An Arkansas legislator announced his intent to run for secretary of state on Monday. Benton-based Republican Sen. Kim Hammer ...

Hammer has served in the state Senate since 2019 and previously served in the State House of Representatives from 2010 ...

Arkansas's new Secretary of State, Cole Jester, officially assumed his role on Thursday after being sworn in at the state ...

Cole Jester was officially sworn in as the 35th Secretary of State for Arkansas on Thursday following Sec. Thurston's ...

Benton, said Monday (Jan. 6) he will run for Arkansas Secretary of State in 2026. Hammer has served in the State Senate since ...

Cole Jester, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' former deputy chief legal counsel, was sworn in Thursday as Arkansas' secretary of state.

Arkansas has a new treasurer, a new secretary of state and a slightly different lineup of Supreme Court justices as of ...

This story was updated Dec. 20 at 4:55 p.m. to include a statement from Secretary of State John Thurston. Gov. Sarah Huckabee ...

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today announced that Cole Jester will serve as Arkansas’ Secretary of State. Jester will ...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders appointed a new secretary of state and two new Supreme Court justices on Friday.

Sanders announced the appointments in an email, saying Cole Jester will become the next Secretary of State while Justice Hiland and Arkansas Solicitor General Nicholas Bronni will fill vacancies ...

The governor said she had selected Nicholas Bronni and Cody Hiland as state Supreme Court justices and Cole Jester as the new secretary of state. Bronni was the state’s solicitor general before ...