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Subsequently, John C. Breckinridge won the state by a comfortable margin, becoming the first third party candidate to win Arkansas. [3] Soon after this election, Arkansas seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy. [4] Following the secession, Arkansas did not participate in the 1864 presidential election. [5]
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. [2] In 2008, the state continued in rightward turn in the 21st century, when Democrat Barack Obama became the first Democrat to win the presidency without carrying the state.
Prior to the election, all 14 news organizations making predictions considered this a state Trump would win, or otherwise a safe red state. In 2016, Trump won Arkansas by a 26.92% margin, [4] the largest margin for a candidate of either party since Jimmy Carter's 30.01% margin in 1976.
The 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas were held on November 4, 2006, to determine who would represent the state of Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives. Arkansas has four seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.
All 435 U.S. House of Representatives seats were up for election this year, and as of Monday evening, neither party had claimed control. Democrats stood at 204 seats claimed and Republicans were ...
This is the largest number of congressional candidates fielded by an Arkansas party other than the Democratic or Republican parties since the People's Party in 1894. [1] All incumbents were reelected. As of 2024, this is the last election in which Democrats won both the House popular vote and the majority of congressional districts in Arkansas.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Arkansas on November 6, 2018. All of Arkansas' executive officers were up for election as well as all of Arkansas' four seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primaries were held on May 22, 2018. Polls were open from 7:30 AM to 7:30 PM CST. [1]
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