One of the most accessible ways for citizens to contribute to the ongoing innovation around them is elections. On Nov. 8, 2022, elections were held across the country for national, state and local offices. Nationally, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 seats in the U.S. Senate were contested. The Republican Party flipped control of the House and Democrats retained their majority in the Senate to compose the 118th United States Congress. In Arkansas, Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders, former press secretary under Donald Trump and daughter of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, was elected governor. She became the first woman ever elected to the office in Arkansas. A runoff election betwen Mat Faulkner and incumbent Kyle Osborne was needed in the Searcy mayoral race and was held on Dec. 8, 2022. Faulkner was later named winner of the race and sworn in on Jan. 1, 2023.
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