The number of elections in Arkansas varies by year, but usually municipal elections occur every year, plus primary and general elections for federal and state offices occur during even-numbered years.
The state was historically part of the Solid South, and was a one-party state dominated by Democrats. Arkansas was the only state in the nation not carried by Republicans at least once between 1876 and 1968, although it voted for segregationist
George Wallace in 1968. It was the only Deep South state carried by
Lyndon Johnson in 1964, just following the passage of the Civil Rights Act, however, Democratic support did weaken after this. The state voted Republican for the first time in 100 years in 1972, and became a swing state, voting for the national winner in every election from 1972 to 2004. In 2008, the state continued in rightward turn in the 21st century, when Democrat
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...
became the first Democrat to win the presidency without carrying the state. Democrats lost control of all statewide and congressional offices by 2014 and lost the state legislature in 2012.
In a 2020 study, Arkansas was ranked as the 9th hardest state for citizens to vote in.
Elections
Gubernatorial
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2022 Arkansas gubernatorial election
The 2022 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term. Arkansas is one of the eigh ...
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2018 Arkansas gubernatorial election
The 2018 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Arkansas, concurrently with 2018 United States Senate elections, elections to the United States Senate in other states, 2018 United States House of R ...
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2014 Arkansas gubernatorial election
The 2014 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Arkansas, concurrently with the 2014 United States Senate election in Arkansas, election to Arkansas's Classes of United States Senators, Class II U. ...
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2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election
The 2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Mike Beebe ran for re-election, and faced former State Senator Jim Keet, whom he defeated in a landslide to win a second and final ...
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2006 Arkansas gubernatorial election
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2002 Arkansas gubernatorial election
Senatorial
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2022 United States Senate election in Arkansas
The 2022 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member to the United States Senate to represent the U.S. state, state of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican Party (United States), Republican Senator John B ...
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2020 United States Senate election in Arkansas
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2016 United States Senate election in Arkansas
The 2016 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Arkansas, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections t ...
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2014 United States Senate election in Arkansas
The 2014 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Arkansas, concurrently with the 2014 Arkansas gubernatorial election, election of the Govern ...
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2010 United States Senate election in Arkansas
The 2010 United States Senate election in Arkansas took place on November 2, 2010 alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and lo ...
See also
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United States presidential elections in Arkansas
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2020 Arkansas elections
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Women's suffrage in Arkansas
Women's suffrage in the United States, Women's suffrage had early champions among men in Arkansas. Miles Ledford Langley of Arkadelphia, Arkansas proposed a women's suffrage clause during the 1868 Arkansas Constitution, 1868 Arkansas Constitutiona ...
References
External links
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* (State affiliate of the U.S.
League of Women Voters)
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