This comes after former Secretary of State John Thurston was elected as Treasurer of Arkansas in 2024. Governor Sarah Sanders appointed Cole Jester to serve as Arkansas' interim Secretary of State.

Former Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston was sworn in Wednesday morning as the state's new treasurer. Bill Huffman Jr. also was sworn in as chief deputy of the treasurer's office ...

Arkansas's new Secretary of State ... Sarah Huckabee Sanders appointed Jester following former Secretary John Thurston's State Treasurer election win. Jester will serve as Secretary of State ...

Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday appointed a new secretary of state and two justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court ... that will be created when John Thurston is sworn in as treasurer.

Newly appointed Secretary of State Cole Jester shared strategies to strengthen the electoral process in Arkansas— aiming to ...

Arkansas Supreme Court has ordered that ... At the same time, the Court dismissed Secretary of State John Thurston’s complaint that claimed the group did not collect enough signatures to qualify ...

Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester issued an order on Thursday for his office to conduct a "top-to-bottom" review of the ...

(KAIT/Edited News Release) - Arkansas Senator Kim Hammer ... Sanders appointed Cole Jester as secretary of state to finish the remaining term of John Thurston who vacated the office when he ...

Newly appointed Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester has ... numerous petitions being shot down by Jester's predecessor, John Thurston. Jester assured that laws would be fairly and evenly ...