On November 5, Libertarian Party nominee Frank Gilbert was elected Constable of Big Rock Township, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Big Rock Township is one of only two townships in Pulaski County. Pulaski County is the most populous county in Arkansas. Big Rock Township contains Little Rock and has about 60% of the county population.

The race was a two-person contest between Gilbert and the Republican nominee, Walter Stoermer. Gilbert received 43,691 votes, or 58.48%.

Big Rock Township is the most populous jurisdiction that has ever elected a Libertarian in a partisan race. The previous high point for Libertarians winning partisan races came in 2019, when Libertarian nominee Michael Korchak was elected District Attorney of Broome County, New York. Korchak was the noominee of no other party in that election. Thanks to Art DiBianca for this news. Here is a link to the election returns. Scroll down to about the middle.

Here is Gilbert’s campaign website.

As far as is known, the last time a minor party won a partisan office in Arkansas was in 2012, when Green Party nominee Fred Smith was elected to the legislature. However, he had no ballot-listed opponents, just a write-in opponent.

Although the votes are far from final, here in a total for each presidential candidate, courtesy of Independent Political Report. Jill Stein placed third, followed closely by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and he in turn is followed closely by Chase Oliver.

The percentages, for all candidates who got at least .05%, are: Trump 50.99%, Harris 47.52%, Stein .45%, Kennedy .43%, Oliver .40%, De la Cruz .07%.

Both the Libertarian Party and the Constitution Party retained their qualified status in Wyoming. The vote test is 2% for U.S. House. The Libertarian nominee polled 3.53% and the Constitution Party nominee polled 2.05%.