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2018 Arkansas Secretary of State election

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ140245275 ↗
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The 2018 Arkansas Secretary of State election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Secretary of State of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican Mark Martin was term-limited and ineligible to seek re-election to a third term in office. Republican Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands John Thurston defeated Democrat Susan Inman to succeed Martin. Primary elections were held on May 22.

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