The Green Papers: Arkansas 2009 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
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
 

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Arkansas State and Local Government


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


Primary elections are 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.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Democratic Senator  Mark Lunsford Pryor
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

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
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Bob Johnson
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  Candidate Democratic     Senator  Blanche Lambert Lincoln
FEC S8AR00112: $4,204,568
  Candidate Democratic     Drew Pritt
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Gilbert Baker
FEC S0AR00077: $510,400
  Candidate Republican     Curtis Coleman
FEC S0AR00036: $69,015
  Candidate Republican     Tom Cotton
  Candidate Republican     Thomas F. "Tom" Cox
FEC S0AR00051: $39,969
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Kim Dexter Hendren
FEC S0AR00085: $0
  Candidate Republican     Fred Ramey
FEC S0AR00044: $13,896
  Candidate Republican     Stanley Reed
  Candidate Republican     Conrad Earl Reynolds
FEC S0AR00069: $43,265
  Candidate Republican     Hiluard G. "Buddy" Rogers
FEC S0AR00093: $2,890
  Candidate Green     Greenland Mayor John Gray
  Candidate Independent     Trevor Drown

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.
  Candidate Democratic     Lieutenant Governor  William A. "Bill" Halter

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
Open Seat - 5 January 2008: Preliminary announced that he will run for Governor in 2010
  Candidate Republican     Mark Darr

111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Democratic (3 Undetermined);
1 Republican (1 Undetermined)

CD 1
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Democratic Congressman  Marion Berry
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Marion Berry
FEC H6AR01072: $357,230
  Candidate Republican     Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford
FEC H0AR01083: $50,429

CD 2
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Democratic Congressman Victor Frederick "Vic" Snyder
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Victor Frederick "Vic" Snyder
FEC H6AR02203: $10
  Candidate Republican     John Timothy "Tim" Griffin
FEC H0AR02107: $130,305
  Candidate Republican     David Mark Emerson Meeks
FEC H0AR02099: $5,157
  Candidate Republican     Scott Wallace
FEC H0AR02115: Financial report not available

CD 3
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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 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Larry "Beau" Stricklin
  Candidate Democratic     David Jeffrey Whitaker
FEC H0AR03030: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  John Nichols Boozman
FEC H2AR03176: $195,667
  Candidate Republican     Bernard Kurt "Bernie" Skoch
FEC H0AR03022: $11,969
  Candidate Independent     Jerry Coon

CD 4
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Democratic Congressman  Michael Avery "Mike" Ross
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Michael Avery "Mike" Ross
FEC H0AR04038: $706,576
  Candidate Republican     Marc Rosson

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
Open Seat - At term limit. Running for Auditor in 2010.
  Candidate Democratic     Pulaski Circuit/County Clerk  Pat O'Brien
  Candidate Democratic     Sebastian County Clerk Doris Tate
  Candidate Democratic     State Lands Commissioner Mark Wilcox

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
  Candidate Democratic     Treasurer  Martha A. Shoffner

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
Open Seat - At term limit
  Candidate Democratic     Secretary of State Charlie Daniels

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
Open Seat - At term limit. Running for Secretary of State in 2010.
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative  Monty Davenport

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, 15 candidates
  Republican: 1 incumbent, 17 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Constitution (affiliates)
  Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  Natural Law (affiliates)
  Right to Life
  Unity
Independents
  Independent: 2 candidates
 
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 a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
  Arkansas Election Results Website
  Arkansas Secretary of State - Elections
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Arkansas General Assembly
Democratic
  The Democratic Party of Arkansas
Republican
  The Republican Party of Arkansas
Third Party
  Arkansas Libertarian Party
  Arkansas Right to Life
  Constitution Party of Arkansas The Constitution Party of Arkansas reorganized and incorporated and is be affiliated with the National Party as approved during the National Committee meeting in Boise 21 April 2007.
  Green Party of Arkansas
  Green Party of Arkansas
  Natural Law Party of Arkansas
  The Unity Party of Arkansas
Media & others
  Arkansas Business.com - Little Rock
  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Little Rock
  Arkansas News Bureau
  Arkansas Times - Little Rock
  Batesville Daily Guard
  DC's Political Report - Arkansas
  Evening Times - West Memphis
  KAIT TV - ABC - Jonesboro
  KARK TV - NBC - Little Rock
  KATV TV - ABC - Little Rock
  KLRT TV - FOX - Little Rock
  KPOM TV - NBC - Fort Smith, Fayetteville
  KTHV TV - CBS - Little Rock
  NWANews.com - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Fayetteville
  Pine Bluff Commercial
  Politics1.com - Arkansas
  The Atkins Chronicle - The Dover Times
  The Baxter Bulletin - Mountain Home
  The Jonesboro Sun
  The Leader - Jacksonville
  The Morning News - Springdale - Rogers - Bentonville - Fayetteville
  The Sentinel-Record - Hot Springs
  The Times Dispatch - Lawrence County
  The Times Record - Fort Smith
  TheCabin.net - Log Cabin Democrat of Conway
  Van Buren Press Argus

 


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