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Dennis Milligan
Auditor of Arkansas
Assumed office
January 10, 2023
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Preceded by Andrea Lea
Treasurer of Arkansas
In office
January 13, 2015 – January 10, 2023
Governor Asa Hutchinson
Preceded by Charles Robinson
Succeeded by Mark Lowery
Circuit Clerk of Saline County
In office
January 2011 – January 13, 2015
Preceded byDoug Kidd
Succeeded byMyka Bono Sample
Chair of the Arkansas Republican Party
In office
May 19, 2007 – December 13, 2008
Preceded by Gilbert Baker
Succeeded by Doyle Webb
Personal details
Born
Dennis Lee Milligan

(1957-10-24) October 24, 1957 (age 66)
Conway, Arkansas, U.S.
Political party Republican
SpouseTina Milligan
Education University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Dennis Lee Milligan (born October 24, 1957) is the current Arkansas State Auditor following the 2022 election. He previously served as Treasurer of Arkansas. For that position he won the Republican Party nomination in the primary election on May 20, 2014, and the general election on November 4, 2014. [1] Milligan took office as treasurer on January 13, 2015.

Milligan was born in Conway in Faulkner County, Arkansas. [2] Prior to his election as state treasurer, he was the circuit clerk of Saline County, based in Benton, for two terms from 2011, [1] [3] [4] and an Arkansas businessman for thirty years. [4] Milligan is a former chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party [5] from 2007 to 2008 [3] and has served as its treasurer. [6]

Milligan ran against Duncan Baird in the 2014 primary, [7] and his opponents in the general election that year included Democrat Karen Garcia and Libertarian Chris Hayes. [1] Libertarian Ashley Ewald ran against Milligan in the 2018 general election, in which he was re-elected with 71 percent of the vote. [8]

Electoral history

2018 Election for Treasurer of Arkansas [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dennis Milligan 611,189 71
Libertarian Ashley Ewald 250,943 29
2014 Election for Treasurer of Arkansas [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dennis Milligan 464,620 56
Democratic Karen Garcia 307,263 37
Libertarian Chris Hayes 52,440 6
2014 Republican Primary Election for Treasurer of Arkansas
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Dennis Milligan 86,994 53
Republican Duncan Baird 75,673 47
2010 Election for Circuit Clerk of Saline County, Arkansas [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dennis Milligan 17,967 52.5
Democratic Doug Kidd (incumbent) 16,258 47.5

References

  1. ^ a b c "GOP's Milligan wins Arkansas treasurer race". KATV. Associated Press. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  2. ^ Reeves, Landon (February 25, 2014). "State treasurer candidate Dennis Milligan visits county GOP". Carroll County News. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2014. He said he was born in Conway
  3. ^ a b Nobles, Ethan C. (November 8, 2010). "The Winner's Circle — Dennis Milligan, Saline County Circuit Clerk". First Arkansas News. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Reeves, Landon (May 2, 2014). "Meet your candidates: Early voting in May 20 election begins Monday". Carroll County News. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
  5. ^ "Milligan Wins Race for Arkansas Treasurer". FOX16. November 5, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  6. ^ Price, Joseph (October 22, 2014). "Election 2014: Milligan touts transparency". The Baxter Bulletin. Gannett Satellite Information Network. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
  7. ^ DeMillo, Andrew (March 17, 2014). "Election 2014: 'Private Option' Overshadows GOP Primaries In Arkansas". Southwest Times Record. Associated Press. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
  8. ^ "Arkansas Treasurer election, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  9. ^ "Arkansas 2018 General Election and Nonpartisan Judicial Runoff, November 6, 2018". SCYTL. Arkansas Secretary of State. December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  10. ^ "State Treasurer results". Arkansas Online. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. November 6, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  11. ^ "General Election Results". Saline County, Arkansas. November 9, 2010. Archived from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.

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Preceded by Chair of the Arkansas Republican Party
2007–2008
Succeeded by
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Title last held by
Chris Morris
Republican nominee for Treasurer of Arkansas
2014, 2018
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Preceded by Republican nominee for Arkansas State Auditor
2022
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2015–2023
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