Arkansas — Governor

D Democratic Fredrick Love

Opposes vouchers and expands public literacy support

Love views education as the foundation of economic mobility and opposes policies that divert state funds away from traditional public schools. He advocates for dedicated literacy support, increased mental health services in rural districts, competitive teacher compensation, and expanded adult literacy programs.

• Invest in reading specialists and literacy programs to ensure students read on grade level.
• Expand school-based mental health and teletherapy services, particularly in rural areas.
• Reject voucher programs that divert public funding from traditional classrooms.
• Provide competitive teacher salaries, classroom resources, and expanded adult literacy initiatives.

“Fred believes every child deserves the same chance to succeed his teachers and mentors provided him, regardless of their zipcode.”

“Reject voucher schemes that siphon resources from classrooms”

R Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Supports universal school choice and LEARNS Act reforms

Sanders enacted the Arkansas LEARNS Act, describing it as the state's most comprehensive education reform in history. Her approach combines state-funded school vouchers and increased starting teacher salaries with a repeal of traditional teacher dismissal protections and restrictions on school curriculum content.

• Signed the Arkansas LEARNS Act creating school vouchers and dual-diploma trade programs.
• Raised starting teacher pay while repealing the Teacher Fair Dismissal Act.
• Issued executive orders prohibiting Critical Race Theory and political indoctrination in schools.

“Tomorrow, I will unveil an education package that will be the most far reaching, bold, conservative education reform in the country.”

“My plan empowers parents with real choices, improves literacy and career readiness, and helps put a good teacher in every classroom by increasing their starting salary from one of the lowest to one of the highest in the nation.”

D Democratic Fredrick Love

Supports infrastructure investments and small business development

Love emphasizes statewide economic growth driven by infrastructure upgrades, small business support, and workforce training across underfunded regions. His platform focuses on expanding broadband, water, sewer, and road projects, alongside summer youth employment and affordable housing tasks.

• Build regional economic hubs and expand career apprenticeships and small business support.
• Rebuild statewide water, sewer, broadband, and transportation infrastructure.
• Establish youth summer job programs tied to career credentials and an Affordable Housing Taskforce.

“Fred is committed to building an economy that works for every corner of Arkansas—from the Delta to the Ozarks—by investing in infrastructure, workforce, and small businesses, this will allow communties to thrive.”

R Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Supports individual and corporate tax reductions

Sanders centers her economic approach on supply-side tax cuts and deregulation to attract business investment. As governor, she signed legislation lowering both individual and corporate income tax rates while advocating conservative fiscal restraint.

• Signed legislation enacting state individual and corporate income tax cuts.
• Promotes low-tax conservative growth policies to keep Arkansas competitive.

“As governor of Arkansas, Sanders signed bills cutting individual and corporate income taxes”

D Democratic Fredrick Love

Supports prison reform and stopping new prison construction

Love advocates for criminal justice reform focused on offender rehabilitation, vocational trade training, and successful reentry to curb repeat offenses. He opposes building a new 3,000-bed prison facility in Franklin County, calling instead for better staffing and support for current corrections workers.

• Halt the planned construction of a 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County.
• Expand trade training and rehabilitation initiatives for incarcerated individuals.
• Ensure adequate staffing levels and support for correctional facility employees.

“Stop construction of a 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County”

“Fred believes public safety is a must, and families must be protected while also addressing the root causes of crime.”

R Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Supports tough-on-crime laws and expanded prison capacity

Sanders emphasizes strict sentencing policies, law enforcement support, and expanding state correctional infrastructure. She signed legislation eliminating parole for individuals convicted of certain violent crimes and proposed $470 million to build a new 3,000-bed prison facility.

• Signed a sentencing overhaul eliminating parole for specified violent crimes.
• Proposed $470 million in funding for a 3,000-bed state prison in Franklin County.
• Opposes calls to defund police departments and criticizes lenient law enforcement policies.

“And after years of Democrat attacks on law enforcement and calls to ‘defund the police, violent criminals roam free, while law-abiding families live in fear.”

D Democratic Fredrick Love

Supports Medicaid protection and rural mental health expansion

Love frames healthcare as a fundamental right and advocates for expanding access across rural and low-income communities. His platform centers on protecting Medicaid, expanding maternal and mental health coverage, broadening telehealth services, and creating a statewide mental health mobile app and hotline.

• Protect state Medicaid coverage and expand maternal and mental healthcare.
• Grow rural telehealth programs to deliver real-time care across underserved regions.
• Launch a statewide Mental Health App and emergency support hotline.

“Fred believes healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Every Arkansan deserves affordable, quality care no matter where they live.”

“Launch a statewide Mental Health App and Hotline”

R Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Opposes public health mandates and government shutdowns

Sanders' documented healthcare positions focus on resisting government public health interventions and emergency mandates. She signed executive orders prohibiting state COVID-19 mandates and business shutdowns upon taking office.

• Repealed government COVID-19 orders and barred state-level mandates and shutdowns.
• Opposed federal public health restrictions in favor of individual medical autonomy.

“repealed COVID orders and said never again to authoritarian mandates and shutdowns.”

R Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Opposes woke government culture and executive overreach

Sanders positions her administration against progressive cultural movements and federal overreach. She issued executive orders banning Critical Race Theory in public schools, prohibiting the word 'Latinx' in government documents, and opposing left-wing social mandates.

• Issued executive orders banning Critical Race Theory and political indoctrination in state schools.
• Prohibited the term 'Latinx' in state government documents.
• Spoke out against left-wing cultural policies and federal administrative overreach.

“The choice is between normal or crazy.”

“eliminate the use of the derogatory term ‘Latinx’ in our government”

R Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Supports strict southern border enforcement

Sanders strongly criticizes federal border enforcement policies, directly connecting unsecure borders to illegal drug trafficking. She advocates for strict enforcement along the U.S. southern border to curb the influx of fentanyl into local communities.

• Criticized federal immigration enforcement under the Biden administration.
• Linked southern border enforcement to combating fentanyl overdoses nationwide.

“100,000 Americans a year are now killed from drug overdoses, largely from fentanyl pouring in across our southern border. Yet the Biden administration refuses to secure the border and save American lives.”