Arkansas became the 25th state on June 15, 1836.

Its civic life spans the Mississippi Delta, the Ozarks, the Arkansas River Valley, Little Rock, college towns, agricultural communities, and growing regional economies. Public questions often center on rural health care, schools, roads, water, workforce development, civil-rights history, and the balance between local control and statewide policy. Arkansas’s representatives, governing structure, and official public records are one click away from this page.

The people rule

State Motto
U.S. Representatives4Population-based districts
U.S. Senators2Same for every state
StatehoodJune 15, 183625th state admitted
Federal Delegation

Arkansas's voice in Congress.

Every state has two senators. Its number of representatives is set by population and can change after each census.

6Members total
4Districts
119thCurrent Congress
About Congress About the Senate About the House State Election Office

Arkansas's Delegation

Choose a member to see their contact information, congressional work, and committee assignments.

Senator

John Boozman (Republican)

Senator

Tom Cotton (Republican)

District 1

Eric "Rick" Crawford (Republican)

District 2

J. French Hill (Republican)

District 3

Steve Womack (Republican)

District 4

Bruce Westerman (Republican)

The states are the laboratories of democracy.

Justice Louis Brandeis

State Leadership

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Governor

Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican)

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Lieutenant Governor

Leslie Rutledge (Republican)

Quick Facts

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Capital

Little Rock

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Population

Approximately 3.11 million

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Electoral votes

6

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Congressional districts

4

Official Links

Use these sources to check current state records, filings, elections, and public notices.

AR.gov

Official Arkansas state government portal.

Arkansas Legislature

State bill text, committee schedules, and session information.

Elections Office

Elections, voter registration, and official filings.

Congress.gov

Federal bill text, actions, sponsors, and public laws.

How Arkansas government works

Arkansas government works through executive agencies, the state legislature, and state courts. Use this tab to choose the right path: agencies for services, the legislature for bills and hearings, and courts for cases, records, forms, and legal-help resources.

Executive Branch

Governor, agencies, and public services

Arkansas’s executive branch is led by the governor and supported by statewide offices, departments, boards, and agencies. This is usually the best starting point for public services, licenses, benefits, public safety, transportation, revenue, employment, education, and other state-administered programs.

Legislative Branch

Arkansas General Assembly

Arkansas’s legislature introduces bills, holds committee hearings, debates policy, approves state budgets, conducts oversight, and represents districts across Arkansas.

Judicial Branch

Courts, records, and legal help

Arkansas’s judicial branch handles trial-court cases, appeals, court administration, records, forms, and legal-help resources. Visitors dealing with a court date, filing, case search, legal form, or self-help question should start with the official state judiciary resources.

Arkansas voting guide

This state-page tab brings together practical voting resources for Arkansas voters. You can register or update your registration, check registration status, find where to vote, review ballot resources, learn about mail or absentee voting, and use official election-calendar links for final deadlines and dates.

Voting Tools

Plain-language tools that open inside this state voting tab.

AR Links

Official Arkansas election-office links for deadlines, registration, polling places, ballots, accessibility, rights, and state election calendars.

Official election officeRegister to vote or update registrationCheck registration statusAbsentee, mail, and early voting informationFind your polling placeFind ballot and election informationVoting accessibility resourcesVoting rights resourcesElection calendar and dates

While we do our best to provide accurate information, be sure to use your official state election calendar for final details.