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Ballot facts
- Name as listed
- Colt Shelby
- Office
- Governor of Arkansas
- Party
- Libertarian (as listed by the state)
- Seat
- Incumbent running · current governor: Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- Election
- November 3, 2026 general
- Website
- Website: www.colt4arkansas.org
- Candidate list
- Arkansas Secretary of State — candidate information (cross-checked; official general-election list not machine-readable) (cross-checked against other published lists)
Stated positions
Paraphrased neutrally from the candidate’s own published materials. Each statement is attributed (“says…”) and cited. We do not evaluate the feasibility or accuracy of promises. Every candidate in this race is summarized the same way. How we compile these.
| Topic | Summary of stated position | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Education | States opposition to school voucher programs that the candidate says take funding from rural and local public schools. | Campaign website — colt4arkansas.org/issues Accessed October 23, 2026 |
| Prisons | States opposition to the proposed 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County. | Campaign website — colt4arkansas.org/issues Accessed October 23, 2026 |
| Utilities | Says they will put ratepayers first as data center expansion threatens to raise utility rates. | Campaign website — colt4arkansas.org/issues Accessed October 23, 2026 |
| Government | Says they will restore open, transparent government and bring cost discipline to the state budget. | Campaign website — colt4arkansas.org/issues Accessed October 23, 2026 |
Attributed to the candidate; not verified or evaluated by SaveYourState. Candidates can request a correction by pointing to their own published materials.
Campaign finance
Not yet compiled. Candidates for governor report to Arkansas’s state campaign-finance office, not the FEC. Their reports are public on the official Arkansas campaign-finance search.
Record in office
No legislative record is linked to this candidate. Records are linked only through official identifiers (Bioguide ID) or a hand-checked state officeholder record, to avoid misattribution.
Sources
- Candidate list: Arkansas Secretary of State — candidate information (cross-checked; official general-election list not machine-readable) — retrieved October 23, 2026
- Campaign website — colt4arkansas.org/issues — retrieved October 23, 2026
- Website: Campaign link on the 2026 election article (English Wikipedia), confirmed on the site
- Arkansas campaign-finance search (official)