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Craighead

County Government
	County Judge
	Quorum Court
	Assessor
	Circuit Clerk
	Collector
	Coroner
	County Clerk
	Sheriff
	Surveyor
	Treasurer
City
	Bay	1,876
	Bono	2,409
	Brookland	4,064
	Caraway	1,133
	Jonesboro	78,576
	Lake City	2,326
	Monette	1,506
Town
	Black Oak	233
	Cash	280
	Egypt	113
Census Designated Place
	Bowman	75
Township
	Big Creek Township
	Black Oak Township
	Brookland Township
	Buffalo Township
	Gilkerson Township
	Greenfield Township
	Herndon Township
	Jonesboro Township
	Lake City Township
	Lester Township
	Little Texas Township
	Maumelle Township
	Nettleton Township
	Powell Township
	Prairie Township
	Promised Land Township
	Taylor Township
	Texas Township
Attached Containers
Marketing Area
	Jonesboro, AR

Sub-Races
% Of Total Votes	Office	Craighead Winner	Yr	Craighead Votes	% of Sub	% Vs. Full Race
3.06%	Governor	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	22	18,171	65.57%	+2.61%
3.07%	Lieutenant Governor	Leslie Rutledge	22	18,544	67.26%	+3.05%
3.06%	Attorney General	Tim Griffin	22	19,444	70.81%	+3.20%
3.06%	Secretary of State	John M. Thurston	22	19,168	69.93%	+2.88%
3.07%	Auditor	Dennis Milligan	22	18,961	69.38%	+2.59%
3.07%	Commissioner of State Lands	Tommy Land	22	19,542	71.60%	+2.82%
3.16%	President	Donald J. Trump	20	25,558	66.37%	+3.97%
3.18%	Senate Class II	Tom Cotton	20	26,342	69.45%	+2.92%
3.06%	Senate Class III	John Boozman	22	18,697	67.78%	+2.05%
13.15%	AR - District 01	Rick Crawford	22	19,283	70.35%	-3.45%
2.94%	Issue #2	No	12	15,898	54.75%	-1.87%
2.99%	Issue #5	No	12	17,787	56.97%	+5.52%
3.00%	Issue 1 - Administrative Rules Approved By Legislature	Yes	14	15,118	63.50%	+4.44%
3.14%	Issue 1 - Concerning the Terms, Election, and Eligibility of Elected Officials	Yes	16	24,199	72.29%	+2.06%
2.89%	Issue 1 - Legislative Special Sessions	No	22	15,161	57.70%	+0.15%
3.18%	Issue 1 - Transportation Sales Tax Continuation Amendment	Yes	20	20,349	53.64%	-1.69%
3.02%	Issue 2 - 75% of Required Petitions for Additional Time	No	14	12,667	52.52%	+5.83%
3.16%	Issue 2 - Allow the Governor to Retain His or Her Powers and Duties When Absent From the State	Yes	16	24,815	73.17%	+0.75%
3.07%	Issue 2 - Ballot Measure Supermajority	No	22	15,097	56.76%	-2.36%
3.18%	Issue 2 - Change State Legislative Term Limits Amendment	Yes	20	18,674	50.21%	-5.17%
2.98%	Issue 2 - Voter ID Amendment	Yes	18	21,378	82.40%	+2.93%
3.06%	Issue 3 - Exercise of Religion	Yes	22	13,630	50.94%	+1.35%
3.18%	Issue 3 - Initiative Process and Legislative Referral Requirements Amendment	No	20	22,133	60.90%	+4.97%
3.02%	Issue 3 - Term Limit, Lobbyist Limits, Salary Panel	Yes	14	14,178	57.51%	+5.08%
2.98%	Issue 4 - Casinos Authorized in Crittenden, Garland, Pope, and Jefferson Counties Initiative	Yes	18	13,361	51.57%	-2.53%
3.07%	Issue 4 - Marijuana Legalization	No	22	16,177	58.69%	+2.44%
3.03%	Issue 4 - Statewide Alcohol Legalization	No	14	16,068	63.68%	+6.27%
3.02%	Issue 5 - Minimum Wage Increase	Yes	14	16,113	64.21%	-1.73%
2.94%	Issue 5 - Minimum Wage Increase Initiative	Yes	18	16,765	64.55%	-3.92%
3.14%	Issue 6 - Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016	Yes	16	17,369	50.21%	-2.90%
2.91%	State Lottery	Yes	08	18,375	61.29%	-1.54%
2.90%	Unmarried Couple Adoption Ban	Yes	08	18,083	60.68%	+3.61%

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https://craigheadcountyar.gov/

Established

February 19, 1859

Disbanded

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Description

The Justice of the Peace is an elected official in county government. Craighead County has 13 Justices of the Peace which forms the Craighead County Quorum Court.

The Quorum Court is the Legislative body of county government. These officers representing 13 districts within the county meet to conduct county business and review ordinances and resolutions for passage. The county judge is the presiding officer over the Quorum Court without a vote, but with the power of veto. This veto can be overridden with a 3/5 vote of the total membership of the Quorum Court.