The 2014 Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands. Incumbent Republican Land Commissioner John Thurston was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic challenger Mark Robertson in a landslide.https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/04/election-2014-hutchinson-elected-arkansas/26361814007/

Republican primary Candidates Nominee John Thurston, incumbent land commissioner (2011–2019)

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Mark Robertson, landscape architect

Libertarian primary Candidates Nominee Elvis D. Presley, Elvis Presley impersonator and auto mechanic

General election

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror JohnThurston (R) MarkRobertson (D) Elvis D.Presley (L) UndecidedPublic Policy Polling October 30–November 1, 2014 1,092 ± 3% 45% 36% 9% 10%Public Policy Polling September 18–21, 2014 1,453 ± 2.6% 38% 33% 7% 22%Public Policy Polling August 1–3, 2014 1,066 ± 3% 40% 29% 10% 22%Public Policy Polling April 25–27, 2014 840 ± 3.4% 28% 27% 17% 29%

Results

By county CountyJohn ThurstonRepublicanMark RobertsonDemocraticElvis D. PresleyLibertarianMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Arkansas2,72654.96%1,99440.20%2404.84%73214.76%4,960Ashley3,39855.32%2,54841.48%1963.19%85013.84%6,142Baxter9,65866.51%3,83326.40%1,0307.09%5,82540.11%14,521Benton42,22869.35%14,40523.66%4,2617.00%27,82345.69%60,894Boone7,15367.57%2,63524.89%7987.54%4,51842.68%10,586Bradley1,50252.98%1,23243.46%1013.56%2709.52%2,835Calhoun95258.98%57835.81%845.20%37423.17%1,614Carroll4,50657.16%2,77135.15%6067.69%1,73522.01%7,883Chicot1,19934.73%2,16962.83%842.43%-970-28.10%3,452Clark3,08645.44%3,40650.15%2994.40%-320-4.71%6,791Clay2,13554.94%1,52539.24%2265.82%61015.70%3,886Cleburne6,55567.71%2,48125.63%6456.66%4,07442.08%9,681Cleveland1,62860.52%89533.27%1676.21%73327.25%2,690Columbia4,51360.52%2,51533.73%4295.75%1,99826.79%7,457Conway3,05548.81%2,85545.61%3495.58%2003.20%6,259Craighead14,83660.18%8,14033.02%1,6776.80%6,69627.16%24,653Crawford10,63366.86%4,05825.52%1,2127.62%6,57541.34%15,903Crittenden4,56943.61%5,57853.24%3313.16%-1,009-9.63%10,478Cross3,01058.36%1,90836.99%2404.65%1,10221.36%5,158Dallas1,15949.51%1,09446.73%883.76%652.78%2,341Desha1,16835.68%1,96059.87%1464.46%-792-24.19%3,274Drew2,70152.70%2,19742.87%2274.43%5049.83%5,125Faulkner20,23061.26%10,50231.80%2,2916.94%9,72829.46%33,023Franklin3,15958.60%1,88134.89%3516.51%1,27823.71%5,391Fulton1,91958.01%1,18235.73%2076.26%73722.28%3,308Garland18,24060.74%9,76832.53%2,0206.73%8,47228.21%30,028Grant3,57767.34%1,42726.86%3085.80%2,15040.47%5,312Greene6,54960.72%3,54532.87%6926.42%3,00427.85%10,786Hempstead3,06157.43%2,06438.72%2053.85%99718.71%5,330Hot Spring5,02654.39%3,60739.03%6086.58%1,41915.36%9,241Howard2,04856.72%1,41839.27%1454.02%63017.45%3,611Independence6,37161.46%3,17330.61%8227.93%3,19830.85%10,366Izard2,49758.59%1,47734.66%2886.76%1,02023.93%4,262Jackson2,03950.31%1,73542.81%2796.88%3047.50%4,053Jefferson6,68334.13%12,22362.43%6733.44%-5,540-28.30%19,579Johnson3,53354.76%2,41437.41%5057.83%1,11917.34%6,452Lafayette1,30455.07%97541.17%893.76%32913.89%2,368Lawrence2,45354.31%1,73738.45%3277.24%71615.85%4,517Lee90435.01%1,61462.51%642.48%-710-27.50%2,582Lincoln1,43547.42%1,33244.02%2598.56%1033.40%3,026Little River2,26356.82%1,53238.46%1884.72%73118.35%3,983Logan3,78459.56%2,10333.10%4667.34%1,68126.46%6,353Lonoke13,28869.24%4,68624.42%1,2176.34%8,60244.82%19,191Madison2,93859.23%1,69934.25%3236.51%1,23924.98%4,960Marion3,25466.46%1,28126.16%3617.37%1,97340.30%4,896Miller7,43865.80%3,49030.87%3763.33%3,94834.93%11,304Mississippi4,50645.47%4,88849.32%5165.21%-382-3.85%9,910Monroe1,01343.35%1,23252.72%923.94%-219-9.37%2,337Montgomery1,73460.95%91132.02%2007.03%82328.93%2,845Nevada1,35850.11%1,23645.61%1164.28%1224.50%2,710Newton1,86563.31%85228.92%2297.77%1,01334.39%2,946Ouachita3,82850.55%2,74636.26%99913.19%1,08214.29%7,573Perry1,99557.25%1,23635.47%2547.29%75921.78%3,485Phillips1,90433.76%3,59263.70%1432.54%-1,688-29.93%5,639Pike1,91062.95%93730.88%1876.16%97332.07%3,034Poinsett3,49456.15%2,29136.82%4387.04%1,20319.33%6,223Polk4,23668.07%1,47323.67%5148.26%2,76344.40%6,223Pope11,14066.33%4,39826.18%1,2587.49%6,74240.14%16,796Prairie1,56260.15%83132.00%2047.86%73128.15%2,597Pulaski52,68142.67%64,59252.31%6,1985.02%-11,911-9.65%123,471Randolph2,70454.80%1,85537.60%3757.60%84917.21%4,934Saline26,11067.41%9,96225.72%2,6616.87%16,14841.69%38,733Scott1,85862.37%87829.47%2438.16%98032.90%2,979Searcy2,08871.31%64321.96%1976.73%1,44549.35%2,928Sebastian20,25665.02%8,82128.31%2,0776.67%11,43536.70%31,154Sevier2,14661.61%1,15533.16%1825.23%99128.45%3,483Sharp3,48662.41%1,72430.86%3766.73%1,76231.54%5,586St. Francis2,28138.60%3,43758.17%1913.23%-1,156-19.56%5,909Stone2,65060.38%1,43532.70%3046.93%1,21527.68%4,389Union7,01358.93%4,22235.48%6665.60%2,79123.45%11,901Van Buren3,49660.34%1,85832.07%4407.59%1,63828.27%5,794Washington29,90056.70%18,99536.02%3,8377.28%10,90520.68%52,732White14,57368.14%5,17924.22%1,6357.64%9,39443.92%21,387Woodruff74735.40%1,21657.63%1476.97%-469-22.23%2,110Yell2,95157.85%1,81135.50%3396.65%1,14022.35%5,101Totals471,84857.17%302,04836.59%51,5186.24%169,80020.57%825,414

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Arkansas (largest city: Stuttgart) Ashley (largest city: Crossett) Bradley (largest city: Warren) Calhoun (largest city: Hampton) Clay (largest city: Piggott) Cleveland (largest city: Rison) Conway (largest city: Morrilton) Craighead (largest city: Jonesboro) Cross (largest city: Wynne) Dallas (largest city: Fordyce) Drew (largest city: Monticello) Hempstead (largest city: Hope) Hot Spring (largest city: Malvern) Howard (largest city: Nashville) Izard (largest city: Horseshoe Bend) Jackson (largest city: Newport) Lawrence (largest city: Walnut Ridge) Lincoln (largest city: Star City) Little River (largest city: Ashdown) Nevada (largest city: Prescott) Ouachita (largest city: Camden) Pike (largest city: Glenwood) Poinsett (largest city: Trumann) Prairie (largest city: Des Arc) Randolph (largest city: Pocahontas)

See also 2014 Arkansas elections

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