Senate District 26 Race Heads to Runoff as Republicans Dunn, Simon Advance

District 26 Senate candidates Wade Dunn, Brad Simon react to election results

District 26 is headed for new Senate leadership after a crowded special election Tuesday night.Five Republicans ran to replace late Senator Gary Stubblefield, b

Senate District 26 race heads to runoff as Republicans Dunn, Simon advance

The race for Arkansas’ Senate District 26 seat is heading to a Republican runoff after no candidate secured a majority of votes in Tuesday’s primary election.

Dunn, Simon advance to Feb. 3 runoff election in Arkansas Senate District 26 race | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Retired businessman Wade Dunn of Greenwood and businessman Brad Simon of Paris will advance to the Feb. 3 special primary runoff election for the vacant state Senate seat in the River Valley, based on the unofficial results in Tuesday's special primary election reported by the secretary of state's office.

Simon, Dunn advance to runoff in Senate District 26 primary shaped by Franklin County prison controversy

Wade Dunn and Brad Simon advance to a special Republican primary run-off on February 3 in a race that could be critical to Gov. Sarah Sanders’ agenda in the coming months.

Dunn, Simon advance to Feb. 3 runoff election in Arkansas Senate District 26 race

Retired businessman Wade Dunn of Greenwood and businessman Brad Simon of Paris will advance to the Feb. 3 special primary runoff election for the vacant state Senate seat in the River Valley.

Republican primary for Arkansas Senate seat at center of prison project debate headed to runoff

Signs of opposition to the Franklin County prison decorated the fence directly across the street from the prison site's entrance on Arkansas Highway 215 on Nov. 13, 2025. (Photo by Ainsley Platt/Arkansas Advocate)The race to win the Republican nomination for a vacant Arkansas Senate seat at the center of the contentious Franklin County prison project is headed toward a runoff next month. Wade Dunn (Courtesy of the Arkansas Secretary of State) Wa…