(An earlier version of this article flipped the vote count of the candidates in Hot Spring County. This version corrects the error).

Magnolia City Council member Steve Crowell won a 219-vote victory in the Republican Party primary Tuesday against incumbent State Sen. Charles Beckham of McNeil for the District 3 seat.

Crowell will be unopposed in the November general election. He will draw for either a two- or four-year term in the State Senate.

The district includes all of Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada and Clark counties, and parts of Hempstead, Pike and Hot Spring counties.

Vote totals by county as reported to magnoliareporter.com by county clerk offices and the Arkansas Secretary of State:

Steve         Charles

Crowell      Beckham

Columbia             1,658        1,172

Clark                   797           1,283

Hempstead          1,070         864

Hot Spring           181           342

Lafayette             481           321

Nevada               388            426

Pike                    501            449

TOTAL                 5,076         4,857

PERCENT             51.10         48.90