Republican Party of Arkansas

Republican Party of Arkansas
AbbreviationRPA
ChairmanJoseph K. Wood
GovernorSarah Huckabee Sanders
Lieutenant GovernorLeslie Rutledge
Senate President pro temporeBart Hester
House SpeakerMatthew Shepherd
FoundedApril 2, 1867
(157 years ago)
 (1867-04-02)
Headquarters1201 West 6th Street, Little Rock, Arkansas
Membership (June 2021)117,277[1]
IdeologyConservatism
National affiliationRepublican Party
State House
82 / 100
State Senate
29 / 35
Statewide Executive Offices
7 / 7
U.S. House of Representatives
4 / 4
U.S. Senate
2 / 2
Election symbol
Website
arkansasgop.org

The Republican Party of Arkansas (RPA), headquartered at 1201 West 6th Street in downtown Little Rock, is the affiliate of the Republican Party in Arkansas. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling all four of Arkansas' U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, all statewide executive offices, including the governorship, and supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.

The Republican Party of Arkansas was founded on April 2, 1867, by "the leading Union men" of Arkansas.[2] Under Powell Clayton, it played a preeminent role in politics at the height of Reconstruction in the state (1864–1874).[3] The party chairman is Joseph K. Wood.

  1. ^ "VR Statistics Report for June 2021" (PDF). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Clayton, Powell (1915). The Aftermath of the Civil War, in Arkansas. New York: The Neale Publishing Company. pp. 35–37. LCCN 15004463. OCLC 3508506. OL 6574262M – via Internet Archive.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Barth, Jay (September 19, 2017). "Republican Party". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Little Rock, Arkansas: CALS. 594. Retrieved October 18, 2020.