The Green Papers: Arkansas 2012 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 22 May 2012
Runoff: Tuesday 12 June 2012
General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:2,926,229 (0.94% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:6(1.12% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
2000 Census:2,679,733 (0.95% of 281,998,273)
2004, 2008 Electoral Votes:6(1.12% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
Capital:Little Rock
Tuesday 22 May 2012 polling hours 7:30a CDT (1230 UTC) to 7:30p CDT (0030 UTC).
Tuesday 12 June 2012 polling hours 7:30a CDT (1230 UTC) to 7:30p CDT (0030 UTC).
Tuesday 6 November 2012 polling hours 7:30a CST (1330 UTC) to 7:30p CST (0130 UTC).
 

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Arkansas State and Local Government

Arkansas 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties


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.

22 May 2012 Primary returns from an offiical source.

12 June 2012 Primary returns from an offiical source.

6 November 2012 General Election Candidate Information.

6 November 2012 General Election returns from the Arkansas Secretary of State.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. 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 2012
  Elected Republican 647,744 60.57% former Massachusetts Governor Willard "Mitt" Romney
(6 Electoral Votes)
Vice President: Wisconsin Congressman Paul D. Ryan

FEC P80003353; 26 Nov 12; Tot $478,704,347; Dsb $465,787,141
  Candidate Democratic 394,409 36.88% President Barack Hussein Obama
Vice President: Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.

FEC P80003338; 26 Nov 12; Tot $732,741,988; Dsb $729,647,987
  Candidate Libertarian 16,276 1.52% former New Mexico Governor Gary Earl Johnson
Vice President: James P. "Jim" Gray

FEC P20002671; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,575,529; Dsb $2,572,585
  Candidate Green 9,305 0.87% Jill E. Stein
Vice President: Cheri Honkala

FEC P20003984; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,005,788; Dsb $1,093,022
  Candidate Socialism and Liberation 1,734 0.16% Peta Lindsay
Vice President: Yari Osorio

FEC P20004636; 26 Nov 12; Tot $30,903; Dsb $31,019
Total 1,069,468 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 112th 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 Republican Senator John Nichols Boozman
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Mike Beebe
First elected: 2006, re-elected: 2010
Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit
  Candidate Democratic     John Burkhalter
  Candidate Democratic     Attorney General Dustin McDaniel

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Mark A. Darr
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

112th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Republican (3 Renominated);
1 Democratic (1 Open)

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 1
Seat up for election
Republican Congressman Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 22 May 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Republican 138,800 56.23% Congressman Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford
FEC H0AR01083; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,338,871; Dsb $1,232,546
  Candidate Democratic 96,601 39.13% Prosecuting Attorney Scott A. Ellington
22 May 2012: Received 49.5% in the primary. Advanced to and won the 12 June 2012 runoff.

FEC H2AR01071; 26 Nov 12; Tot $371,775; Dsb $369,845
  Candidate Libertarian 6,427 2.60% Jessica Paxton
FEC H2AR01089
  Candidate Green 5,015 2.03% Jacob Holloway
FEC H2AR01097
Total 246,843 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 2
Seat up for election
Republican Congressman John Timothy "Tim" Griffin
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 22 May 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Republican 158,175 55.19% Congressman John Timothy "Tim" Griffin
FEC H0AR02107; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,614,971; Dsb $1,608,998
  Candidate Democratic 113,156 39.48% former state Representative Herb C. Rule, III
FEC H2AR02053; 26 Nov 12; Tot $227,033; Dsb $224,739
  Candidate Green 8,566 2.99% Barbara Ward
FEC H2AR02079
  Candidate Libertarian 6,701 2.34% Chris Hayes
FEC H2AR02061
Total 286,598 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 3
Seat up for election
Republican Congressman Stephen A. "Steve" Womack
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 22 May 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Republican 186,467 75.90% Congressman Stephen A. "Steve" Womack
FEC H0AR03055; 26 Nov 12; Tot $931,788; Dsb $587,335
  Candidate Green 39,318 16.01% Rebekah Kennedy
FEC H2AR03259
  Candidate Libertarian 19,875 8.09% David Pangrac
FEC H2AR03267
Total 245,660 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 4
Seat up for election
Open
Democratic Congressman Michael Avery "Mike" Ross
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Open Seat - 25 July 2011: "...I have decided not to seek a seventh term to the United States House..."
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Republican 154,149 59.53% Thomas B. "Tom" Cotton
FEC H2AR04083; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,202,993; Dsb $1,981,464
  Candidate Democratic 95,013 36.69% state Senator Gene Jeffress
22 May 2012: Received 43% in the primary. Advanced to and won the 12 June 2012 runoff.

FEC H2AR04109; 26 Nov 12; Tot $99,830; Dsb $97,534
  Candidate Libertarian 4,984 1.92% former state Representative Robert "Bobby" Tullis
Served 14 years as a Democratic state Representative

FEC H2AR04141
  Candidate Green 4,807 1.86% J. Joshua "Josh" Drake
FEC H8AR04098
Total 258,953 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime

  Republican Secretary of State Mark Martin
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Democratic Attorney General Dustin McDaniel
First elected: 2006, re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Open Seat - At Term Limit

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Democratic Treasurer Martha A. Shoffner
First elected: 2006, re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Open Seat - At Term Limit

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Democratic Auditor Charlie Daniels
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Served as Secretary of State 2002-2010.

Commissioner of State Lands  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime

  Republican State Lands Commissioner John M. Thurston
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
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): 6 incumbents, 6 candidates
  Republican: 7 incumbents, 5 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Green (affiliates): 5 candidates
  Libertarian: 5 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Socialism and Liberation: 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 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.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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