Lonoke voters choose Behnke for sheriff

Sheriff’s race

Lonoke County voters chose independent Larry Behnke for sheriff. The decision placed an independent candidate in the county’s top law-enforcement post, separate from the party choices voters made in other offices.

Other offices

Republicans received voter support for the county’s other offices. The results therefore produced different choices across the ballot: Behnke for sheriff and Republican candidates elsewhere.

What the result means

The outcome gives Lonoke County a sheriff elected as an independent while Republicans were supported for the other offices included in the vote. The result concerns local government and the sheriff’s office, with police, fire and courts among the public-safety areas connected to the election.

The election result is a completed voter decision. Behnke’s selection is the central result for the sheriff’s office, while the broader result shows that voters did not make the same party choice for every office on the ballot.