The Green Papers: Arkansas 2008 General Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2008. Find 2009 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 20 May 2008
Runoff (if necessary): Tuesday 10 June 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Electoral Votes:6(1.12% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
2000 Census:2,679,733 (0.95% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):1,929,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):1,555,809
Capital:Little Rock
Tuesday 20 May 2008 polling hours 7:30a CDT (1230 UTC) to 7:30p CDT (0030 UTC).
Tuesday 10 June 2008 polling hours 7:30a CDT (1230 UTC) to 7:30p CDT (0030 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:30a CST (1330 UTC) to 7:30p CST (0130 UTC).
 

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Arkansas State and Local Government

Arkansas 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties


2 January 2009: Certified results for the 2008 General Election.


The state legislators who will meet over the two years from 2009 through 2010 will make up the 87th ARKANSAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.


25 September 2008: Synchronized with Arkansas Secretary of State - November 4, 2008 - Certified Candidates & Ballot Issues.


The Tuesday 20 May 2008 primary election is for Democratic and Republican candidates only. If no candidate receives at least 50% of the vote, a runoff between the two top vote-getters will be held on Tuesday 10 June 2008.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 6 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2008
  Elected Republican 638,017 58.22% Senator John Sidney McCain, III
(6 Electoral Votes)
Vice President: Governor Sarah H. Palin

FEC P80002801: $399,826,076
  Candidate Democratic 422,310 38.53% Senator Barack Hussein Obama
Vice President: Senator Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.

FEC P80003338: $778,642,047
  Candidate Independent 12,882 1.18% Ralph Nader
Vice President: Matt Gonzalez

FEC P20000527: $4,520,160
  Candidate Scattering 8,648 0.79% Total Under Votes
  Candidate Libertarian 4,776 0.44% former Congressman Bob Barr
Vice President: Wayne Allyn Root

FEC P80005580: $1,405,899
  Candidate Constitution 4,023 0.37% Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin
Vice President: Darrell L. Castle

FEC P80005499: $262,010
  Candidate Green 3,470 0.32% former Congressman Cynthia A. McKinney
Vice President: Rosa A. Clemente

FEC P80004930: $240,360
  Candidate Socialism and Liberation 1,139 0.10% Gloria Estela La Riva
FEC P80005572: $24,441
  Candidate Scattering 693 0.06% Total Over Votes
Total 1,095,958 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Mark Lunsford Pryor
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 20 May 2008 Primary
 Polls: Democratic Senator Mark Lunsford Pryor
  Elected Democratic 804,678 74.00% Senator Mark Lunsford Pryor
FEC S0AR00028: $4,998,992
  Candidate Green 207,076 19.04% Rebekah Jean Kennedy
FEC S8AR00179: $13,745
  Candidate Scattering 75,463 6.94% Total Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 123 0.01% Total Over Votes
Total 1,087,340 100.00%  

Class 3 Democratic Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004.
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1992, 1994]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Mike Beebe
First elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor William A. "Bill" Halter
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Democratic (3 Renominated);
1 Republican (1 Renominated)

CD 1
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Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman Marion Berry
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 20 May 2008 Primary
 Polls: Democratic Congressman Marion Berry
 ** Uncontested Race **
  Elected Democratic     Congressman Marion Berry
FEC H6AR01072: $1,166,377

CD 2
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Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman Victor Frederick "Vic" Snyder
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 20 May 2008 Primary
 Polls: Democratic Congressman Victor Frederick "Vic" Snyder
  Elected Democratic 212,303 70.50% Congressman Victor Frederick "Vic" Snyder
FEC H6AR02203: $301,981
  Candidate Green 64,398 21.38% Deb McFarland
FEC H8AR02100: Financial report not available
  Candidate Scattering 23,674 7.86% Total Under Votes
  Candidate Write-in 665 0.22% Danial Suits
FEC H8AR02118: Financial report not available
  Candidate Scattering 119 0.04% Total Over Votes
Total 301,159 100.00%  

CD 3
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Seat up for election
Republican Congressman John Nichols Boozman
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008
First elected: 20 November 2001- in a Special Election re: the resignation of Asa Hutchinson, 6 August 2001
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 20 May 2008 Primary
 Polls: Republican Congressman John Nichols Boozman
  Elected Republican 215,196 74.40% Congressman John Nichols Boozman
FEC H2AR03176: $396,807
  Candidate Green 58,850 20.35% Abel Noah Tomlinson
FEC H8AR03058: $5,948
  Candidate Scattering 15,150 5.24% Total Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 35 0.01% Total Over Votes
Total 289,231 100.00%  

CD 4
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Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman Michael Avery "Mike" Ross
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 20 May 2008 Primary
 Polls: Democratic Congressman Michael Avery "Mike" Ross
  Elected Democratic 203,178 80.68% Congressman Michael Avery "Mike" Ross
FEC H0AR04038: $1,791,656
  Candidate Green 32,603 12.95% Joshua Drake
FEC H8AR04098: Financial report not available
  Candidate Scattering 16,046 6.37% Total Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 10 0.00% Total Over Votes
Total 251,837 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime

  Democratic Secretary of State Charlie Daniels
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Attorney General Dustin McDaniel
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Treasurer Martha A. Shoffner
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Auditor Jim Wood
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Commissioner of State Lands  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime

  Democratic State Lands Commissioner Mark Wilcox
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Commissioner of State Lands is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 12 incumbents, 5 candidates
  Republican: 1 incumbent, 2 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Green (affiliates): 5 candidates
  Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
  Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Socialism and Liberation: 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Scattering: 10 candidates
  Write-in: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

 


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