The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001

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Special Primary Election - House District 3: Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Special Run-off Election (if necessary) - House District 3: Tuesday, October 16, 2001
Special General Election - House District 3: Tuesday, November 20, 2001
Governor:1(Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2000 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
2002 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
1990 Census: 2,350,624(0.94% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census: 2,679,733(0.95% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 1,412,617
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 1,882,000 
Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Polls Close: 7:30 PM CST (0130 UTC)
Candidates seeking office
Democrat:1
Green:1
Independent:1
Republican:1
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Governor  Term limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, Current Governors  
 Republican  Governor Mike Huckabee
As Lieutenant Governor, succeeded to the office upon the resignation of Governor Jim Guy Tucker (Democrat): 15 July 1996; first elected to a full term: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2Republican  Senator Tim Hutchinson
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 CandidateRepublican  (pending)
24 April 2001: Senator Tim Hutchinson will seek a second term. State Representative Jim Bob Duggar announced he will challenge Hutchinson in the Republican Primary.
 CandidateDemocrat  (Mark Pryor - pending)
24 April 2001: Arkansas Attorney General Mark Pryor, son of former U.S. Senator David Pryor, announced he would run for the Senate in 2002.
Class 3Democrat  Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
Partisan Composition: 3 Democrats, 1 Republican
CD 1Democrat  Congressman Marion Berry
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 2Democrat  Congressman Vic Snyder
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 3Republican  Congressman John Boozman
First elected: 20 November 2001- in a Special Election re: the resignation of Asa Hutchinson, 6 August 2001
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 WinnerRepublican  John Boozman
16 October 2001 Runoff Primary: John Boozman (57%) WINNER, Gunner DeLay (43%).

25 September Primary: John Boozman (40%), Gunner DeLay (29%), James Paul Hendren (26%), Brad Cates (5%). Since no candidate received 50% of the vote, there will be a runoff primary on Tuesday 16 October between Boozman and DeLay.

 CandidateIndependent  Ralph Forbes
Identifies with the "Freedom Party".
 CandidateDemocrat  Mike Hathorn
16 October 2001 Runoff Primary: Mike Hathorn (53%) WINNER, Jo Ellen Carson (47%).

25 September 2001 Primary: State Representative Mike Hathorn (47%), State Representative Jo Ellen Carson (46%), Norman Williams, Jr. (7%). Since no candidate received 50% of the vote, there will be a runoff primary on Tuesday 16 October between Hathorn and Carson.

 CandidateGreen  Sarah Marsh
 

Tuesday 20 November 2001 Arkansas Congressional District 3 Election to fill the seat formerly held by Congressman Asa Hutchinson (who resigned to became Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration in the Bush Administration). With 96% of the polls reporting...

  • REPUBLICAN John Boozman (50,226 votes - 55%) - WINNER
  • DEMOCRAT Mike Hathorn (38,809 votes - 43%)
  • GREEN Sarah Marsh (1,714 votes - 2%)
  • FREEDOM PARTY Ralph Forbes (393 votes - 1%)

01 August 2001: By a vote of 98-1, the Senate confirmed Representative Asa Hutchinson's nomination as Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Accordingly, on 6 August 2001, Mr. Hutchinson resigned from the House of Representatives. Governor Mike Huckabee has called a Special Primary Election (Tuesday 25 September), a Special Runoff Election (Tuesday 16 October, if necessary), and special General Election (Tuesday 20 November 2001) to fill this vacant seat.

CD 4Democrat  Congressman Mike Ross
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Congressional District

Arkansas has 75 counties and 4 congressional districts: all 75 counties are wholly within a given congressional district; no county is divided among more than one congressional district.

  • CD 1: Arkansas, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Lee, Lonoke, Mississippi, Monroe, Phillips, Poinsett, Prairie, Randolph, St. Francis, Searcy, Sharp, Stone and Woodruff.
  • CD 2: Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline, Van Buren, White and Yell.
  • CD 3: Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Madison, Marion, Newton, Polk, Pope, Scott, Sebastian and Washington.
  • CD 4: Ashby, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Garland, Grant, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lincoln, Little River, Miller, Montgomery, Nevada, Ouchita, Pike, Sevier and Union.