The Green Papers: Arkansas 2010 Midterm Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 18 May 2010
Runoff (if necessary): Tuesday 8 June 2010
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
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)
Capital:Little Rock
Tuesday 18 May 2010 polling hours 7:30a CDT (1230 UTC) to 7:30p CDT (0030 UTC).
Tuesday 8 June 2010 polling hours 7:30a CDT (1230 UTC) to 7:30p CDT (0030 UTC).
Tuesday 2 November 2010 polling hours 7:30a CDT (1230 UTC) to 7:30p CDT (0030 UTC).
 

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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
Seat up for election		 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     Lieutenant Governor  William A. "Bill" Halter
• FEC S0AR00168: Financial report not available
    Democratic     state Senator Bob Johnson - apparently not a candidate
• 25 February 2010: Decided against running.
  Candidate Democratic     Senator  Blanche Lambert Lincoln
• FEC S8AR00112: $5,515,076
  Candidate Democratic     DC Morrison
  Candidate Republican     John Randall "Randy" Alexander
• FEC S0AR00143: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Gilbert Baker
• FEC S0AR00077: $806,049
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  John Nichols Boozman
• 6 February 2010: Congressman Boozman announced his Senatorial Bid
• FEC S0AR00150: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Curtis Coleman
• FEC S0AR00036: $124,226
    Republican     Tom Cotton - apparently not a candidate
• 9 March 2010: Does not appear on any list recently provided by recognized election authorities.
    Republican     Thomas F. "Tom" Cox - apparently not a candidate
• 5 February 2010: "I am announcing my withdrawal from the race for U.S. Senate.... I will support the Republican Party Nominee...."
• FEC S0AR00051: $71,826
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Kim Dexter Hendren
• FEC S0AR00085: $212,446
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Jim Holt
• FEC S4AR00046: Financial report not available
    Republican     Jim Lindsey - apparently not a candidate
• 9 March 2010: Does not appear on any list recently provided by recognized election authorities.
    Republican     James "Buzzy" McNair - apparently not a candidate
• 9 March 2010: Does not appear on any list recently provided by recognized election authorities.
  Candidate Republican     Fred Ramey
• FEC S0AR00044: $21,486
    Republican     Stanley E. Reed - apparently not a candidate
• 18 December 2009: Dropped out.
• FEC S0AR00127: $33,401
  Candidate Republican     Conrad Earl "Colonel" Reynolds
• FEC S0AR00069: $85,095
    Republican     Hiluard G. "Buddy" Rogers - apparently not a candidate
• 6 February 2010: "I ran for the Senate because I believed that the other candidates either lacked the experience the position requires .... However, with Congressman John Boozman’s entry into the race, we now have a candidate who meets those criteria.... Today, I withdraw my name from consideration for senator and whole-heartedly endorse John Boozman."
• FEC S0AR00093: $13,240
  Candidate Green     Greenland Mayor  John L. Gray
  Candidate Independent     Jasper A. Beede
  Candidate Independent     Larry Buffington
  Candidate Independent     Ronald Trevor "Trevor" Drown
• FEC S0AR00135: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent     Edward Dale "Ed" Frizzell
• FEC S0AR00119: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent     Christopher Nogy
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
Chair up for election 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     Governor  Mike Beebe
  Candidate Republican     Jim Keet
  Candidate Constitution     Tull Mayor Frank Gilbert
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election
Open		 Democratic Lieutenant Governor  William A. "Bill" Halter
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - 5 January 2008: Made a preliminary announcement that he will run for Governor in 2010.
November 2009 update: May run for Senate in 2010.
1 March 2010: Announced that he would run for Senate.
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Shane Broadway
    Democratic     Drew Pritt - apparently not a candidate
• Circa 14 December 2009: Switched from Senate Class 3 Seat to Lt. Governor
9 March 2010: Does not appear on any list recently provided by recognized election authorities.
  Candidate Republican     Donnie Copeland
  Candidate Republican     Mark Darr
111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Democratic (2 Open, 1 Undetermined);
1 Republican (1 Open)
CD 1
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Seat up for election
Open		 Democratic Congressman  Marion Berry
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - 25 January 2010: Announced retirement
    Democratic     Congressman  Marion Berry - apparently not a candidate
• 25 January 2010: Announced retirement
• FEC H6AR01072: $430,464
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Steven Mark "Steve" Bryles
• FEC H0AR01141: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Chad Causey
• Congressman Marion Berry's Chief of Staff
• FEC H0AR01109: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative  David Ray Cook
• FEC H0AR01133: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Terry G. Green
    Democratic     James Christopher Gregory - apparently not a candidate
• 9 March 2010: Does not appear on any list recently provided by recognized election authorities.
• FEC H0AR01091: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Ben Ponder
  Candidate Democratic     former state Senator Tymothe Lynn "Tim" Wooldridge
• FEC H0AR01117: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford
• FEC H0AR01083: $109,774
  Candidate Republican     Princella D. Smith
• FEC H0AR01125: Financial report not available
  Candidate Green     Ken Adler
  Candidate Independent     Mickey Vernon Higgins
• FEC H0AR01158: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent     Richard Walden
CD 2
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Seat up for election
Open		 Democratic Congressman Victor Frederick "Vic" Snyder
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - 15 January 2010: Announced he will not seek an 8th term.
  Candidate Democratic     John Adams
• FEC H0AR02149: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     David Alan Boling
• FEC H0AR02156: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Joyce Ann Elliott
• FEC H0AR02131: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Patrick Kennedy
    Democratic     Congressman Victor Frederick "Vic" Snyder - apparently not a candidate
• 15 January 2010: Announced he will not seek an 8th term.
• FEC H6AR02203: $10
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative  Robert Dale "Robbie" Wills, Jr.
• FEC H0AR02123: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     John Timothy "Tim" Griffin
• FEC H0AR02107: $391,762
    Republican     David Mark Emerson Meeks - apparently not a candidate
• 2 February 2010: Running for the Arkansas state House.
• FEC H0AR02099: $9,042
  Candidate Republican     Scott Wallace
• FEC H0AR02115: $37,261
  Candidate Independent     Bert Hone, Jr.
  Candidate Independent     Lance Levi
  Candidate Independent     Charles Neely
CD 3
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Seat up for election
Open		 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
• Open Seat - 6 February 2010: Congressman Boozman announced his bid for the Senate Class 3 Seat
    Democratic     Larry "Beau" Stricklin - apparently not a candidate
• 9 March 2010: Does not appear on any list recently provided by recognized election authorities.
  Candidate Democratic     David Jeffrey Whitaker
• FEC H0AR03030: $20,146
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Cecile H. Bledsoe
• FEC H0AR03063: Financial report not available
    Republican     Congressman  John Nichols Boozman - apparently not a candidate
• 6 February 2010: Congressman Boozman announced his bid for the Senate Class 3 Seat
• FEC H2AR03176: $243,133
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Robert Gunner "Gunner" DeLay
• FEC H2AR03192: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Steve Lowry
  Candidate Republican     Kurt E. Maddox
• FEC H0AR03048: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Doug Matayo
  Candidate Republican     Boone County Judge Mike C. Moore
• FEC H0AR03071: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Bernard Kurt "Bernie" Skoch
• FEC H0AR03022: $25,781
  Candidate Republican     Rogers Mayor  Stephen A. "Steve" Womack
• FEC H0AR03055: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent     Jerry Coon
CD 4
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Seat up for election		 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: $1,068,743
  Candidate Republican     Glenn Edward Gallas
• FEC H0AR04061: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Beth Anne Rankin
  Candidate Independent; (Republican)     Marc Rosson
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election
Open		 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
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Mark Martin
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election Democratic Attorney General  Dustin McDaniel
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Attorney General  Dustin McDaniel
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election 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
Seat up for election
Open		 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
Seat up for election
Open		 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     Mike Berg
  Candidate Democratic     LJ Bryant
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative  Monty Davenport
  Candidate Republican     John M. Thurston
 
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, 27 candidates
 • Republican: 1 incumbent, 28 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
 • Green (affiliates): 2 candidates
 • Libertarian
Other Third Parties
 • Conservative USA
 • Natural Law (affiliates)
 • Right to Life
 • Unity
Independents
 • Independent: 12 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 Secretary of State Presents: Vote Naturally | Accurate, Accessible. For Arkansas
 • Secretary of State: Elections Department
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Arkansas General Assembly
 • Arkansas House of Representatives
 • Arkansas Senate
Democratic
 • The Democratic Party of Arkansas
Republican
 • The Republican Party of Arkansas
Third Party
 • Arkansas Libertarian Party
 • Arkansas Right to Life
 • Conservative Party USA Arkansas
 • 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
 • 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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