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Kelly Grappe, candidate for Arkansas Secretary of State, talks with a supporter outdoors beside a campaign stop.
Kelly Across Arkansas

Kelly Across Arkansas

Kelly is meeting Arkansas where Arkansas lives—listening, learning, visiting, speaking, and engaging.

Kelly shows up to listen and learn what is working and what is not—then visits, speaks, and engages so the office stays grounded in real communities. Featured video and photos from the trail are here. Invite Kelly through the campaign. For qualifications and governing commitments, see Meet Kelly and Priorities.

Listened · Learned · Visited · Spoke · Engaged

Featured trail story

Creating Ripples Across Arkansas

A trail story from Hot Springs Village: neighbors gathering, conversations starting, and the work of showing up.

Captions are available on YouTube after you press play.

Trail evidence

Photos from stops across Arkansas — listening, visiting, speaking, and engaging with neighbors.

  • Kelly Grappe speaks with a voter at a campaign information table during a community meet-and-greet in Mena, Arkansas.

    Mena · Polk County

    Kelly Grappe visits with voters at a candidate meet-and-greet in Mena, Arkansas.

    Polk County →
  • Community members line up at buffet tables and sit at round tables during a crowded Hot Springs Village dinner event.

    Hot Springs Village · Garland County

    A packed Hot Springs Village community dinner draws neighbors to tables and a buffet line.

    Garland County →
  • Kelly Grappe waves to parade spectators while walking down a street at the Johnson County Peach Festival.

    Clarksville · Johnson County

    Kelly Grappe waves to the crowd along the parade route at the 85th Annual Johnson County Peach Festival in Clarksville.

    Johnson County →
  • Kelly Grappe in a Vote Kelly Grappe for Secretary of State shirt talks with festival-goers in tie-dye along a sunny street.

    Clarksville · Johnson County

    Kelly Grappe greets Peach Festival-goers along the street in Johnson County.

    Johnson County →
  • Kelly Grappe in a People Over Politics watermelon shirt serves watermelon slices at an outdoor festival table.

    Cave City · Sharp County

    Kelly Grappe helps serve watermelon at a festival booth during the Cave City Watermelon Festival.

    Sharp County →
  • Kelly Grappe kneels on a green mat at the starting line of a toad race, smiling beside other participants.

    Conway · Faulkner County

    Kelly Grappe joins the toad race at Toad Suck Daze in Conway — a classic Arkansas festival tradition.

    Faulkner County →
  • Kelly Grappe speaks into a microphone at a community center counter while families and children listen from tables.

    From the trail

    Kelly Grappe addresses neighbors at a community center gathering.

  • Kelly Grappe speaks on the War Memorial Stadium concourse overlooking a crowded field celebration in Little Rock.

    Little Rock · Pulaski County

    Kelly Grappe engages on the concourse at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock during a large community celebration.

    Pulaski County →
  • Kelly Grappe smiles beside a volunteer in a Soup Sunday apron benefiting Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families.

    From the trail

    Kelly Grappe visits Soup Sunday, a community meal supporting Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families.

  • Kelly Grappe in an Arkansas Rising campaign shirt poses with a supporter inside a community hall decorated with American flags.

    From the trail

    Kelly Grappe joins a supporter at an Arkansas Rising community gathering during her Secretary of State campaign.

  • Kelly Grappe speaks with seniors seated around a breakfast table in an Elks Lodge hall.

    From the trail

    Kelly Grappe visits seniors over breakfast in Northwest Arkansas.

Keep following the trail

Verified field posts and published events appear as the campaign releases them. New confirmations make this page stronger—without rewriting the campaign.

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