Staggered Senate
Senators serve four-year terms, with one two-year term after each redistricting, so about half the seats are on the ballot each election.
Arkansas › Arkansas State Senate · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Arkansas State Senate District 15
Tara Shephard has no major-party opponent.
Tara Shephard has no major-party opponent.
How this race is decided
Simple-majority veto override
A majority of the members of each chamber can override the governor's veto.
The candidates
Democratic
Tara Shephard
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 79th district (2023–present)
- Experience
- No elected office
The district
Lean D+64: how much more Democratic or Republican than the nation it votes for president.
Presidential vote
Precinct results re-aggregated to the current district lines.
Who lives here
- Population
- 84,745
- People per km²
- 570
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 28%
- White, no degree
- 17%of adults
- White 22%
- Hispanic 18%
- Black 55%
- Asian 1%
- Other / multiracial 3%
American Community Survey 2020–2024, aggregated from census tracts.
Past results
Results in the same-numbered district; earlier elections may have used different lines.
2024 President Vote in this district
24,231 two-party votes · D+62.5 · D+64.0 vs. the nation✓ Kamala Harris (D)81.3%
Donald Trump (R)18.7%
2022
18,950 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Fred Love (D)86.1%
Charles Guidry (L)13.9%
2020 President Vote in this district
35,740 two-party votes · D+66.4 · D+61.8 vs. the nation✓ Joe Biden (D)83.2%
Donald Trump (R)16.8%
2016 President Vote in this district
26,324 two-party votes · D+62.3 · D+60.1 vs. the nation✓ Hillary Clinton (D)81.2%
Donald Trump (R)18.8%
2012 Earlier district lines
32,459 votes · R+9.4✓ David J Sanders (R)54.7%
Johnny Hoyt (D)45.3%