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In 2008, Obama became the first Democrat to win without carrying Arkansas despite decisively winning nationwide. The GOP's popularity in Arkansas has become so pronounced that the state turned sharply against former First Lady of Arkansas Hillary Clinton in 2016, favoring Republican Donald Trump by 26.9%.
2024 Arkansas Senate election, 4th district general Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Jimmy Hickey Jr. (incumbent) 23,721 : 80.74% : Libertarian: Lonny Mack Goodwin 5,658 19.26% Total votes 23,379 : 100.00
The last Democrat even to win over 40% of the vote was John Kerry in 2004. [6] After Barack Obama, Biden is the second ever Democrat to win the presidency without carrying Arkansas. This was the first time ever that an incumbent Republican carried the state while losing re–election.
In the 1968 presidential election, American Independent Party candidate George Wallace became the second third-party presidential candidate to win Arkansas. [9] Arkansas was the only state in the 1992 presidential election to be won by a majority of the popular vote; [ 10 ] Bill Clinton , its governor at the time, won Arkansas with 53.21 ...
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Arkansas on November 8, 2022. All of Arkansas' executive officers were up for election as well as all four of the state's seats in the United States House of Representatives and a U.S. senator. Primaries were held on May 24, 2022, with runoff primaries on June 21.
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.
Oct. 6—Quarterback Arkansas has had its issues this season, but quarterback is not among them. Senior K.J. Jefferson has given Ole Miss fits in two starts against the team, totaling nine touchdowns.
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 state of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican Senator John Boozman ran for a third term. [1] He won the May 24, 2022 Republican primary with 58.03% of the vote and the general election with 65.73% of the vote ...