24, 2022 primary, he tallied 58.03% of the 347,556 votes tallied, defeating former NFL football player and U.S. Army Ranger Jake Bequette (20.66%), conservative commentator Jan Morgan (18.98%) and Heath Loftis (2.33%).  In the Democratic primary, James won the nomination with 54.09% of the 91,932 votes tallied, defeating Dan Whitfield (30.80%) and Jack E. Foster (15.11%).

Boozman, James and Cates debated on Arkansas PBS on Oct. 21, 2022 (>).

Boozman had a huge fundraising advantage.  Open Secrets shows his campaign raised almost one hundred times more than his opponent: $7.7 million raised, $7.2 million spent and cash on hand of $992,331.  The James campaign reported raising just $78,408 (>).

 

 Campaign Managers:
John Boozman:  Jimmy Harris
Staffer in Boozman's Senate office from Mar. 2014 to Sept. 2021, starting as a staff assistant, then legislative correspondent and legislative aide, and most recently field representative; also interned in Boozman's Washington, DC office in 2013.  B.A. in political science from University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, 2013.  From Springdale.



See also:
John Hirschauer.  "A Fight for the GOP in Arkansas."  The American Conservative, May 3, 2022.

Andrew DeMillo.  "Ads from soft-spoken Arkansas Sen. Boozman reflect GOP fury."  AP, Apr. 24, 2022.




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