Pyle seeks Crawford County Treasurer post; Beebe formally files

Rep, Beverly Pyle, R-Cedarville, has decided to seek the office of Crawford County Treasurer. Pyle is term limited in the Arkansas House District 83 seat. Pyle filed for the Treasurer post Friday (Mar. 5).

“I’m not ready to retire. I want to continue to serve Crawford County and the community,” Pyle told The City Wire.

Pyle, who has also served as the Cedarville mayor, said she was encouraged by many to seek the post and believes she will have no problem running the office.

Tom Fite, a Republican from Van Buren, and Leslee Milam Post, a Democrat from Ozark, have filed for the District 83 seat.

Also, Friday was your day to be disappointed if you thought there was some crazy chance Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe would not file for re-election. He filed Friday. Beebe, a Democrat who has maintained unprecedented popularity numbers — often above 75% approval rating — is not expected to have a primary challenger but will face Republican Jim Keet in the general election.

The filing period began Monday (Mar. 1) for federal, state and legislative seats. Following are the names of those who filed in the races monitored by The City Wire. The filing period ends at Noon, Mar. 8. The City Wire will post candidate filings at the end of each day.

Following are filings for the first five days. Those that filed Friday are in bold.

• FEDERAL
3rd Congressional District
State. Sen. Cecile Bledsoe (R)
Gunner DeLay (R)
Steve Lowry (R)
Kurt Maddox (R)
Benton County Judge Mike Moore (R)
Bernie Skoch (R)
David Whitaker (D)
Rogers Mayor Steve Womack (R)

U.S. Senate
U.S. Rep. John Boozman (R)
Curtis Coleman (R)
Lt. Gov. Bill Halter (D)
Sen. Kim Hendren (R)
U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln
D.C. Morrison (D)
Fred Ramey (R)

• ARKANSAS CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES
Governor
Gov. Mike Beebe (D)
Jim Keet (R)

Lt. Governor
Sen. Shane Broadway (D)
Mark Darr (R)

Secretary of State
Rep. Mark Martin (R)
Pat O’Brien (D)
Doris Tate (D)
Mark Wilcox (D)

Attorney General
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel (D)

Treasurer
State Treasurer Martha Shoffner (D)

Auditor of State
Secretary of State Charlie Daniels (D — and not the Devil-went-down-to-Georgia Charlie Daniels)

Land Commission
Mark Berg (D)
Rep. Monty Davenport (D)

• ARKANSAS HOUSE & SENATE (Fort Smith region)
House District 62 (Scott County, southern Sebastian county)
Rep. Terry Rice (R)

House District 63 (Fort Smith)
Sen. Denny Altes (R)
J.R. Dallas (R)

House District 64 (Fort Smith)
Fort Smith City Director Gary Campbell
Rep. Stephanie Malone (R)

House District 65 (Fort Smith)
Rep. Tracy Pennartz (D)

House District 66 (Van Buren)
Gary Deffenbaugh (R)
Dianna Faucher (D)
Kevin Holmes (R)

House District 67 (eastern Sebastian County, southern Franklin County)
Rep. Steve Breedlove (D)
Gary Stubblefield (R)

House District 83 (central Crawford County, central Franklin County)
Tom Fite (R)
Leslee Milam Post (D)

House District 84 (Logan County, eastern and norther Franklin County)
Jon Eubanks (R)
David Rush (D)

House District 87 (northern Crawford County, southern Washington County)
Justin Harris (R)
Earl Hunton (D)

Senate District 6 (south and east Sebastian County, Scott County, western Logan County, north Polk County)
Bruce Holland (R)
Rep. John Paul Wells (D)

Senate District 13 (Fort Smith)
Jake Files (R)
Rep. Frank Glidewell (R)
Jim Medley (R)

• COUNTY RACES
Crawford County
County Judge
County Judge John Hall (D)

Sheriff
Ron Brown (D)

County Clerk
County Clerk Teresa Armer (D)

Circuit/Chancery Clerk
Circuit Clerk Sharon Blount (D)
Jill Gregory (D)

Treasurer
Joyce Landers (D)
Rep. Beverly Pyle (R)

Tax Collector
Sandy Cook (D)

Assessor
Connie Beyerle (D)
Ronnie Dale (R)

Sebastian County
Sheriff
Frank Atkinson (D)
Bill Hollenbeck (D)

County Judge
County Judge David Hudson (R)

County Clerk
Angie Hatwig (D)
Sharon Brooks (R)

Circuit Clerk
Cindy Gilmer (D)
Ken Blevins (R)

Assessor
Assessor Becky Yandell (R)

Treasurer
Treasurer Judith Miller (R)