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GILLETT -- Most arent here for the gamey taste of barbecued raccoon, but none the less Arkansas top politicos seemingly cant resist a plate of it.

Most arent here for the gamey taste of barbecued raccoon, but nonetheless Arkansas top politicos seemingly cant resist a plate of it.

Ballot errors, polling locations that opened late, and the mixing of early votes and election day votes are among the issues that led the State Board of Election Commissioners to file a complaint against the Phillips County Election Commission for how it has handled the 2022 election cycle.

The Republican challenger in the Arkansas House District 56 race on Conway conceded on Saturday evening after a recount showed him still losing to the incumbent Democrat by 10 votes.

Dexter Miller, the Democratic candidate for House District 62 in Arkansas Delta, said Friday that he has requested a recount after election results indicated he lost by 618 votes to Republican Rep. Mark McElroy.

Four votes currently split competitors in the state House District 56 race in Conway.

Arkansas Republicans will increase their supermajorities in both chambers of the state Legislature, unofficial election results from Tuesday night show.

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The Arkansas House District 62 race will pit a longtime Republican lawmaker vying to keep his job in a new district against a Democratic challenger trying to keep the Delta blue.

Arkansas Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Chairman Bill Sample of Hot Springs is the highest-profile state legislator among the five Republican state lawmakers who lost in Tuesday's primary election.