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Fredrick Love

Democratic · AR · Arkansas State Senator

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Fredrick J. Love has served in the Arkansas Senate since 2022, representing parts of Little Rock and Pulaski County, after 12 years in the Arkansas House from 2011 to 2023.

Where Fredrick Love stands, based on their records

Supports

Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Environment and Public Health (2 records), Reduce Wealth Gap (1 record),

Campaign Finance Information — Governor

Campaign Finance Information · Governor · November 3, 2026

Data last updated September 2, 2026

Raised
$208,918
Spent
$206,425
Cash on hand
$2,493

Totals are the Arkansas Secretary of State's registration figures; occupation and contribution-size breakdowns are computed from itemized receipts, so non-itemized contributions are not broken down.

Top disclosed occupations of direct donors

  • Unknown$83,819
  • Not Currently Employed$9,792
  • Healthcare / Medical$3,100
  • Teacher / Education$2,750
  • General Business$2,300
Direct contributions by size
  • $1,000-$4,999$28,038
  • $500-$999$33,750
  • $250-$499$24,505
  • $100-$249$14,006
  • $1-$99$25,960

Source: Arkansas Secretary of State · 2026 cycle · ethics-disclosures.sos.arkansas.gov

Track record

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
  • Voted to pass House Bill 1424, which makes Medicaid and private health plans cover care for illnesses caused by severe obesity. The Arkansas Senate passed it 23-6 and it became Act 628 of 2025.

    April 8, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 2 support
  • Sponsored Arkansas SB632, which became Act 964 and required warning labels for hair relaxers containing certain chemicals.

    April 21, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: arkleg.state.ar.us · researched August 20, 2026

  • Voted to pass House Bill 1965, which sets up grants and loans to help food shops open where fresh food is hard to buy. The Arkansas Senate passed it 22-10 and it became Act 870 of 2025.

    April 14, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap

Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 support
  • Voted to pass House Bill 1752, which protects health, college and disability savings accounts from debt judgments. The Arkansas Senate passed it 18-14 and it became Act 681 of 2025.

    April 9, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
  • Voted to pass Senate Bill 411, which makes driving with a front bumper raised four inches above the rear an offense. The Arkansas Senate passed it 18-10 and it became Act 492 of 2025.

    March 19, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

  • Sponsored Arkansas SB17, which became Act 200, creating Lux's Law and prohibiting the sale of a dead human body intended for cremation or burial.

    February 27, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: arkleg.state.ar.us · researched August 20, 2026

Track record — Public Education Quality

Public Education Quality · 1 support
  • Stated his opposition to Arkansas's school-voucher programme, the Educational Freedom Account programme, at a gubernatorial debate on June 26, 2026, and called for the money to be reinvested in public schools instead.

    June 26, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: arkansasadvocate.com · researched August 20, 2026

Track record — Data Privacy

Data Privacy · 1 support
  • Voted to pass House Bill 1641, which makes using a tracking device to follow someone part of the crime of harassment. The Arkansas Senate passed it 20-6 and it became Act 600 of 2025.

    April 8, 2025Supports Data Privacy

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 2 support
  • Voted to pass House Bill 1878, which requires early voting sites in every city of more than 15,000 people. The Arkansas Senate passed it 18-16 and it became Act 978 of 2025.

    April 16, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

  • Voted to pass House Bill 1428, which caps bed height at 23 inches in hotel rooms built for guests with mobility disabilities. The Arkansas Senate passed it 18-14 and it became Act 855 of 2025.

    April 14, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

Track record — General

General · 21 records
  • Voted against passing Senate Bill 437, which creates a permit system for large wind farms with setback rules. The Arkansas Senate passed it 18-14 and it became Act 945 of 2025.

    April 16, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

  • Voted against passing House Bill 1683, which bars governments from buying electric vehicles without a sworn statement that no forced labor was used. The Arkansas Senate passed it 19-9 and it became Act 924 of 2025.

    April 15, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

  • Voted against passing House Bill 1365, which strips race and sex requirements from the membership of about twenty state boards. The Arkansas Senate passed it 24-6 and it became Act 938 of 2025.

    April 15, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

  • Voted against passing Senate Joint Resolution 11, a proposed constitutional amendment widening the right to keep and bear arms to hunting, recreation and ammunition. The Arkansas Senate adopted it 28-7. Both chambers agreed, so it goes on the November 2026 ballot.

    April 10, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

  • Voted against passing House Bill 1150, which bars a pharmacy benefits manager from owning a retail pharmacy in Arkansas. The Arkansas Senate passed it 26-9 and it became Act 624 of 2025.

    April 9, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

  • Voted against passing Senate Bill 520, which bars counties, cities and towns from running a diversity, equity and inclusion program. The Arkansas Senate passed it 22-7 and it became Act 747 of 2025.

    April 8, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

  • Voted against passing Senate Bill 551, which adds fraud warnings and ID checks to petitions for local votes on alcohol sales. The Arkansas Senate passed it 18-9 and it became Act 764 of 2025.

    April 3, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

  • Voted against passing House Bill 1574, which lets only Arkansas residents be paid to collect ballot petition signatures. The Arkansas Senate passed it 25-8 and it became Act 453 of 2025.

    March 31, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

  • Voted against passing House Bill 1489, which lets Arkansas carry out a death sentence with nitrogen gas as well as lethal injection. The Arkansas Senate passed it 26-9 and it became Act 302 of 2025.

    March 11, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

  • Voted against passing Senate Bill 211, which makes every petition canvasser file a sworn statement of compliance with the Secretary of State. The Arkansas Senate passed it 24-9 and it became Act 241 of 2025.

    March 3, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

  • Sponsored House Bill 1158 in the Arkansas Senate; it became Act 226 of 2025 on February 27, 2025. The law lets a teacher in the Teacher Deferred Retirement Option Plan cancel an earlier choice of how to take the money and pick a different payout option, provided they have not already changed it, did not take the balance as a lump-sum rollover, and file the new form within two calendar months of retiring.

    February 27, 2025

    Source: arkleg.state.ar.us · researched September 5, 2026

  • Voted against passing Senate Bill 207, which makes petition canvassers warn each signer out loud that petition fraud is a crime. The Arkansas Senate passed it 25-9 and it became Act 218 of 2025.

    February 26, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

  • Voted against passing Senate Bill 223, which lists religious rights students and staff keep at public schools. The Arkansas Senate passed it 25-8 and it became Act 400 of 2025.

    February 25, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

  • Voted against passing House Bill 1222, which lets the Attorney General reject a ballot measure that clashes with federal law. The Arkansas Senate passed it 25-8 and it became Act 154 of 2025.

    February 18, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

  • Voted against passing House Bill 1221, which voids petition signatures collected after the next general election following approval of the wording. The Arkansas Senate passed it 25-8 and it became Act 153 of 2025.

    February 18, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

  • Voted against passing Senate Bill 209, which throws out every signature a canvasser collected if that canvasser broke petition law. The Arkansas Senate passed it 21-11 and it became Act 273 of 2025.

    February 12, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

  • Voted against passing Senate Bill 210, which requires petition signers to read or hear the ballot title in front of the canvasser. The Arkansas Senate passed it 22-10 and it became Act 274 of 2025.

    February 12, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 4, 2026

  • Voted against passing Senate Bill 3, which bars state and local government from treating anyone better or worse because of race, sex or ethnicity. The Arkansas Senate passed it 24-6 and it became Act 116 of 2025.

    February 12, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

  • On January 9, 2023, Fredrick Love was sworn in as an Arkansas State Senator after being elected to the Senate in 2022; the official profile also documents his prior House service.

    January 9, 2023

    Source: senate.arkansas.gov · researched August 16, 2026

  • Served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023 before being elected to the Arkansas Senate in 2022, representing District 15 in the Little Rock area.

    January 9, 2023

    Source: en.wikipedia.org · researched July 3, 2026

  • Was elected leader of the Democratic minority in the Arkansas House of Representatives on June 4, 2019, chosen without opposition by the House Democratic caucus. He was then a fifth-term representative from Little Rock and succeeded Charles Blake, who had resigned from the House.

    June 4, 2019

    Source: arktimes.com · researched September 5, 2026

Race Fredrick Love is in:

  • Governor · November 3, 2026 · Arkansas

Profile last researched August 16, 2026.