---
type: Person
title: "Cole Jester"
description: "AR Secretary Of State — State of Arkansas"
role: "AR Secretary Of State"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "executive"
state: "AR"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-01"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 4
ids:
  person: "a2733f7f-d373-412b-a27b-1134ba121592"
  office: "34ca3a71-e956-4aa1-8b3f-8457ab3c92dd"
  tenure: "d703600e-8ba4-4dcb-b9b4-022d32015b47"
  jurisdiction: "6928787b-649a-4b58-9af2-7a08b4827abc"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Derived from governor jurisdiction"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, executive, ar]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Cole Jester

Current AR Secretary Of State (State of Arkansas).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).