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

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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

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justices, four appeals circuit court judges, and eight district court judges.

Federal

United States Senate

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator

Blanche Lincoln Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born Blanche Meyers Lambert; September 30, 1960) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, she was first elected to the Senate in 1 ...

ran unsuccessfully for re-election against Republican

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. Arkansas had previously only elected one Republican senator since the

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, who was defeated after his first term in 2002 by

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. Lincoln faced

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and narrowly won the primary contest.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary was held on May 18, 2010, with

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from May 3–17. As no candidate received 50 percent of the vote, a

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was held on June 8, with early voting from June 1–7.

=Candidates

= *

, Lieutenant Governor *

, incumbent senator *D.C. Morrison, businessman from Little Rock

=Results

Republican primary

The Republican primary was held on May 18, 2010, with

from May 3–17.

=Candidates

= *Randy Alexander, University of Arkansas Housing Director; Vice Chair, Washington County Tea Party * Gilbert Baker,

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, U.S. Representative *Curtis Coleman, businessman *

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, State Senate Minority Leader * Jim Holt, former state senator and Lincoln's

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opponent *Fred Ramey, real estate investment company owner *Conrad Reynolds, retired Army colonel

=Results

United States Senate election results

United States House

All four of Arkansas's seats in the

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were up for election in 2010. Only one of the four incumbents sought re-election, Democrat Mike Ross of

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Results U.S. Congress District 01

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

This district was represented by seven term Democrat

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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

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Results U.S. Congress District 03

This district was represented by Republican

. Boozman ran for the U.S. Senate, against Blanche Lincoln. The district (comprising the northwest part of the state) has been held by the GOP since 1966.

Results U.S. Congress District 04

Governor

Democratic Party

Mike Beebe Mickey Dale Beebe (; born December 28, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the List of governors of Arkansas, 45th governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015. He is to date the last Democrat to hold that office. Born in Amagon ...

, incumbent Governor

Republican Party

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, former state representative and state senator from Pulaski County

Green Party

* Jim Lendall, former state representative and 2006 nominee

Write-in

*Billy Roper,

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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.Arkansas Secretary of State:

Lieutenant governor

Incumbent Lieutenant Governor

ran for

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and did not seek re-election as Lieutenant Governor.

Secretary of State

Democratic incumbent

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was term-limited and instead he ran for State Auditor. 2010 Arkansas Secretary of State election

Attorney general

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

Treasurer

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

Auditor of State

Democratic incumbent Jim Wood was term-limited.

won every county in Arkansas with between 58.52% and 88.51% of the votes.

Commissioner of State Lands

Democratic incumbent Commissioner

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was term-limited.

General Assembly

State Senate

Half of the 35 members of the

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were up for election in 2010.

State House of Representatives

All 100 seats in the

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were up for election in 2010.

Judicial positions

Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 2010.
Arkansas judicial elections, 2010
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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
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Results

Local

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

References

External links

Elections
from the Arkansas Secretary of State
Candidates for Arkansas State Offices
at

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Arkansas Polls
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Arkansas Congressional Races in 2010
campaign finance data from

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