LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has called for a special election fill the District 18 seat that is vacant after the resignation of Jonathan Dismang of Beebe.
Sanders has ordered the election be held Tuesday, Jan. 5.
A special primary election for eligible parties will be held Nov. 3.
The filing period opened at noon Monday for candidates interested in seeking the seat. It will close at noon Thursday, Oct. 1.
Dismang resigned Sept. 15 in order to take a job with the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas.
District 18 covers White County and parts of Cleburne and Faulkner counties.
With Dismang no longer in the legislature, Ronald Caldwell of Wynne is now the third ranking member of the Arkansas State Senate.
