★ City Director · Ward 7 ★
Natalie Jamesfor Little RockCity Director Ward 7
Vote for Better
Progress does not happen by accident. It happens because people across Little Rock came together with a shared belief that our city is strongest when every neighborhood has the opportunity to succeed.
Land Bank Commissioner since 2021
Early Voting
Oct 19 – Nov 2, 2026
Election Day
November 3, 2026
Proven Leadership
Who is Natalie James
Natalie is the daughter of a teacher and a preacher — raised in a working-class home in the Western Hills and Westwood communities that taught her servant leadership before she ever had a title. She attended Western Hills Elementary, helped sell homes to hundreds of local families in Ward 7, and for five years has served on the Little Rock Land Bank Commission, turning vacant, blighted property back into homes families can own.
Her guiding motto is the one she was raised on: leave everyone you meet better than how you found them. She is running because the neighborhoods that waited longest for investment should not have to wait again.
Believe in the Possibilities!
Read her story★ Natalie in action
A record of showing up
At the Capitol, in committee rooms, and on panels across Arkansas — speaking for families who were not invited into the room.
Standing with Rev. Jesse Jackson and Arkansas civic and civil rights leaders on the Capitol steps — because the people most affected by a decision deserve to be in the room where it is made.
“The things you are voting on now will affect you 10–15 years down the line.” Natalie has spent years telling Arkansans the truth about clean water, clean air, and who pays when leaders look away.
Testifying at the witness table on the issues that decide whether ordinary Arkansans can vote, breathe clean air, and be heard by their own government.
Speaking truth to power before the House Judiciary Committee. Showing up to committee rooms is unglamorous work — and it is where laws that touch families are actually written.
At City Hall with Attorney Wendell Griffen, who wrote the Little Rock ordinance protecting our communities from data centers. Natalie stands with the people who put neighborhoods ahead of outside interests.
Carrying a march sign that is older than most of the laws it changed. First-class citizenship is still the fight, and Natalie shows up for it.
With Rodney Slater, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and an Arkansas son who carried this state's name to the nation's cabinet table. Natalie keeps company with people who deliver for Arkansas.
With Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former U.S. Surgeon General and a towering Arkansas trailblazer. Natalie learned service from the people who broke the ceilings first.
The Platform
Five Priorities for One City
Quality Life
Roads
Community
Safe & Affordable Housing
Homes families can afford, on blocks that are safe and cared for.
Children, Youth & Families
After-school, summer, and family supports in every part of the city.
Jobs & Small Business
High-wage work and real growth for minority- and small-business owners.
Livability & Public Safety
Clean, connected neighborhoods with true community-police partnership.
City Infrastructure
Clean water, working drainage, transit, recycling, and healthy air.
Next up on the trail
SWLR COMMUNITY & BUSINESS FORUM
Thursday, September 24 at 10:30 PM · Southwest Community Center
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