2014 Arkansas Attorney General election

In 2014, Arkansas Attorney General Election was held on Nov. 6, 2018 February 2026 2014 Arkansas Attorney General election Arkansas presidential no 2010 Arkansas elections#Attorney general 2010 2014 11 04 2018 Arkansas Attorney General election 2018 x150px File:Leslie Rutledge (25475720912) (1).jpg Leslie Rutledge Republican Party (United States) 430,799 51.61% File:3x4.svg Nate Steel Democratic Party (United States) 360,680 43.21% File:3x4.svg Aaron Cash Libertarian Party (United States) 43,245 5.18% 2014 Arkansas attorney general election results map by county.svg 210px County resultsRutledge: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Steel: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Attorney General Dustin McDaniel Democratic Party (United States) Leslie Rutledge Republican Party (United States) The 2014 Arkansas Attorney General election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the attorney general of Arkansas. Republican nominee Leslie Rutledge was elected to the office, the first woman elected to the office and the first Republican to be elected to the office since 1874 (during the reconstruction period). Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Dustin McDaniel was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third term in office. Democratic nominee Nate Steel, state representativehttp://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/07/10/nate-steel-announces-for-attorney-general UPDATE: Nate Steel announces for attorney general Arkansas Times July 10, 2013 March 5, 2014 Republican primary Candidates Patricia Nation, attorneyhttp://talkbusiness.net/2014/01/nation-set-announce-attorney-general/ Tolbert: Nation Set To Announce For Attorney General Talk Business Arkansas January 30, 2014 March 5, 2014 Leslie Rutledge, lawyerhttp://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/06/28/leslie-rutledge-to-make-republican-run-for-attorney-general Leslie Rutledge to make Republican run for attorney general Arkansas Times June 28, 2013 March 5, 2014 David Sterling, attorneyhttp://talkbusiness.net/2013/05/david-sterling-makes-ag-race-official/ David Sterling Makes Attorney General Race Official Talk Business Arkansas May 7, 2013 March 5, 2014 Declined to run J. Cody Hiland, Faulkner County prosecutorhttp://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2013/oct/13/hiland-wont-run-attorney-general-20131013/ Hiland won't run for attorney general Arkansas Online October 13, 2013 March 5, 2014 Marvin Childers, former state representative and president of The Poultry Federationhttp://www.wattagnet.com/Poultry_Federation_leader_won_t_run_for_Arkansas_attorney_general.html Poultry Federation leader won't run for Arkansas attorney general WATTAgNet September 13, 2013 March 5, 2014 Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror PatriciaNation LeslieRutledge DavidSterling Undecided Talk Business/Hendrix College April 29, 2014 1,516 ± 2.5% 10% 9% 21% 60% Primary results Republican primary results Arkansas Attorney General election, 2014 https://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_Attorney_General_election,_2014 2026-06-23 Ballotpedia Leslie Rutledge Republican Party (Arkansas) 79,347 47.21 Andy Mayberry Republican Party (Arkansas) 65,733 39.11 Debra Hobbs Republican Party (Arkansas) 22,986 13.68 168,066 100 Runoff results Rutledge and Sterling contested a runoff, which was characterized as a "full-fledged street brawl."http://arkansasnews.com/news/arkansas/update-martin-files-re-election-inman-files-run-against-him David Sterling, Leslie Rutledge Go to Runoff in Attorney General Race May 21, 2014 June 4, 2014 Arkansas Business Outside groups spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on attack ads and both candidates "question[ed] each others' conservative credentials and political experience." Nation endorsed Rutledge, who handily defeated Sterling.http://www.thecitywire.com/node/33331#.U45ZLPmwIrc Runoff race gets nasty between GOP Attorney General candidates June 2, 2014 June 4, 2014 The City Wire https://web.archive.org/web/20141006075447/http://www.thecitywire.com/node/33331#.U45ZLPmwIrc October 6, 2014 dead mdy-all Republican primary runoff resultshttp://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/51821/134305/en/summary.html 2014 Arkansas General Primary Runoff Election June 10, 2014 July 17, 2014 Arkansas Secretary of State Leslie Rutledge Republican Party (Arkansas) 43,898 58.89 David Sterling Republican Party (Arkansas) 30,643 41.11 74,541 100 Libertarian nominee Aaron Cashhttp://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Candidates-who-filed-for-office-in-Arkansas-5284882.php Candidates who filed for office in Arkansas March 3, 2014 March 5, 2014 sfgate.com General election In September 2014, Pulaski County Clerk Larry Crane cancelled Rutledge's voter registration after it was revealed that she was registered to vote in several other states. Rutledge, who has an Arkansas voter registration card, had cancelled her Pulaski County voter registration in July 2008 and registered to vote in Washington, D.C., instead. However, she did not vote in any elections in D.C., instead voting via absentee ballot in the 2008 general election in Pulaski County. She then registered to vote in Virginia in September 2010. If she remains unregistered, she would be ineligible to serve as Attorney General as the Arkansas Constitution states "No persons shall be elected to, or appointed to fill a vacancy in, any office who does not possess the qualifications of an elector." Rutledge denounced Crane for using "partisan politics to disenfranchise a voter in an attempt to hijack an election." Crane responded that he "did what the law requires" and invited Rutledge to re-register.http://www.arkansasmatters.com/story/d/story/report-leslie-rutledge-not-arkansas-registered-vot/15002/LdHOiqLMqkyYzh8_J8Su3A Rutledge Says Clerk's Office Denied Her 2013 Attempt To Register October 1, 2014 October 2, 2014 Arkansas Mattershttp://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/101117/county-clerk-cancels-leslie-rutledges-voter-registration County Clerk Cancels Leslie Rutledge's Voter Registration October 1, 2014 October 2, 2014 Arkansas Businesshttp://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2014/sep/30/ag-hopeful-rutledge-not-registered-vote-state-cler/ AG hopeful Rutledge not registered to vote in state, clerk says September 30, 2014 October 2, 2014 Arkansas Online Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror NateSteel (D) LeslieRutledge (R) AaronCash (L) Undecided Public Policy Polling October 30–November 1, 2014 1,092 ± 3% 40% 44% 7% 8% Suffolk September 20–23, 2014 500 ± 4.4% 36% 36% 5% 23% Public Policy Polling September 18–21, 2014 1,453 ± 2.6% 35% 41% 7% 17% Gravis Marketing September 8–11, 2014 902 ± 4% 33% 42% 3% 22% Answers Unlimited September 7–9, 2014 600 ± 3.5% 37% 34% 5% 24% Public Policy Polling August 1–3, 2014 1,066 ± 3% 32% 38% 10% 20% Gravis Marketing July 7–8, 2014 987 ± 3% 41% 51% 8% — Results 2014 Arkansas Attorney General electionhttp://www.sos.arkansas.gov/uploads/elections/2014_GE.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20260912000033/http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/uploads/elections/2014_GE.pdf September 12, 2026 live Arkansas Official Results 2014 General Election Martin Mark Mark Martin (politician) November 4, 2014 Secretary of State of Arkansas September 14, 2026 Republican Party (Arkansas) Leslie Rutledge 430,799 51.61 Democratic Party (Arkansas) Nate Steel 360,680 43.21 Libertarian Party (United States) Aaron Cash 43,245 5.18 834,724 100.00 Republican Party (Arkansas) Democratic Party (Arkansas) By county CountyNate SteelDemocraticLeslie RutledgeRepublicanAaron CashLibertarianMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Arkansas2,44148.53%2,40847.87%1813.60%-33-0.66%5,030Ashley2,80545.77%3,12951.05%1953.18%3245.29%6,129Baxter4,14628.20%9,81166.74%7435.05%5,66538.54%14,700Benton20,13932.50%37,61160.69%4,2246.82%17,47228.19%61,974Boone2,74025.68%7,12766.79%8037.53%4,38741.12%10,670Bradley1,31946.59%1,40049.45%1123.96%812.86%2,831Calhoun72044.80%81150.47%764.73%915.66%1,607Carroll3,06738.45%4,43755.62%4735.93%1,37017.17%7,977Chicot2,30966.64%1,07330.97%832.40%-1,236-35.67%3,465Clark3,97657.98%2,65438.70%2283.32%-1,322-19.28%6,858Clay1,85047.09%1,84146.86%2386.06%-9-0.23%3,929Cleburne2,91329.73%6,25663.85%6296.42%3,34334.12%9,798Cleveland1,00437.31%1,58758.97%1003.72%58321.66%2,691Columbia3,04940.80%4,17655.88%2483.32%1,12715.08%7,473Conway2,97647.53%2,96547.36%3205.11%-11-0.18%6,261Craighead10,73743.09%12,88251.70%1,2985.21%2,1458.61%24,917Crawford4,93530.78%10,03462.58%1,0666.65%5,09931.80%16,035Crittenden5,87556.02%4,33141.30%2812.68%-1,544-14.72%10,487Cross2,54948.95%2,45247.09%2063.96%-97-1.86%5,207Dallas1,16749.41%1,11447.16%813.43%-53-2.24%2,362Desha2,15865.24%1,06032.04%902.72%-1,098-33.19%3,308Drew2,51048.82%2,47248.08%1593.09%-38-0.74%5,141Faulkner12,96538.70%18,72155.88%1,8175.42%5,75617.18%33,503Franklin2,10738.89%2,96854.78%3436.33%86115.89%5,418Fulton1,27338.24%1,87256.23%1845.53%59917.99%3,329Garland11,74938.50%17,12556.12%1,6405.37%5,37617.62%30,514Grant1,84034.59%3,17459.67%3055.73%1,33425.08%5,319Greene4,42740.90%5,85054.05%5465.04%1,42313.15%10,823Hempstead2,45146.32%2,67550.56%1653.12%2244.23%5,291Hot Spring3,97842.77%4,77251.31%5505.91%7948.54%9,300Howard2,55670.43%1,01728.02%561.54%-1,539-42.41%3,629Independence3,02928.95%6,92366.16%5124.89%3,89437.21%10,464Izard1,64338.27%2,43556.72%2155.01%79218.45%4,293Jackson1,96548.14%1,91046.79%2075.07%-55-1.35%4,082Jefferson13,20566.69%6,05530.58%5412.73%-7,150-36.11%19,801Johnson2,73042.23%3,27850.71%4567.05%5488.48%6,464Lafayette1,06045.09%1,21251.55%793.36%1526.47%2,351Lawrence2,02544.64%2,20448.59%3076.77%1793.95%4,536Lee1,71866.69%81231.52%461.79%-906-35.17%2,576Lincoln1,43647.04%1,46748.05%1504.91%311.02%3,053Little River1,85446.40%2,00850.25%1343.35%1543.85%3,996Logan2,54639.82%3,36852.67%4807.51%82212.86%6,394Lonoke5,78829.99%12,37664.12%1,1375.89%6,58834.13%19,301Madison2,06840.86%2,69553.25%2985.89%62712.39%5,061Marion1,42928.93%3,20164.80%3106.28%1,77235.87%4,940Miller3,91234.65%7,03062.26%3493.09%3,11827.61%11,291Mississippi5,24352.54%4,21642.25%5205.21%-1,027-10.29%9,979Monroe1,31655.88%97541.40%642.72%-341-14.48%2,355Montgomery1,16540.44%1,55654.01%1605.55%39113.57%2,881Nevada1,31348.38%1,29847.83%1033.80%-15-0.55%2,714Newton90730.33%1,87662.74%2076.92%96932.41%2,990Ouachita3,88750.23%3,54145.76%3114.02%-346-4.47%7,739Perry1,43640.58%1,87753.04%2266.39%44112.46%3,539Phillips3,81667.64%1,65529.33%1713.03%-2,161-38.30%5,642Pike1,49548.46%1,46647.52%1244.02%-29-0.94%3,085Poinsett2,70543.31%3,17550.84%3655.84%4707.53%6,245Polk1,97731.55%3,82361.00%4677.45%1,84629.46%6,267Pope5,54632.80%10,29760.90%1,0666.30%4,75128.10%16,909Prairie1,00638.22%1,47456.00%1525.78%46817.78%2,632Pulaski74,87059.61%45,90936.55%4,8253.84%-28,961-23.06%125,604Randolph2,16943.69%2,46149.57%3356.75%2925.88%4,965Saline13,26133.79%23,62160.19%2,3656.03%10,36026.40%39,247Scott1,09536.02%1,75057.57%1956.41%65521.55%3,040Searcy78526.43%1,96666.20%2197.37%1,18139.76%2,970Sebastian10,99134.89%18,52158.79%1,9936.33%7,53023.90%31,505Sevier1,76150.11%1,63146.41%1223.47%-130-3.70%3,514Sharp1,95935.01%3,31159.17%3265.83%1,35224.16%5,596St. Francis3,74363.20%2,03134.30%1482.50%-1,712-28.91%5,922Stone1,46833.15%2,69460.83%2676.03%1,22627.68%4,429Union4,64038.80%6,91357.80%4073.40%2,27319.01%11,960Van Buren2,13636.62%3,28056.23%4177.15%1,14419.61%5,833Washington25,03046.59%25,28247.05%3,4176.36%2520.47%53,729White6,29929.17%14,06465.13%1,2325.71%7,76535.96%21,595Woodruff1,35063.71%67231.71%974.58%-678-32.00%2,119Yell2,17242.26%2,68552.24%2835.51%5139.98%5,140Totals360,68043.21%430,79951.61%43,2455.18%70,1198.40%834,724 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Ashley (Largest city: Crossett) Baxter (Largest city: Mountain Home) Benton (Largest city: Rogers) Boone (Largest city: Harrison) Calhoun (Largest city: Hampton) Carroll (Largest city: Berryville) Cleburne (Largest city: Heber Springs) Cleveland (Largest city: Rison) Columbia (Largest city: Magnolia) Craighead (Largest city: Jonesboro) Crawford (Largest city: Van Buren) Faulkner (Largest city: Conway) Franklin (Largest city: Ozark) Fulton (Largest city: Salem) Garland (Largest city: Hot Springs) Grant (Largest city: Sheridan) Greene (Largest city: Paragould) Hempstead (largest city: Hope) Hot Spring (Largest city: Malvern) Independence (Largest city: Batesville) Izard (Largest city: Horseshoe Bend) Johnson (Largest city: Clarksville) Lafayette (Largest city: Stamps) Lawrence (largest city: Walnut Ridge) Lincoln (largest city: Star City) Little River (largest city: Ashdown) Logan (Largest city: Booneville) Lonoke (Largest city: Cabot) Madison (Largest city: Huntsville) Marion (Largest city: Bull Shoals) Miller (Largest city: Texarkana) Montgomery (Largest city: Mount Ida) Newton (Largest city: Jasper) Perry (Largest city: Perryville) Poinsett (largest city: Harrisburg) Polk (Largest city: Mena) Pope (Largest city: Russellville) Prairie (Largest city: Des Arc) Randolph (largest city: Pocahontas) Saline (Largest city: Benton) Scott (Largest city: Waldron) Searcy (Largest city: Marshall) Sebastian (Largest city: Fort Smith) Sharp (Largest city: Cherokee Village) Stone (Largest city: Mountain View) Union (Largest city: El Dorado) Van Buren (Largest city: Clinton) Washington (Largest city: Fayetteville) White (Largest city: Searcy) Yell (Largest city: Dardanelle) References Attorney General Arkansas Category:Arkansas Attorney General elections