Arkansas's 2010elections 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.
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
Results
Lincoln counties in blue, Halter counties in green.
Republican primary
The Republican primary was held on May 18, 2010, with early voting from May 3–17.
Candidates
Results
United States Senate election results
Lincoln counties in blue, Boozman counties in red.
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. This was an open seat, as Democratic incumbent Marion Berry chose to retire. Berry was always 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.
Results U.S. Congress District 02
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]
Results U.S. Congress District 03
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]
Results U.S. Congress District 04
Ross counties in blue, Rankin counties in red.
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]
Lieutenant governor
Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter ran for Senate and did not seek re-election as Lieutenant Governor.
Results by county:
Secretary of State
Democratic incumbent Charlie Daniels was term-limited and instead he ran for State Auditor.
Results by county:
Attorney general
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]
Treasurer
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]
Auditor of State
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]
Commissioner of State Lands
Thurston counties in red, Bryant counties in blue. Democratic incumbent Commissioner Mark Wilcox was term-limited.
General Assembly
State Senate
Half of the 35 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:
Results
Amendment 1[ 31]
Amendment 2[ 32]
Amendment 3[ 33]
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 held on November 2, 2010.
References
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