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Voter guide · Nov 3, 2026

Lake Village Mayor & City Council Election 2026

2 of 6 council seats are on the ballot, with 6 candidates running. Updated Oct 21, 2026. Every claim links to its source. How we check

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Nov 3Election Day

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The candidates

Listed alphabetically by last name. Every position links to its source.

Voters elect the mayor citywide; council members run for numbered positions in their ward. Two races are contested; two other council positions each have one candidate.

Early voting ends · Nov 2

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Already on the council, not on the ballot

Whoever you elect will govern alongside these members.

What the next council decides

01Overdue audits and state aid4 sourced facts

Where it standsIn 2025 the state held back Lake Village's turnback funds because required audits had not been filed.

What's on the tableThe council approves the budget, including money for outside audits needed to keep state aid flowing.

02City budget and spending3 sourced facts

Where it standsMayor Eddy Bush said the withheld state aid left a hole of about $17,000 in the city budget in 2025.

What's on the tableThe council sets the budget and decides what to fund when revenue falls short.

03Former Guachoya Cultural Arts Center2 sourced facts

Where it standsThe City Council approved resolutions in 2025 supporting a plan to renovate the former Guachoya Cultural Arts Center.

What's on the tableThe council decides whether to keep backing the renovation and the grant applications tied to it.

  • The City Council approved a resolution for Southeast Rehabilitation Hospital's plan to renovate the former Guachoya Cultural Arts Center into a permanent base of operations. Delta News · Aug 1, 2025
  • A second resolution authorized Mayor Eddy Bush to apply, through the Southeast Arkansas Economic Development District, for an Arkansas Economic Development Commission Rural Services grant for the renovation. Delta News · Aug 1, 2025
1 note on these statements

Lake Village voters also choose a city clerk in 2026; the candidates are Virginia Fitzhugh, Jason "Eli" Williamson and Wayne Edwards Jr. Chicot County Election Commission · Oct 16, 2026

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    The seat math

    2 stay (not up this year): Sam E. "Sammy" Angel, Sharon Walker2 on this ballot

    6 council seats plus a mayor who doesn't vote on council items. The council decides by a 4-vote majority.

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