Health coordinator, school board head running in GOP primary for Arkansas Senate seat

By: Ainsley Platt

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: August 17, 2026

Words: 808

Last Updated: 1 day, 11 hours ago

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Voters in southeast Arkansas are choosing the Republican nominee Tuesday to succeed a lawmaker who stepped down to work in the attorney general’s office.

Republicans Missy Wardlaw of Hermitage and Harrell Wilson of Rison are both looking to fill the Senate District 1 seat vacated by former state Sen. Ben Gilmore. The district in southeast Arkansas is composed of Ashley, Bradley, Chicot and Cleveland counties, as well as parts of Drew, Grant, Jefferson and …

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