2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election

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2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election
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Nominee Mike Beebe Jim Keet
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote503,336262,784
Percentage64.42%33.63%
2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2010 Arkansas Gubernatorial election results map by congressional District.svg
Beebe:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Governor before election

Mike Beebe
Democratic

Elected Governor

Mike Beebe
Democratic

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 term as governor, despite the year being a Republican midterm wave year and Democratic senator Blanche Lincoln being unseated by a 21-point margin on the same ballot. Beebe’s re-election was also despite Republicans on the same ballot gaining the offices of Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, and Commissioner of State Lands.

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Beebe's vote percentage and margin of victory was the highest of any Democratic gubernatorial candidate in the country in 2010. He was also the only Arkansas gubernatorial candidate to carry all 75 counties since David Pryor did so in 1976.

As of 2025, this alongside the concurrent Treasurer, State Auditor and Attorney General elections is the last time Democrats won any statewide election in Arkansas. This election was also the last time in which a gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected in Arkansas. This is also the last time that Arkansas simultaneously voted for gubernatorial and U.S. Senate candidates of different political parties.

Candidates

Democratic Party

Republican Party

Green Party

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Cook Political Report [1] Safe DOctober 14, 2010
Rothenberg [2] Safe DOctober 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics [3] Likely DNovember 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball [4] Likely DOctober 28, 2010
CQ Politics [5] Safe DOctober 28, 2010

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Mike
Beebe (D)		Jim
Keet (R)
Rasmussen Reports [6] October 28, 201060%38%
CNN/Time Magazine [7] October 15–19, 201062%35%
Rasmussen Reports [8] September 30, 201051%41%
Mason-Dixon [9] September 12–14, 201054%33%
Rasmussen Reports [10] August 18, 201053%33%
Rasmussen Reports [11] July 20, 201050%40%
Ipsos/Reuters [12] July 16–18, 201057%35%
Talk Business [13] July 17, 201050%41%
Rasmussen Reports [14] June 15, 201057%33%
Rasmussen Reports [15] May 19, 201053%38%

Results

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2010 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Mike Beebe (incumbent) 503,336 64.42% +8.81%
Republican Jim Keet 262,78433.63%−7.03%
Green Jim Lendall 14,5131.86%+0.21%
Write-in 7000.09%N/A
Total votes781,333 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

  1. ↑ "2010 Governors Race Ratings". Cook Political Report. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Governor Ratings". Rothenberg Political Report . Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  3. ↑ "2010 Governor Races". RealClearPolitics . Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  4. ↑ "THE CRYSTAL BALL'S FINAL CALLS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Race Ratings Chart: Governor". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  6. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  7. ↑ CNN/Time Magazine
  8. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  9. ↑ Mason-Dixon
  10. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  11. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  12. ↑ Ipsos/Reuters
  13. ↑ Talk Business
  14. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  15. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  16. ↑ "2010 General Election & Non Partisan Judicial Runoff Election". Arkansas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2014.

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