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Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Tuesday won the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, beating five other Republican candidates.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas voters will be heading to the polls on Tuesday, May 24 for the primary election. Democratic and Republican voters will pick their nominees for Novembers

Though early voting has been higher than expected in parts of the state, the Arkansas secretary of state's office is sticking with its forecast that about 20% of the state's 1.7 million registered voters will cast a ballot in Tuesday's primary election, with a U.S. Senate seat and the governor's office at the top of the ticket.

If a candidate for state office wants to shift campaign funds raised for the general election to use in a primary runoff, the candidate should obtain permission or consent from the contributor to redesignate the funds for the runoff election, the Arkansas Ethics Commission advised Friday.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders collected about $601,000 in contributions in April, while Democratic candidate Chris Jones received about $161,000 last month, Sanders and Jones reported this week.

Arkansans have picked a new governor and made a decision on recreational marijuana.

Don't forget that the primary ballot contains the question of whether to move the Arkansas Supreme Court a few blocks east to state Republican Party headquarters.

Little Rock religious leaders laid aside their theological differences last week, gathering at the Cathedral of St. Andrew's McDonald Hall on May 6 to pray for peace, shalom and salaam.

On the eve of the May 24 primaries, the largest contributors to Arkansas' 2022 campaigns include familiar names such as investment banker Warren Stephens and the Arkansas Realtors Association, plus a bounty of out-of-state dollars.

Out of the 802 likely Republican primary voters in Arkansas surveyed, Rutledge has 40%, 25% remain undecided.