State Rep. Mark McElroy, a longtime Desha County judge and two-term state legislator, won the Democratic nomination in his re-election bid for the District 11 seat in the March 1 primary. He defeated Bob Ware, vice chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Monticello College of Technology at McGehee.
The district includes Desha and Chicot counties and a portion of Ashley County. McElroy carried Desha and Ashley counties, while Ware edged McElroy in Chicot County.
The complete, unofficial results:
McElroy — 2,419
Ware — 1,999
Results by county:
Ashley County
McElroy — 346
Ware — 175
Chicot County
Ware — 879
McElroy — 870
Desha
Mark D. McElroy — 1,203
Ware — 945
