[10] Little Rock School Board President Dianne Curry had been running, but she withdrew from the race.

Attorney Zac White, who had considered running, endorsed Steel and instead ran for the state senate.

Incumbent Republican secretary of state Mark Martin ran for re-election to a second term in office.

[23] Regina Stewart Hampton, an employee in the Unclaimed Property Division of the State Auditor's Office, ran for the Democrats.

[1] General election Incumbent Republican commissioner of state lands John Thurston ran for re-election to a second term in office.

[27] General election Incumbent Democratic senator Mark Pryor ran for re-election to a third term.

[29] Republican Tom Cotton,[30] Green Mark Swaney[1] and Libertarian Nathan LaFrance[1] also ran.