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.

Arkansas State of the United States of America

Arkansas is a state in the southern region of the United States, home to over 3 million people as of 2018. Its name is of Siouan derivation from the language of the Osage denoting their related kin, the Quapaw Indians. The state's diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozark and the Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the densely forested land in the south known as the Arkansas Timberlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta.

Arkansas House of Representatives lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly

The Arkansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the state. Each district has an average population of 29,159 according to the 2010 federal census. Members are elected to two-year terms and, since the 2014 Amendment to the Arkansas Constitution, limited to sixteen years cumulative in either house.

Arkansas Supreme Court the highest court in the U.S. state of Arkansas

The Arkansas Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Since 1925, it has consisted of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices, and at times Special Justices are called upon in the absence of a regular justice. The Justices are elected in a non-partisan election for eight-year-long terms that are staggered to make it unlikely that the entire court would be replaced in a single election. Any vacancy caused by a Justice not finishing his or her term is filled by an appointment made by the Governor of Arkansas.

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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 Party (United States) political party in the United States

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party. The Democrats' dominant worldview was once social conservatism and economic liberalism while populism was its leading characteristic in the rural South. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt ran as a third-party candidate in the Progressive Party, beginning a switch of political platforms between the Democratic and Republican Party over the coming decades, and leading to Woodrow Wilson being elected as the first fiscally progressive Democrat. Since Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal coalition in the 1930s, the Democratic Party has also promoted a social liberal platform, supporting social justice.

Blanche Lincoln American politician

Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln is an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, Lincoln was first elected to the Senate in 1998; she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and, at age 38, was the youngest woman ever elected to the Senate. She previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1997.

John Boozman American politician

John Nichols Boozman is the senior United States Senator for Arkansas, and a member of the Republican Party. He served as the United States Representative for Arkansas's 3rd congressional district from 2001 to 2011.

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]

Early voting is a process by which voters in a public election can vote prior to the scheduled election day. Early voting can take place remotely, such as via postal voting, or in person, usually in designated early voting polling stations. The availability and time periods for early voting vary among jurisdictions and types of election. The goals of early voting are usually to increase voter participation and relieve congestion at polling stations on election day.

Two-round system voting system used to elect a single winner where a second round of voting is used if no candidate wins an absolute majority in the first round

The two-round system is a voting method used to elect a single winner, where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate. However, if no candidate receives the required number of votes, then those candidates having less than a certain proportion of the votes, or all but the two candidates receiving the most votes, are eliminated, and a second round of voting is held.

Candidates
Bill Halter American politician, activist

William A. Halter is an American politician best known for being the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to succeed the late Republican Winthrop Paul Rockefeller in 2006, defeating Republican challenger Jim Holt.

Results
Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Blanche Lincoln (Incumbent)146,57944.5
Democratic Bill Halter140,08142.5
Democratic D.C. Morrison42,69513.0
Total votes329,355100
Lincoln counties in blue, Halter counties in green. Arkansas Democratic Primary Runoff.png
Lincoln counties in blue, Halter counties in green.
Democratic primary runoff results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Blanche Lincoln (Incumbent)134,75852.0
Democratic Bill Halter124,40548.0
Total votes259,163100

Republican primary

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

Candidates
Arkansas Senate upper house of the Arkansas General Assembly

The Arkansas Senate is the upper branch of the Arkansas General Assembly. The Senate consists of 35 members, each representing a district with about 83,000 people. Service in the state legislature is part-time, and many state senators have full-time jobs during the rest of the year. During the current term, the Senate contains twenty-six Republicans, and nine Democrats.

Kim Dexter Hendren is a Republican currently serving in the Arkansas House of Representatives. He is a former member of the Arkansas State Senate who served as Minority Leader and chairman of the Energy Committee. Term-limited, he left the Senate in January 2013.

Jim Holt (Arkansas politician) American politician

Jim L. Holt is an American Baptist minister and a conservative Republican politician from Springdale in northwestern Arkansas.

Results
Republican primary results [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Boozman75,01052.7
Republican Jim Holt24,82617.5
Republican Gilbert Baker16,54011.6
Republican Conrad Reynolds7,1285.0
Republican Curtis Coleman6,9284.9
Republican Kim Hendren5,5513.9
Republican Randy Alexander4,3893.1
Republican Fred Ramey1,8881.3
Total votes142,260100

United States Senate election results

Lincoln counties in blue, Boozman counties in red. Arkansas Senatorial Election Results by County, 2010.svg
Lincoln counties in blue, Boozman counties in red.
United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2010 [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican John Boozman 451,61757.90%+13.83%
Democratic Blanche Lincoln (incumbent)288,15636.95%-18.95%
Libertarian Trevor Drown25,2343.24%+3.24%
Green John Gray14,4301.85%+1.85%
Majority163,46120.95%
Turnout 779,43737.5%
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

Crawford counties in red, Causey counties in blue. 2010 AR District 01 election results.PNG
Crawford counties in red, Causey counties in blue.

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rick Crawford 93,22451.79
Democratic Chad Causey 78,26743.48
Green Ken Adler8,3204.62
Write-ins2050.11
Total votes180,016100
Republican gain from Democratic

Results U.S. Congress District 02

Results by county Griffin
50-59%
60-69%
70-79%
Elliott
40-49% United States House of Representatives election in Arkansas's 2nd congressional district, 2010 results by county.svg
Results by county Griffin
  50-59%
  60-69%
  70-79%
Elliott
  40-49%

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim Griffin 122,09157.90
Democratic Senator Joyce Elliott 80,68738.27
IndependentLance Levi4,4212.10
Green Lewis Kennedy3,5991.71
Write-ins540.03
Total votes210,852100
Republican gain from Democratic

Results U.S. Congress District 03

Womack counties in red, Whitaker counties in blue. 2010 AR District 03 election results.PNG
Womack counties in red, Whitaker counties in blue.

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 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve Womack 148,58172.44
Democratic David Whitaker56,54227.56
Total votes205,123100
Republican hold

Results U.S. Congress District 04

Ross counties in blue, Rankin counties in red. 2010 AR District 04 election results.PNG
Ross counties in blue, Rankin counties in red.
U.S. Congress District 04 election [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mike Ross (incumbent)102,47957.53
Republican Beth Anne Rankin71,52640.15
Green Josh Drake4,1292.32
Total votes178,134100
Democratic hold

State

Constitutional Officers

Governor

Democratic Party
Republican Party
Green Party
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. [24]

Gubernatorial election [16] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Mike Beebe 503,33664.4+9.1
Republican Jim Keet 262,78333.6-7.4
Green Jim Lendall 14,5131.9+ 0.2
Write-ins7000.10
Turnout 781,33237.57%
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
Darr counties in red, Broadway counties in blue. 2010 AR Lt Governor election results.PNG
Darr counties in red, Broadway counties in blue.
Lieutenant gubernatorial election [16] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Darr 386,69351.05
Democratic Senator Shane Broadway 369,53848.95
Turnout 756,23136.36
Republican gain from Democratic

Secretary of State

Martin counties in red, O'Brien counties in blue. 2010 AR Sec State election results.PNG
Martin counties in red, O'Brien counties in blue.

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

Secretary of State election [16] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Martin 392,46851.33
Democratic Pat O'Brien372,12348.67
Turnout 766,49336.86
Republican gain from Democratic

Attorney general

Results by county McDaniel
50-59%
60-69%
70-79%
80-89% Arkansas Attorney General election, 2010 results by county.svg
Results by county McDaniel
  50-59%
  60-69%
  70-79%
  80-89%

Incumbent Dustin McDaniel won every county in Arkansas with between 59.71% and 88.28% of the votes. [24]

Attorney general election [16] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dustin McDaniel (incumbent)525,94072.76
Green Rebekah Kennedy 193,65826.79
Write-insMarc Rosson1,9020
Turnout 721,50034.69
Democratic hold

Treasurer

Results by county Shoffner
50-59%
60-69%
70-79%
80-89% Arkansas State Treasurer election, 2010 results by county.svg
Results by county Shoffner
  50-59%
  60-69%
  70-79%
  80-89%

Incumbent Martha Shoffner won every county in Arkansas with between 53.43% and 87.67% of the votes. [24]

Treasurer election [16] [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Martha Shoffner (incumbent)479,70167.54
Green Bobby Tullis230,59432.46
Turnout 710,29534.15
Democratic hold

Auditor of State

Results by county Daniels
50-59%
60-69%
70-79%
80-89% Arkansas State Auditor election, 2010 results by county.svg
Results by county Daniels
  50-59%
  60-69%
  70-79%
  80-89%

Democratic incumbent Jim Wood was term-limited. Charlie Daniels won every county in Arkansas with between 58.52% and 88.51% of the votes. [24]

Auditor of State election [16] [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charlie Daniels 506,60670.65
Green Mary Hughes-Willis210,47629.35
Turnout 717,08234.48
Democratic hold

Commissioner of State Lands

Thurston counties in red, Bryant counties in blue. 2010 AR Land Commis election results.PNG
Thurston counties in red, Bryant counties in blue.

Democrat incumbent Commissioner Mark Wilcox was term-limited.

Commissioner of State Lands election [16] [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John M. Thurston 396,26352.68
Democratic LJ Bryant355,99647.32
Turnout 752,25936.17
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.

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

Results

Amendment 1 [31] Amendment 2 [32] Amendment 3 [33]
Votes%Votes%Votes%
For612,49582.78%448,71164.20%431,72462.35 %
Against127,44417.22%250,16735.80%260,73537.65%
ApprovedApprovedApproved

Local

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

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