Arkansas's 3rd congressional district
Coverage: this seat is included in the 2026 national listing. State candidate coverage class: acquisition attempted and blocked; official source recorded in the ledger. Absence of candidate rows is not evidence that a race has no candidates — see the coverage ledger.
Candidate source
Candidate source: Arkansas Secretary of State (Candidate Search portal) — AR candidate search portal home (retrieved 2026-09-28). Absence of a candidate row is never evidence that a race has no candidates.
How the candidate list was checked
Rows read from the official source: 0 · published here: 0 · left out by rule: 0 · held back for review: 0. Official portal candidates.arkansas.gov is an interactive search app; site search (?s=2026) returns no candidate rows, no /candidates/ path (404), and no bulk export endpoint exposed without JS. sos.arkansas.gov/elections/for-candidates links only to forms and the portal.
Boundaries and sources
County–district classifications come from official block-assignment files, cross-checked against Census representations; render geometry is display-only.
Current officeholder
Steve Womack · Republican · current term began January 3, 2025 (elected November 5, 2024)
Economic profile at this seat’s exact geography
FederalCensus Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 (5-year) · survey period 2020-2024 · Congressional District 3 (119th Congress), Arkansas
- Median household income$74,552± $1,299
- Poverty rate12.2%± 0.5 ppPopulation for whom poverty status is determined
- Rent burden (30%+ of income on gross rent)39.9%± 1.6 ppRenter-occupied households paying cash rent for which rent burden is computed
- Homeownership rate63.5%± 0.6 ppOccupied housing units
- Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+)32.1%± 0.7 ppPopulation 25 years and over
Technical definitions (ACS tables)
- Rent burden (30%+ of income on gross rent)
- Renter-occupied households paying cash rent for which rent burden is computed: B25070_001 minus B25070_011 (Not computed)
Census block equivalency files show this state's 119th- and 120th-Congress representations are block-identical, so the 119th-Congress ACS district product binds exactly to this district.
Structural five-year survey conditions — not current monthly conditions. Uncertainties are 90% margins of error: the published ACS margin for median income; Census-formula approximations (ACS handbook ch. 8) for the rates. “Margin unavailable” means the source supplies no usable margin — never zero.
Campaign finances
No contest in this release carries campaign-finance context.
Current officeholder — Congress.gov context
Steve Womack · Republican · Arkansas · served in 8 Congresses since 2011
Identity verified against the official Congress.gov member record (Bioguide W000809), recorded through 2026-10-04T02:54:23Z. Current officeholding is separate from 2026 candidacy status. Official member website.
Recent housing, employment, energy and infrastructure legislation
From the member's sponsored then cosponsored legislation lists (newest first, limit 30 each), the newest items whose CONFIRMED official legislative subjects intersect {Housing and Community Development, Labor and Employment, Energy, Transportation and Public Works, Water Resources Development} are selected, at most 3 sponsored and 2 cosponsored, 5 total. Items whose relevance cannot be confirmed via the official /subjects endpoint are omitted.
- HR.2312-119 — Tipped Employee Protection Actsponsor latest action 2026-01-13: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on H.R. 2312 is postponed. · subjects: Labor and Employment
- HR.5267-119 — American Franchise Actcosponsor latest action 2026-09-08: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 702. · subjects: Labor and Employment
- HR.6874-119 — Roadway Safety Modernization Act of 2025cosponsor latest action 2026-02-02: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · subjects: Transportation and Public Works
Sponsorship is a record of introduction or support — not passage, effectiveness, or economic impact.
Counties and this district
County boundaries for this seat are not published in this release. Explore individual counties on the county map.