Arkansas 2009 General Election

The Green Papers: Arkansas 2009 General Election

This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.

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Arkansas
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. 111^th 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

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 • Open Seat - 5 January 2008: Preliminary announced that he will run for Governor in 2010. November 2009 update: May run for Senate in 2010.

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

CD 1 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Marion Berry • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 2 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Victor Frederick "Vic" Snyder • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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 2 November 2010

CD 4 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Michael Avery "Mike" Ross • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime

	Democratic	Secretary of State Charlie Daniels • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Open Seat - At term limit. Running for Auditor in 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 • Open Seat - At term limit

Commissioner of State Lands 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime

	Democratic	State Lands Commissioner Mark Wilcox • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Commissioner of State Lands is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Open Seat - At term limit. Running for Secretary of State in 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.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 12 incumbents
	• Republican: 1 incumbent
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.