---
type: Person
title: "John Payton"
description: "AR Senate District 22 — AR State Senate District 22"
role: "AR Senate District 22"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "AR"
district: "AR State Senate District 22"
represents: "us/states/ar/districts/senate/22"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-09"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "16f9baa6-a2ed-4f57-a190-f30c4b4c8dbb"
  office: "c8940752-7412-4b00-b3fe-c77392c21424"
  tenure: "648263a3-eb15-486b-a91c-5e2fff2e8db3"
  jurisdiction: "18b1e8f3-088e-42b7-a494-0083b5868a7e"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, ar]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# John Payton

Current AR Senate District 22 (AR State Senate District 22).

Represents [AR State Senate District 22](/us/states/ar/districts/senate/22.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDU (Census 2025)

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