The Arkansas Secretary of State is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. State of Arkansas.

The current Secretary of State is Republican Cole Jester who was appointed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders after John Thurston became the state treasurer.

The secretary of state's office is composed of seven divisions: The Secretary of State also publishes the state's administrative regulations and the state gazette, the Arkansas Register.

[2] Democrats were elected exclusively to the office of secretary of state from the later Reconstruction era until the retirement of Charlie Daniels to run for State Auditor in 2010, when the first modern-day Republican to hold the office, Mark Martin, was elected.

Secretaries of State during the statehood of Arkansas include:[3]