Overview
- Unofficial returns show Holladay defeating Republican Bo Renshaw 4,033 to 2,995 in the North Little Rock–Sherwood district vacated when Republican Carlton Wing resigned to lead ArkansasTV.
- Once sworn in, Holladay gives Democrats 20 of 100 seats in the Arkansas House, a modest trim to the GOP supermajority that could matter on 75% appropriations votes.
- Holladay dominated early voting 2,394 to 1,365 and edged Renshaw by two votes on election day; Renshaw cited unusually low Republican turnout and forecast stronger GOP participation in November.
- Holladay also won the Democratic primary and will face Renshaw again in the regularly scheduled November election for a full term.
- NBC News counts the Arkansas result as the ninth Democratic flip in state legislative special elections since Trump took office, with Republicans logging zero flips in that period.