| The Green Papers: Arkansas 2008 General Election |
 |
Arkansas
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress Primary: Tuesday 20 May 2008 Runoff (if necessary): Tuesday 10 June 2008 General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
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) | |||||
 | |||||
| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 2 |
Democratic | Senator Mark Lunsford Pryor • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 20 May 2008 Primary |
|||
 |
Democratic | Senator Mark Lunsford Pryor • FEC S0AR00028: $4,522,418 |
|||
|
Green | Rebekah Jean Kennedy • FEC S8AR00179: $9,466 |
|||
|
Independent | Donald Lee Hamrick • FEC S8AR00187: Financial report not available |
|||
| 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 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Marion Berry • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 20 May 2008 Primary |
|||
|
Democratic | Congressman Marion Berry • FEC H6AR01072: $909,522 |
|||
| CD 2 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Victor Frederick "Vic" Snyder • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 20 May 2008 Primary |
|||
|
Democratic | Congressman Victor Frederick "Vic" Snyder • FEC H6AR02203: $79,959 |
|||
| CD 3 {map} |
Republican | Congressman John Nichols Boozman • 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 |
|||
|
Republican | Congressman John Nichols Boozman • FEC H2AR03176: $170,123 |
|||
|
Green | Abel Tomlinson | |||
| CD 4 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Michael Avery "Mike" Ross • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 20 May 2008 Primary |
|||
|
Democratic | Congressman Michael Avery "Mike" Ross • FEC H0AR04038: $1,005,985 |
|||
|
Green | Joshua Drake | |||
| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Secretary of State Charlie Daniels • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
||||
| 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 | |||||
| Democratic | State Lands Commissioner Mark Wilcox • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
||||
| 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. |