Heath Loftis
Heath Loftis (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Arkansas. He lost in the Republican primary on May 24, 2022.
Loftis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Heath Loftis was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Loftis served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2011 to 2017. He earned a bachelor's degree from Arkansas State University in 2006. He earned a master's degree from Central Arkansas Baptist Bible Institute in 2015. He earned a doctorate from Slidell Baptist Seminary in 2020. Loftis' career experience includes working as a pastor.[1][2]
Loftis has been affiliated with Park Avenue Baptist Church, ARM 180, and Stuttgart Lion's Club.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Arkansas
Incumbent John Boozman defeated Natalie James, Kenneth Cates, Richard Gant, and James Garner in the general election for U.S. Senate Arkansas on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Boozman (R) | 65.7 | 592,437 | |
| Natalie James (D) | 31.1 | 280,187 | ||
| Kenneth Cates (L) | 3.2 | 28,682 | ||
| Richard Gant (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| James Garner (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Total votes: 901,306 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Stuart Shirrell (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Arkansas
Natalie James defeated Dan Whitfield and Jack Foster in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Arkansas on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Natalie James | 54.1 | 49,722 | |
| Dan Whitfield | 30.8 | 28,319 | ||
 | Jack Foster | 15.1 | 13,891 | |
| Total votes: 91,932 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Arkansas
Incumbent John Boozman defeated Jake Bequette, Jan Morgan, and Heath Loftis in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Arkansas on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Boozman | 58.0 | 201,677 | |
| Jake Bequette | 20.7 | 71,809 | ||
| Jan Morgan | 19.0 | 65,958 | ||
| Heath Loftis | 2.3 | 8,112 | ||
| Total votes: 347,556 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Deel (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Arkansas
Kenneth Cates advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Arkansas on February 20, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Kenneth Cates (L) | |
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Heath Loftis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Loftis' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Heath Loftis was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Loftis served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2011 to 2017. He earned a bachelor's degree from Arkansas State University in 2006. He earned a master's degree from Central Arkansas Baptist Bible Institute in 2015. He earned a doctorate from Slidell Baptist Seminary in 2020. Loftis' career experience includes working as a pastor.
- Abolition of Abortion
- Smaller Government/Federalist
- Fair Tax System
Abortion: I am unapologetically pro abolition. Abolition recognizes that at conception without exceptions is that child a person and should be afforded equal protection under the law.
The prolife community has been party to the continuance of abortion, unintentionally, by way of compromise. We have unwittingly enshrined abortion into our laws in that we regulate it at an arbitrary line.
End of property and death tax
Return of conscience that we may be a people governed by lesser government.
Pro 2nd Amendment. This right has been nibbled away. There should be no registration, no tax on any weapons, no restriction in lawful access.
1st Amendment must also protect what many deem as hate speech. In a free society there is no such thing. Government has no right or say in how a religious institution meets even during a pandemic. Speech no matter how reprehensible must be protected.
I value people who stick to their calling no matter the difficulty. People who take on adversity and not only strive but thrive in it. The people I look up to are people like my dad. Men of conviction and calling like that of Jim Moss.
The Bible
Doctrine of the lesser magistrate
Fair tax
IntegriTo push as many rights back to the states and individual as possible and get the federal government out of the way.ty and the convictions to persevere in their integrity.
To push as many rights back to the states and individual as possible and get the federal government out of the way.
That I did not loose myself or my convictions, and I served with honor.
As far as historical events OJ Simpson and Oklahoma City Bombing.
Worked on family farm from 6 years old till going to college.
The Bible because it is the mind of God condensed to writing. I don’t read It, It reads me.
I identify with characters more so now than fantasize being them. I really identify with Edmond in the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Pretty Irish Girl. I sing it to my daughter during bath time. I substitute Irish girl for her name, Lizzy Kae.
Infertility
Depression
The moral decline, that is spiritual in nature, that we keep trying to address with secular means while neglecting the obvious spiritual problems.
I believe we need to have them to keep stalwart politicians from hindering innovate thinking. If we cannot get term limits on the office, perhaps we can self impose term limits on chairing a committee. I believe that politicians when they are shuffled back to the bottom of the deck may self impose their retirement.
No. I believe that any person who is an Arkansas resident, common or otherwise can represent their fellow Arkansans as the framers of our Constitution intended. In fact the more common they are, the more qualified they are in my opinion.
It is a necessity in keeping the Federal government in check from suffering whiplash when the parties change.
Many agencies should not exist and should be eliminated. For those that are necessary, what are the bare necessities they need to do their job, and what they think can be removed from the agency to make it more efficient and effective.
Bottom line: I will not consent to the appointment of any bureaucracy that is not specifically in the scope of the constitution.
Agriculture
Appropriations
Armed Services
Budget Finance
Homeland security
Rules and Administration
On the campaign trail, I wear a red hat. The hat along with my beard makes me look like Forrest Gump. To which I jokingly tell people in my best Forrest Gump voice, "I'm not a smart man, but I know what a woman is."
Previous rulings
To befriend Cruz, Rand Paul, and Josh Howley. To work on many of the initiatives that we have common interests in.
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Note: Loftis submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on May 10, 2022.
See also
2022 Elections
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