Arkansas Libertarians nominate candidates for 2026

At their annual convention over the weekend, the members of the Libertarian Party of Arkansas nominated candidates for the 2026 general election.

The list of nominated candidates is as follows:

US Senate: Jeff Wadlin – Bentonville
US Congress District 1: Steve G. Parsons – Lakeview
US Congress District 3: Bobby Wilson – Bentonville
Governor: Colt Shelby – Cecil
Lt. Governor: Michael Kalagias – Rogers
Secretary of State: Michael Pakko – Roland
Commissioner of Lands: Christopher Olson – Viola
Pope County Judge: Greg Maxwell – Dover
Izard County Judge: Justice of the Peace Mark Simino – Calico Rock
Izard County Clerk: Debra Brown – Oxford
State House District 48: Hunter Jackson – Van Buren
State House District 61: Garrett Sheeks – Stuttgart
State House District 58: Jocelyn Fry – Searcy
State House District 80: Daniel Stuckey – Little Rock
Saline County JP District 8: Jacob Stone – Benton
Benton County JP District 11: Cody Martin – Gentry
Benton County JP District 15: Brian Leach – Centerton
Pulaski County Big Rock Township: Constable Frank Gilbert – Little Rock
Pine Bluff City Council Ward 1: John Fenley – Pine Bluff

The Libertarian Party of Arkansas will be on the ballot in the November general election by virtue of having successfully petitioned to become a “new political party.”

As such, its candidates are nominated by convention and must submit their candidate paperwork to the Secretary of State or to the appropriate County Clerk by noon on March 3, the date of the preferential primary election.

This is the eighth consecutive electoral cycle in which the Libertarian Party has qualified for new political party status in Arkansas.