Washington County stands with Tim.

Mike ReynoldsChief

Mike Reynolds has served the Fayetteville Police Department since July 1993, rising from patrol officer and detective through sergeant, lieutenant, captain, and Deputy Chief before being appointed Chief of Police in September 2019. He holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of Arkansas and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the Senior Management Institute for Police. In 2021 he received Fayetteville's Martin Luther King Brotherhood Award.

Tim HelderSheriff (Ret.)

Tim Helder served as Washington County Sheriff for nearly 18 years, from 2005 until his retirement at the end of 2022, capping a 43-year career in law enforcement. He began at the Washington County Sheriff's Office in 1979 as a dispatcher and field deputy, then served 21 years with the Fayetteville Police Department, retiring as Deputy Chief before returning to the Sheriff's Office as chief deputy and winning election as sheriff in 2004.

Brian DisneyPastor

Dr. Brian Disney is the founding senior pastor of Mission Boulevard Baptist Church in Fayetteville, where he has served since the congregation was organized in 1975. A Navy veteran and University of Arkansas-trained electrical engineer, he came to Northwest Arkansas as a missionary in 1970 and built a campus ministry that grew into the church. He also helped found what is now Fayetteville Christian School, which opened in 1978.

Brad BrunsJustice of the Peace

Brad Bruns represents District 1 on the Washington County Quorum Court, winning the seat as a Republican in November 2024 after first winning the March 2024 Republican primary. He took office in January 2025 and serves on the court that governs county business, including the county budget.

HL GoodwinProfessor

H.L. Goodwin is professor emeritus of agricultural economics and agribusiness at the University of Arkansas, where he served on the faculty from 1996 until retiring as a full professor in 2018 and was a poultry economist with the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science. Regarded as one of the top poultry economists in the world, he published nearly 50 professional journal articles and served as president of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association. In 2025 the association honored him with its Lifetime Achievement Award.

Steve ClarkFmr. Arkansas Attorney General

Steve Clark served as Arkansas Attorney General from 1979 to 1990, one of the longest tenures in the office's history. He later led the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce for 16 years before retiring in 2024, remaining closely connected to Northwest Arkansas civic and business leadership.

Clint PenzoState Senator

Sen. Clint Penzo represents Senate District 31, which includes parts of Springdale, Johnson, Tontitown, and Elm Springs in Washington County. He was elected to the Senate in 2022 after serving in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2017 through 2022 and on the Tontitown City Council.

Mark ScaliseAttorney and Businessman

Mark Scalise is an attorney, businessman, and engineer who ran for Washington County Judge in the Republican primary. In his campaign interview, he emphasized public safety, roads and infrastructure, jobs, and data-informed county management.

Holly HertzbergFmr. Fayetteville Council Member

Holly Hertzberg served on the Fayetteville City Council from 2021 to 2024, representing Ward 4, Position 2 after winning her seat with 51% of the vote in 2020. An occupational therapist by profession, she ran on a platform of supporting the Fayetteville Police Department and improving city parks for children with disabilities.

David FerrellCoach

David Ferrell, a West Fork native, spent 21 years as head boys basketball coach at West Fork High School, going 458-176 with eight state tournament appearances, and compiled a 510-202 career record over 24 years as a head coach at Shiloh Christian, Lincoln, Gravette, and West Fork. He went on to lead the men's program at the University of the Ozarks and serve as The New School's first basketball coach in Fayetteville, which later named its court in his honor. In 2025 he returned home as West Fork's athletic director, and in 2026 he was selected for hall of fame induction.

Frank Johnson served 25 years with the Fayetteville Police Department, rising from patrolman through sergeant, lieutenant, and captain to become Chief of Police, the first African American police chief in Fayetteville's history. He retired in 2006 after two years as chief to join Walmart's corporate security organization, where he has served in senior Global Investigations roles. He has called Northwest Arkansas home for more than four decades.

Craig Stout serves as Chief of Police in Greenland, sworn in February 2022 after the retirement of longtime Chief Don Ricker. He previously served 25 years with the Fayetteville Police Department, where he was a school resource officer and the department's public information officer before retiring in 2019. He led Greenland's emergency response after the May 2025 tornado that struck the city.

Greg TaborFmr. US Marshal (Appointed by President Trump)

Greg Tabor served 34 years with the Fayetteville Police Department, including 13 years as Chief of Police, the second-longest-serving chief in the city's history. Nominated by President Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2020, he served as U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Arkansas. A West Fork native, he returned home in 2022 and now serves as Chief Deputy of the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

Sean SimonsFmr. Justice of the Peace

Sean Simons served two terms as Justice of the Peace for District 3 on the Washington County Quorum Court, winning the open seat in 2020 with 57% of the vote and re-election in 2022. A Springdale small-business owner, he owns and operates an insurance agency, and his district covered the northwestern part of Springdale.

Marilyn EdwardsFmr. County Judge

Marilyn Edwards served as Washington County Judge from 2009 to 2016, the first woman to hold the county's chief executive office. Her public service spanned nearly five decades, beginning as a Washington County employee in 1968 and including three terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives before she was elected county judge.

Brian PowellSpringdale Council Member

Brian Powell has served on the Springdale City Council since 2019, first representing Ward 1 and, following the city's redistricting, winning the Ward 3, Position 1 seat with 78% of the runoff vote in 2022. He chairs the council's Police and Fire Committee. A civil engineer who works as a construction project manager for the Arkansas Department of Transportation, Powell retired in 2021 as a lieutenant colonel after 33 years in the U.S. Air Force and Arkansas Air National Guard.

Rex BaileyFmr. Springdale Council Member

Rex Bailey served on the Springdale City Council from 1992 to 1996 and 1998 to 2000, and returned in 2022 when the council appointed him to fill the Ward 2, Position 2 seat, serving through the end of 2024. He also served six years on the Washington County Quorum Court and roughly two decades on the city's Public Facilities Board. A fixture of downtown Springdale, Bailey operated Bailey's Barber and Style Shop for 47 years before retiring in 2024.

Heith Caudle has served as Mayor of West Fork since winning a 2016 runoff election, bringing stability to a city that had seen two consecutive mayors resign. Under his leadership, West Fork completed a roughly $10 million sewer connection to Fayetteville that ended nearly a decade of system failures and opened the door to residential and business growth.

Rick Hoyt served as Fayetteville's Chief of Police, leading the department until his retirement in 2004. He went on to serve as Enforcement Major at the Washington County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Tim Helder, helping lead the county's patrol and enforcement operations for more than a decade.

Dr. Patrick Briney serves as First Associate Pastor at Mission Boulevard Baptist Church in Fayetteville, where he has ministered for decades alongside a campus outreach to the University of Arkansas, where he earned his Ph.D. in microbiology. A former atheist turned Christian apologist, he founded the Leadership Training Institute of America and has long been active in Arkansas Republican grassroots circles. He and his wife Colleen, his childhood sweetheart, raised their family in Fayetteville.

Rev. Dr. Paul Sagan has pastored Covenant Church (PCA) in Fayetteville since 1983, when he was called as the church planter; the congregation was formally established in 1986 and he has served as senior pastor ever since. A native of Fairhope, Alabama, he played football at Ole Miss, earned his M.Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary, and served seven years as an Army Reserve and National Guard chaplain. His wife Denise, an award-recognized artist, retired from DaySpring in Siloam Springs; they have four grown children.

Teddy Cardwell is a Fayetteville businesswoman and community advocate who co-founded C&C Services, a commercial cleaning company serving Northwest Arkansas since 1998. She served roughly a decade on the board of Peace at Home Family Shelter, Washington County's domestic-violence shelter, and championed the shelter's pet sanctuary, which allows families fleeing abuse to keep their pets with them.

Bette Stamps is a retired Circuit Clerk. She spent her career in the courthouse office responsible for the courts' records, land filings, and juries, the working machinery of county government that a County Judge's administration depends on.

Chuck Dean serves as Justice of the Peace for District 7 on the Washington County Quorum Court, the fifteen-member body that passes the county budget and governs county business alongside the County Judge. He stands for re-election in 2026.

Butch Pond represents District 15 on the Washington County Quorum Court and is the court's longest-serving justice of the peace, returned by his district term after term. Few people have watched more Washington County budgets move from proposal to practice.

Willie E. Leming represents District 13 on the Washington County Quorum Court, most recently re-elected in November 2024. As one of the county's fifteen justices of the peace, he votes on the budget and business the next County Judge will carry out.

Kyle Sylvester serves as Washington County Circuit Clerk, the elected keeper of the county's court records, land records, and jury system. His fellow clerks across Arkansas chose him as president of the Arkansas Circuit Clerks Association, a post he held from 2020 to 2025, and he now leads the association's legislative work.

Robert Massingill represents District 3 on the Washington County Quorum Court, elected to the seat in November 2024. He serves on the body that sets the budget the next County Judge will administer.

Jay Cantrell is Washington County's Sheriff, elected in 2022 after more than four decades with the Sheriff's Office, where he rose to chief deputy under Sheriff Tim Helder. A graduate of the FBI National Academy and the DEA Drug Unit Commander Academy, he has focused his tenure on deputy wellness and on bringing GED and workforce training back into the county jail.

Shawn Holloway has served as Benton County Sheriff since 2017 and is now in his third term. He has pushed patrols into the county's rural areas and opened substations in Prairie Creek, Avoca, Siloam Springs, and Gravette to keep deputies in the field.