The Green Papers: Arkansas 2004 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 18 May 2004
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
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 18 May 2004 polls close 7:30p CDT (0030 UTC)
Tuesday 2 November 2004 polls close 7:30p CST (0130 UTC)
 

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Arkansas State and Local Government

Arkansas 2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions: Democrats   Republicans   Third Parties

           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. 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 States: Details.
Up for election in 2004
  Elected Republican 572,898 54.31% President George W. Bush
(6 Electoral Votes)
• Vice President: Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney
Renominated by Convention - 2 September 2004
  Candidate Democrat 469,953 44.55% Senator John Kerry
• Vice President: Senator John Edwards
  Candidate Populist 6,171 0.58% Ralph Nader
• Vice President Peter Miguel Camejo
  Candidate Libertarian 2,352 0.22% Michael Badnarik
• Vice President: Richard V. Campagna
  Candidate Constitution 2,083 0.20% Michael Anthony Peroutka
• Vice President: Chuck Baldwin
  Candidate Green 1,488 0.14% David Keith Cobb
• Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat" LaMarche

The Secretary of State lists 7,249 Total Over Votes and 8,379 Total Under Votes.
Total 1,054,945 100.00%  
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 108th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2   Democrat   Senator Mark Pryor
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Class 3
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004.
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1992, 1994]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 18 May 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 580,973 55.90% Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln
  Candidate Republican 458,036 44.07% State Senator Jim Holt
  Candidate Write-In 212 0.02% Glen Schwarz
  Candidate Write-In 128 0.01% Gene Mason
Total 1,039,349 100.00%  
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors
    Republican   Governor Mike Huckabee
• As Lieutenant Governor, succeeded to the office upon the resignation of Governor Jim Guy Tucker (Democrat): 15 July 1996; first elected to a full term: 1998; re-elected: 2002
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
• The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Republican   Lieutenant Governor Win Rockefeller
• First elected: 1996 (in a special election); re-elected: 1998; 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
108th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2004, 2006. No Term Limit. 108th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Democrats (3 Renominated);
1 Republican (1 Renominated)
CD 1
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Marion Berry
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 18 May 2004 - Primary
  Elected Democrat 162,388 66.57% Congressman Marion Berry
  Candidate Republican 81,556 33.43% Vernon Humphrey
Total 243,944 100.00%  
CD 2
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Vic Snyder
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 18 May 2004 - Primary
  Elected Democrat 160,834 58.17% Congressman Vic Snyder
  Candidate Republican 115,655 41.83% State Representative Marvin Parks
  Candidate Write-In 4 0.00% William Gabriel
Total 276,493 100.00%  
CD 3
Seat up for election		   Republican   Congressman John Boozman
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• 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 2004
• Renominated - 18 May 2004 - Primary
  Elected Republican 160,629 59.32% Congressman John Boozman
  Candidate Democrat 103,158 38.09% State Representative Jan Judy
  Candidate Independent 7,016 2.59% Dale Morfey
Total 270,803 100.00%  
CD 4
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Mike Ross
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 18 May 2004 - Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
  Elected Democrat     Congressman Mike Ross
• According to Arkansas law, it is not required to tablulate votes for unopposed candidates.
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
    Democrat   Secretary of State Charlie Daniels
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
• The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Democrat   Attorney General Mike Beebe
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Democrat   Treasurer Gus Wingfield
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Democrat   Auditor Jim Wood
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Commissioner of State Lands  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
    Democrat   State Lands Commissioner Mark Wilcox
• First elected: re-elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
• The current Commissioner of State Lands is unaffected by the State's term limit.
2002-2010 Congressional Districts  2002-2010 CDs

ARKANSAS
Congressional Districts re: Counties

County District
Arkansas CD 1
Ashley CD 4
Baxter CD 1
Benton CD 3
Boone CD 3
Bradley CD 4
Calhoun CD 4
Carroll CD 3
Chicot CD 4
Clark CD 4
Clay CD 1
Cleburne CD 1
Cleveland CD 4
Columbia CD 4
Conway CD 2
Craighead CD 1
Crawford CD 3
Crittenden CD 1
Cross CD 1
Dallas CD 4
Desha CD 4
Drew CD 4
Faulkner CD 2
Franklin CD 3
Fulton CD 1
Garland CD 4
Grant CD 4
Greene CD 1
Hempstead CD 4
Hot Spring CD 4
Howard CD 4
Independence CD 1
Izard CD 1
Jackson CD 1
Jefferson CD 4
Johnson CD 3
Lafayette CD 4
Lawrence CD 1
Lee CD 1
Lincoln CD 4
Little River CD 4
Logan CD 4
Lonoke CD 1
Madison CD 3
Marion CD 3
Miller CD 4
Mississippi CD 1
Monroe CD 1
Montgomery CD 4
Nevada CD 4
Newton CD 3
Ouachita CD 4
Perry CD 2
Phillips CD 1
Pike CD 4
Poinsett CD 1
Polk CD 4
Pope CD 3
Prairie CD 1
Pulaski CD 2
Randolph CD 1
St. Francis CD 1
Saline CD 2
Scott CD 4
Searcy CD 1
Sebastian CD 3
Sevier CD 4
Sharp CD 1
Stone CD 1
Union CD 4
Van Buren CD 2
Washington CD 3
White CD 2
Woodruff CD 1
Yell CD 2

 

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