2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas

The 2010 congressional elections in Arkansas were held on November 2, 2010, to determine who would represent 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; those elected served in the 112th Congress from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013. None of Arkansas's four representatives faced major party opposition in 2008. , this was the last election in which a Democrat won a congressional district in Arkansas or managed 40% or more of the House popular vote in the state.

Overview The table below shows the total number and percentage of votes, as well as the number of seats gained and lost by each political party in the election for the United States House of Representatives in Arkansas. United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2010PartyVotesPercentageSeats+/– Republican435,42256.2%3 +2 Democratic317,97541.1%1-2 Green16,0482.1%0- Others4,6800.6%0- Totals 774,125 100% 4 —

By district Results of the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas by district:

DistrictRepublicanDemocraticOthersTotalResult Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %District 1 93,224 51.78% 78,267 43.48% 8,525 4.74% 180,016 100% Republican GainDistrict 2 122,091 57.90% 80,687 38.27% 8,074 3.83% 210,852 100% Republican GainDistrict 3 148,581 72.44% 56,542 27.56% 0 0.00% 205,123 100% Republican HoldDistrict 4 71,526 40.15% 102,479 57.53% 4,129 2.32% 178,134 100% Democratic HoldTotal 435,422 56.24% 317,975 41.08% 20,728 2.68% 774,125 100%

District 1

This was an open seat, as Democratic incumbent Marion Berry retired.

Berry had always been reelected in this district by a wide margin since his first reelection campaign in 1998, and was unopposed in 2008. The district was very Republican (giving only 38% to Obama) on a national level despite a long history of electing Democrats to local and state level offices.

AR - District 1 from OurCampaigns.com Campaign Contributions from OpenSecrets from CQ Politics Race profile at The New York Times

Democrat Chad Causey, attorney and chief of staff for Marion Berry

Republican Rick Crawford, businessman

Green Kenton Adler (campaign site, PVS)

Polling Poll Source Dates Administered RickCrawford (R) ChadCausey (D) KenAdler (G) UndecidedAnzalone Liszt ResearchAnzalone Liszt Research September 13–16, 2010 44% 46%--Talk Business Poll Talk Business Poll August 17, 2010 48% 32% 4% 16%

Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report November 1, 2010 Rothenberg November 1, 2010 Sabato's Crystal BallCrystal Ball, November 1, 2010RCPRealClearPolitics, November 1, 2010CQ PoliticsOctober 28, 2010New York Times November 1, 2010FiveThirtyEight November 1, 2010

Results

District 2

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. AR - District 2 from OurCampaigns.com Campaign Contributions from OpenSecrets 2010 Alabama - 2nd District from CQ Politics Race profile at The New York Times

Democrat Joyce Elliott, State Senator

Republican Timothy Griffin, U.S. Attorney

Polling Poll Source Dates Administered TimGriffin (R) JoyceElliott (D) LanceLevi (I) LewisKennedy (G) UndecidedTalk Business Poll Talk Business Poll August 17, 2010 52% 35% 3% 1% 9%

Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report November 1, 2010 Rothenberg November 1, 2010 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 1, 2010RCP November 1, 2010CQ PoliticsOctober 28, 2010New York Times November 1, 2010FiveThirtyEight November 1, 2010

Results

District 3

This district was represented by Republican John Boozman. Boozman has formally announced his 2010 plans 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. AR - District 3 from OurCampaigns.com Campaign Contributions from OpenSecrets from CQ Politics Race profile at The New York Times

Democrat David Whitaker (campaign site, PVS), attorney

Republican Steve Womack, Mayor of Rogers

Independent Jerry Coon

Polling Poll Source Dates Administered SteveWomack (R) DavidWhitaker (D) UndecidedTalk Business Poll Talk Business Poll August 25, 2010 55% 31% 14%

Results

District 4

This district was represented by Democrat Mike Ross. Ross ran for re-election. AR - District 4 from OurCampaigns.com Campaign Contributions from OpenSecrets from CQ Politics Race profile at The New York Times

Democrat Mike Ross, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican Beth Anne Rankin (campaign site, PVS), teacher and former Miss Arkansas

Green Party Josh Drake

Polling Poll Source Dates Administered MikeRoss (D) Beth AnneRankin (R) JoshuaDrake (G) UndecidedTalk Business Poll Talk Business Poll August 25–26, 2010 49% 31% 4% 16%

Results

See also Arkansas elections, 2010 Opinion polling for the United States House of Representatives elections, 2010#Arkansas

References

External links Elections at the Arkansas Secretary of State

U.S. Congress candidates for Arkansas at Project Vote Smart Arkansas U.S. House from OurCampaigns.com Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Arkansas from OpenSecrets 2010 Arkansas General Election graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com

House - Arkansas from the Cook Political Report

Arkansas 2010 Midterm Elections, Green Papers - Complete list of current and withdrawn candidates Imagine Election - Look up which district you live in, and who is running for office there. Search by address or zip code.

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas

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