Republican Party of Arkansas | |
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| Abbreviation | RPA |
| Chairman | Joseph K. Wood |
| Governor | Sarah Huckabee Sanders |
| Lieutenant Governor | Leslie Rutledge |
| Senate President pro tempore | Bart Hester |
| House Speaker | Matthew Shepherd |
| Founded | April 2, 1867 |
| Headquarters | 1201 West 6th Street, Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Membership (June 2021) | 117,277[1] |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
| National affiliation | Republican 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 |
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| Website | |
| arkansasgop | |
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.
- ^ "VR Statistics Report for June 2021" (PDF). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ 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.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Barth, Jay (September 19, 2017). "Republican Party". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Little Rock, Arkansas: CALS. 594. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
