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Republican Caroline Rogers was elected Justice of the Peace for District 11 in Carroll County, unseating longtime incumbent John Howerton, a Democrat, in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Rogers, an outspoken opponent of Scout Clean Energy’s planned “Nimbus Project,” a wind farm to be located southeast of Green Forest, received 646 votes (60 percent) to 429 votes (39.9 percent) for Howerton in results announced about two hours after polls closed in the county.
In two Green Forest City Council races, Sarah Taylor defeated Janell Compton for the Ward 1, Position 1 seat and incumbent Carroll E. Smith defeated challenger Luis Diaz for the Ward 2, Position 1 seat. Taylor received 326 votes (61.2 percent) compared with 207 (38.9 percent) for Compton, while Smith outpolled Diaz 292 (55 percent) to 238 (44.9 percent).
Eureka Springs voters rejected a proposed ordinance that would have abolished the city’s advertising and promotion commission and repealed the 3 percent tax on lodging and prepared food that supports it. Uofficial results showed 839 votes (71.2 percent) against Local Issue 3, with 339 votes (28.8 percent) for the proposal.
Holiday Island voters approved a new 3 percent tax on lodging accommodations, including short-term rentals, with 780 votes (55.7 percent) in favor of the tax and 621 votes (44.3 percent) against.
Incumbent Kenneth Mills defeated challenger Bryce Holland by a vote of 673-560 (54.6 percent to 45.4 percent) to retain the Ward 1, Position 2 seat on the Holiday Island City Council.
District 6 State Rep. Harlan Breaux of Holiday Island won re-election against two challengers from Eureka Springs. A Republican, Breaux won a fourth term in the state House of Representatives, receiving 66.2 percent of the vote districtwide. The district includes all of Carroll County and a small portion of Boone County. Democrat Rick Delaney of Eureka Springs received 29 percent of the vote and Libertarian Dakota Logan got 4.8 percent.
Republican James Eaton was elected to the District 26 seat in the state House, running unopposed.
Democrat Jim Wallace of Eureka Springs was elected constable for the Western Township of Carroll County, defeating fellow Eurekan Jay Galyn — a Republican — by a vote of 2,057 (55.7 percent) to 1,635 (44.3 percent).
Scott Leech was elected mayor of the city of Beaver without opposition.
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack was re-elected to his seat representing Arkansas District 3. Districtwide, Womack received 63.8 percent of the vote, compared with 31.8 percent for Democrat Caitlin Draper and 4.4 percent for Libertarian Bobby Wilson. Womack got 65.5 percent of the vote in Carroll County.
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