Republican incumbent Tyler Lachowsky and Democratic challenger Chad Curran compete for the District 6 seat in the Faulkner County Quorum Court.

Lachowsky has had the District 6 seat since 2019, serving three two-year terms; there is no limit to how many terms a justice of the peace can serve.

Curran said this is his first time running for an office, and his daughters’ safety encouraged him to run.

“The road I live on [Daugherty Hill Road] is used as a cut-through road,” he said. “People speed through there, so my daughters can’t play outside or ride their bikes because people don’t follow the speed limit.”

Curran is a single dad to three daughters — Callie, 16, Brooklyn, 11, and Peyton, 6.

He said the best thing about campaigning is that it has brought him and Peyton closer together.

“My youngest loves campaigning and meeting people,” Curran said. “If I get anything out of this, it’ll be spending special moments with her.”

Lachowsky said he is running again because he “enjoys the position.”

“I enjoy serving the community and making the county better,” he said.

Lachowsky said since serving on the Quorum Court, he has worked on the county’s finances, serving as the chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee.

“We needed a solution to control the violent and vicious animals in the county,” he said. “That money shouldn’t have to come from the county residents, so there is a volunteer tax.”

Lachowsky said the Faulkner County Jail is another issue he plans to continue working on.

He said unit one, the maximum security unity, only has a capacity for 118 people. However, up to 190 inmates have occupied it at once.

“We’ve been working on a solution for the county jail for a long time,” Lachowsky said.

Lachowsky is a Boy Scout troop leader and attends St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Conway. He and his wife, Christin, have three kids. 

Lachowsky, 35, said he has lived in Conway his entire life.

He attended the University of Central Arkansas for his master’s in business administration, and he served as the emergency manager at UCA from February 2018 to November 2019. 

Lachowsky said he now works at Natural State Consulting, a lobbying firm in Little Rock.

Curran, 42, also said he has lived in District 6 his whole life. 

Curran has his high school diploma and studied some general education courses at the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton.

Curran attends Antioch Baptist Church in Conway and is a supervisor at TFC Inc., a metal fabricator in North Little Rock.

Curran said he works 40-50 hours a week, but he spends the rest of his time with his daughters at violin lessons or the county library. 

The voter registration deadline is Oct. 7, and early voting begins Oct. 21. Election Day is Nov. 5.