Election Name: | 2018 Little Rock mayoral election |
Flag Image: | Flag of Little Rock, Arkansas.svg |
Country: | Little Rock |
Type: | Mayoral |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 Little Rock mayoral election |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2022 Little Rock mayoral election |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Election Date: | November 6, 2018 (first round) December 4, 2018 (second round) |
1Blank: | First-round vote |
2Blank: | First-round percentage |
3Blank: | Second-round vote |
4Blank: | Second-round percentage |
Image1: | Frank Scott Jr.jpg |
Candidate1: | Frank Scott Jr. |
Party1: | Nonpartisan politician |
1Data1: | 25,146 |
2Data1: | 37.10% |
3Data1: | 22,668 |
4Data1: | 58.12% |
Candidate2: | Baker Kurrus |
Party2: | Nonpartisan politician |
1Data2: | 19,668 |
2Data2: | 29.02% |
3Data2: | 16,333 |
4Data2: | 41.88% |
Candidate3: | Warwick Sabin |
Party3: | Nonpartisan politician |
1Data3: | 19,157 |
2Data3: | 28.26% |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Mark Stodola |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Frank Scott Jr. |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2018 Little Rock mayoral election took place on November 6 and December 4, 2018, to elect the Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas. It saw the election of Frank Scott Jr.
The election was officially nonpartisan.
With no candidate receiving a majority of the vote in the initial round, a runoff election was held between the top-two finishers.
Scott became the first elected African American mayor in Little Rock's history.[1]