Arkansas elections, 2010

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Arkansas's 2010 general elections were held November 2, 2010. Primaries were held May 18, 2010 and runoffs, if necessary, were held November 23, 2010. Arkansas elected seven constitutional officers, 17 of 35 state senate seats, all 100 house seats and 28 district prosecuting attorneys, and voted on one constitutional amendment and one referred question. Non-partisan judicial elections were held the same day as the party primaries for four Supreme Court justices, four appeals circuit court judges, and eight district court judges.

Contents 1 Federal 1.1 United States Senate 1.1.1 Democratic primary 1.1.1.1 Candidates 1.1.1.2 Results 1.1.2 Republican primary 1.1.2.1 Candidates 1.1.2.2 Results 1.1.3 United States Senate election results 1.2 United States House 1.2.1 Results U.S. Congress District 01 1.2.2 Results U.S. Congress District 02 1.2.3 Results U.S. Congress District 03 1.2.4 Results U.S. Congress District 04 2 State 2.1 Constitutional Officers 2.1.1 Governor 2.1.1.1 Democratic Party 2.1.1.2 Republican Party 2.1.1.3 Green Party 2.1.1.4 Write-in 2.1.1.5 Results 2.1.2 Lieutenant governor 2.1.2.1 Results 2.1.3 Secretary of State 2.1.4 Attorney general 2.1.5 Treasurer 2.1.6 Auditor of State 2.1.7 Commissioner of State Lands 2.2 General Assembly 2.2.1 State Senate 2.2.2 State House of Representatives 2.3 Judicial positions 2.4 Ballot measures 2.4.1 Resuts 3 Local 4 References 5 External links

Federal

United States Senate

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln ran unsuccessfully for re-election against Republican John Boozman. Arkansas had previously only elected one Republican senator since the Reconstruction, who was defeated after his first term in 2002 by Mark Pryor. Lincoln faced Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter and narrowly won the primary contest.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary was held on May 18, 2010, with early voting from May 3–17. As no candidate received 50 percent of the vote, a runoff election was held on June 8, with early voting from June 1–7.^[1]

Candidates

• Bill Halter, Lieutenant Governor^[2]
• Blanche Lincoln, incumbent senator^[3]
• D.C. Morrison, businessman from Little Rock

Results

Democratic primary results[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Blanche Lincoln (Incumbent)	146,579	44.5%
	Democratic	Bill Halter	140,081	42.5%
	Democratic	D.C. Morrison	42,695	13.0%
Totals			329,355	100%

Democratic primary runoff results[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Blanche Lincoln (Incumbent)	134,758	52.0%
	Democratic	Bill Halter	124,405	48.0%
Totals			259,163	100%

Republican primary

The Republican primary was held on May 18, 2010, with early voting from May 3–17.

Candidates

• Randy Alexander, University of Arkansas Housing Director; Vice Chair, Washington County Tea Party^[6]
• Gilbert Baker, state senator^[7]
• John Boozman, U.S. Representative^[8]
• Curtis Coleman, businessman^[9]
• Kim Hendren, State Senate Minority Leader^[10]
• Jim Holt, former state senator and Lincoln's 2004 opponent^[11]
• Fred Ramey, real estate investment company owner^[12]
• Conrad Reynolds, retired Army colonel^[13]

Results

Republican primary results[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	John Boozman	75,010	52.7%
	Republican	Jim Holt	24,826	17.5%
	Republican	Gilbert Baker	16,540	11.6%
	Republican	Conrad Reynolds	7,128	5.0%
	Republican	Curtis Coleman	6,928	4.9%
	Republican	Kim Hendren	5,551	3.9%
	Republican	Randy Alexander	4,389	3.1%
	Republican	Fred Ramey	1,888	1.3%
Totals			142,260	100%

United States Senate election results

United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2010[15][16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Boozman	451,617	57.90%	+13.83%
	Democratic	Blanche Lincoln (incumbent)	288,156	36.95%	-18.95%
	Libertarian	Trevor Drown	25,234	3.24%	+3.24%
	Green	John Gray	14,430	1.85%	+1.85%
Majority			163,461	20.95%
Turnout			779,437	37.5%
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

United States House

All four of Arkansas's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010. Only one of the four incumbents sought re-election, Democrat Mike Ross of District 4.

Results U.S. Congress District 01

This is an open seat, as Democratic incumbent Marion Berry was retiring. Berry has always been reelected in this district by a wide margin since his first reelection campaign in 1998, and was unopposed in 2008. The district is very Republican (giving only 38% to Obama) on a national level despite a long history of electing Democrats to local and state level offices.

U.S. Congress District 01 election[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Rick Crawford	93,224	51.79%
	Democratic	Chad Causey	78,267	43.48%
	Green	Ken Adler	8,320	4.62%
	Write-ins		205	0.11%
Totals			180,016	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Results U.S. Congress District 02

This district was represented by seven term Democrat Vic Snyder who was unchallenged in 2008 and received 70% of the vote. Snyder announced that he would retire in 2010, reportedly after polls showed him trailing Republican Tim Griffin.^[18]

U.S. Congress District 02 election[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Tim Griffin	122,091	57.90%
	Democratic	Senator Joyce Elliott	80,687	38.27%
	Independent	Lance Levi	4,421	2.10%
	Green	Lewis Kennedy	3,599	1.71%
	Write-ins		54	0.03%
Totals			210,852	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Results U.S. Congress District 03

This district was represented by Republican John Boozman. Boozman ran for the U.S. Senate, against Blanche Lincoln.^[20] The district (comprising the northwest part of the state) has been held by the GOP since 1966.

U.S. Congress District 03 election[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Mayor Steve Womack	148,581	72.44%
	Democratic	David Whitaker	56,542	27.56%
Totals			205,123	100%
	Republican hold

Results U.S. Congress District 04

U.S. Congress District 04 election[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Mike Ross (incumbant)	102,479	57.53%
	Republican	Beth Anne Rankin	71,526	40.15%
	Green	Josh Drake	4,129	2.32%
Totals			178,134	100%
	Democratic hold

State

Constitutional Officers

Governor

Democratic Party

• Mike Beebe, incumbent Governor

Republican Party

• Jim Keet, former state representative and state senator from Pulaski County^[23]

Green Party

• Jim Lendall, former state representative and 2006 nominee^[24]

Write-in

• Billy Roper, Tea Party write-in candidate controversial for wanting an end to non-whites in the country and founder of the group White Revolution.

Results

Incumbent Mike Beebe won every county in Arkansas with between 52.10% and 85.44% of the votes.^[25]

Gubernatorial election[26][16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike Beebe	503,336	64.4	+9.1
	Republican	Jim Keet	262,783	33.6	-7.4
	Green	Jim Lendall	14,513	1.9	+ 0.2
	Write-ins		700	0.1	0
Turnout			781,332	37.57%
	Democratic hold		Swing	+9.1

Lieutenant governor

Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter is running for Senate and was not seeking re-election as Lieutenant Governor.

Results

Lieutenant gubernatorial election[27][16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Mark Darr	386,693	51.05%
	Democratic	Senator Shane Broadway	369,538	48.95%
Voter turnout			36.36%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Secretary of State

Democrat incumbent Charlie Daniels was term-limited and instead he ran for State Auditor.

Secretary of State election[28][16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Mark Martin	392,468	51.33%
	Democratic	Pat O'Brien	372,123	48.67%
Voter turnout			36.86%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Attorney general

Incumbent Dustin McDaniel won every county in Arkansas with between 59.71% and 88.28% of the votes.^[25]

Attorney general election[29][16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Dustin McDaniel (incumbent)	525,940	72.76%
	Green	Rebekah Kennedy	193,658	26.79%
	Write-ins	Marc Rosson	1,902	0%
Voter turnout			34.69%
	Democratic hold

Treasurer

Incumbent Martha Shoffner won every county in Arkansas with between 53.43% and 87.67% of the votes.^[25]

Treasurer election[30][16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Martha Shoffner (incumbent)	479,701	67.54%
	Green	Bobby Tullis	230,594	32.46%
Voter turnout			34.15%
	Democratic hold

Auditor of State

Democrat incumbent Jim Wood was term-limited. Charlie Daniels won every county in Arkansas with between 53.43% and 87.67% of the votes.^[25] 58.52% 88.51%

Auditor of State election[31][16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Charlie Daniels	506,606	70.65%
	Green	Mary Hughes-Willis	210,476	29.35%
Voter turnout			34.48%
	Democratic hold

Commissioner of State Lands

Democrat incumbent Commissioner Mark Wilcox was term-limited.

Commissioner of State Lands election[32][16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	John M. Thurston	396,263	52.68%
	Democratic	LJ Bryant	355,996	47.32%
Voter turnout			36.17%
	Republican gain from Democratic

General Assembly

State Senate

Half of the thirty-file members of the Arkansas Senate were up for election in 2010.

State House of Representatives

All 100 seats in the Arkansas House of Representatives were up for election in 2010.

Judicial positions

Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 2010.

• Arkansas judicial elections, 2010 at Judgepedia

Ballot measures

Three statewide ballot questions have been certified:
1. Right to hunt, fish and trap wildlife
2. Establish criteria before authorizing the issuance of bonds
3. Lower the threshold for issuing state bonds to attract major industries

• Arkansas 2010 ballot measures at Ballotpedia

Resuts

	Amendment 1[33]		Amendment 2[34]		Amendment 3[35]
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
For	612,495	82.78%	448,711	64.20%	431,724	62.35 %
Against	127,444	17.22%	250,167	35.80%	260,735	37.65%
	Approved		Approved		Approved

Local

Many elections for county offices were also be held on November 2, 2010.

References

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External links

• Elections from the Arkansas Secretary of State
• Candidates for Arkansas State Offices at Project Vote Smart
• Arkansas Polls at Pollster.com
• Arkansas Congressional Races in 2010 campaign finance data from OpenSecrets.org
• Arkansas 2010 campaign finance data from Follow the Money
• 2010 Election at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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