2010 Arkansas elections

2010 Arkansas Attorney General election
← 2006 2014 →
	County results; McDaniel: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Attorney General before election; Dustin McDaniel; Democratic	Elected Attorney General ; Dustin McDaniel; Democratic

2010 Arkansas Secretary of State election
← 2006 2014 →
	County results; Martin: 50–60% 60–70%; O'Brien: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Secretary of State before election; Charlie Daniels; Democratic	Elected Secretary of State ; Mark Martin; Republican

General elections were held November 2, 2010 in Arkansas. Primaries were held on May 18, 2010 and runoffs, if necessary, were held on November 23, 2010. Arkansas elected seven constitutional officers, 17 of 35 state senate seats, all 100 house seats and 28 district prosecuting attorneys, and voted on one constitutional amendment and one referred question. Non-partisan judicial elections were held the same day as the party primaries for four Supreme Court justices, four appeals circuit court judges, and eight district court judges.

Federal

United States Senate

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln ran unsuccessfully for re-election against Republican John Boozman. Arkansas had previously only elected one Republican senator since the Reconstruction, who was defeated after his first term in 2002 by Mark Pryor. Lincoln faced Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter and narrowly won the primary contest.

United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2010^[1]^[2]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Boozman	451,617	57.90%	+13.83%
	Democratic	Blanche Lincoln (incumbent)	288,156	36.95%	−18.95%
	Libertarian	Trevor Drown	25,234	3.24%	+3.24%
	Green	John Gray	14,430	1.85%	+1.85%
Majority	163,461	20.95%
Turnout	779,437	37.5%
	Republican gain from Democratic	Swing

United States House

All four of Arkansas's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010. Only one of the four incumbents sought re-election, Democrat Mike Ross of District 4.

Results U.S. Congress District 01

Crawford counties in red, Causey counties in blue.

This was an open seat, as Democratic incumbent Marion Berry chose to retire. Berry was always reelected in this district by a wide margin since his first reelection campaign in 1998, and was unopposed in 2008. The district is very Republican (giving only 38% to Obama) on a national level despite a long history of electing Democrats to local and state level offices.

U.S. Congress District 01 election^[3]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Crawford	93,224	51.79
	Democratic	Chad Causey	78,267	43.48
	Green	Ken Adler	8,320	4.62
	Write-ins		205	0.11
Total votes	180,016	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

Results U.S. Congress District 02

Results by county **Griffin**
  50-59%
  60-69%
  70-79%
**Elliott**
  40-49%

This district was represented by seven term Democrat Vic Snyder who was unchallenged in 2008 and received 70% of the vote. Snyder announced that he would retire in 2010, reportedly after polls showed him trailing Republican Tim Griffin.^[4]

U.S. Congress District 02 election^[5]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Griffin	122,091	57.90
	Democratic	Joyce Elliott	80,687	38.27
	Independent	Lance Levi	4,421	2.10
	Green	Lewis Kennedy	3,599	1.71
	Write-ins		54	0.03
Total votes	210,852	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

Results U.S. Congress District 03

Womack counties in red, Whitaker counties in blue.

This district was represented by Republican John Boozman. Boozman ran for the U.S. Senate, against Blanche Lincoln.^[6] The district (comprising the northwest part of the state) has been held by the GOP since 1966.

U.S. Congress District 03 election^[3]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Womack	148,581	72.44
	Democratic	David Whitaker	56,542	27.56
Total votes	205,123	100
	Republican hold

Results U.S. Congress District 04

Ross counties in blue, Rankin counties in red.

This district was represented by five term Democrat Mike Ross, who won reelection in 2008 with 86.2% of the vote against a Green Party challenger. Ross won reelection, albeit in his narrowest margin since first being elected in 2000. This is the last time a Democrat won a house (or any congressional) election in Arkansas.

U.S. Congress District 04 election^[7]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Ross (incumbent)	102,479	57.53
	Republican	Beth Anne Rankin	71,526	40.15
	Green	Josh Drake	4,129	2.32
Total votes	178,134	100
	Democratic hold

Governor

Incumbent governor Mike Beebe easily won re-election and swept every single county.^[8]

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2010^[2]^[9]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike Beebe (incumbent)	503,336	64.42	+8.81
	Republican	Jim Keet	262,784	33.63	−7.03
	Green	Jim Lendall	14,513	1.86	+0.21
	Write-in	700	0.09	N/A
Total votes	781,333	100
	Democratic hold

Lieutenant governor

Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter ran for Senate and did not seek re-election.^[10]

Arkansas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2010^[2]^[11]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Darr	386,693	51.05
	Democratic	Shane Broadway	369,538	48.95
Total votes	756,231	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

Secretary of State

Democratic incumbent Charlie Daniels was term-limited and instead ran for state auditor.^[12]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Pat O'Brien, Pulaski County clerk^[13]
Doris Tate, Sebastian County clerk^[14]
Mark Wilcox, outgoing Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands^[15]

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[16]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat O'Brien	149,453	48.85
	Democratic	Mark Wilcox	105,809	34.59
	Democratic	Doris Tate	50,655	16.56
Total votes	305,917	100

Runoff results

Democratic primary runoff results^[17]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat O'Brien	151,046	61.58
	Democratic	Mark Wilcox	94,239	38.42
Total votes	245,285	100

Republican nominee

Mark Martin, state legislator^[18]

General election

2010 Arkansas Secretary of State election^[19]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Martin	392,468	51.33
	Democratic	Pat O'Brien	372,123	48.67
Total votes	764,591	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

Attorney general

Incumbent Dustin McDaniel won re-election in a landslide as no Republican filed to run for his seat.^[20]^[21]

Democratic nominee

Dustin McDaniel, incumbent^[22]

Green Party nominee

Rebekah Kennedy, attorney^[23]

Write-in candidate

Marc Rosson, farmer^[23]

General election

2010 Arkansas Attorney general election^[2]^[24]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dustin McDaniel (incumbent)	525,940	72.76
	Green	Rebekah Kennedy	193,658	26.79
	Write-in	3,216	0.45
Total votes	722,814	100
	Democratic hold

Treasurer

Results by county:

  Shoffner

  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%

Incumbent Martha Shoffner won every county in Arkansas with between 53.43% and 87.67% of the votes.^[20]

Treasurer election^[2]^[25]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martha Shoffner (incumbent)	479,701	67.54
	Green	Bobby Tullis	230,594	32.46
Turnout	710,295	34.15
	Democratic hold

Auditor of State

Results by county:

  Daniels

  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%

Democratic incumbent Jim Wood was term-limited. Charlie Daniels won every county in Arkansas with between 58.52% and 88.51% of the votes.^[20]

Auditor of State election^[2]^[26]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charlie Daniels	506,606	70.65
	Green	Mary Hughes-Willis	210,476	29.35
Turnout	717,082	34.48
	Democratic hold

Commissioner of State Lands

Results by county:

  Thurston

  50–60%
  60–70%

  70–80%

  Bryant

  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%

Democratic incumbent Commissioner Mark Wilcox was term-limited. Republican John Thurston won the election, becoming the first Republican Commissioner since Reconstruction.

Commissioner of State Lands election^[2]^[27]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John M. Thurston	396,263	52.68
	Democratic	LJ Bryant	355,996	47.32
Turnout	752,259	36.17
	Republican gain from Democratic

General Assembly

State Senate

Half of the 35 members of the Arkansas Senate were up for election in 2010.

State House of Representatives

All 100 seats in the Arkansas House of Representatives were up for election in 2010.

Judicial positions

Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 2010.

Arkansas judicial elections, 2010 at Judgepedia

Ballot measures

Three statewide ballot questions have been certified:
1. Right to hunt, fish and trap wildlife
2. Establish criteria before authorizing the issuance of bonds
3. Lower the threshold for issuing state bonds to attract major industries

Arkansas 2010 ballot measures at Ballotpedia

Results

	Amendment 1^[28]	Amendment 2^[29]	Amendment 3^[30]
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
For	612,495	82.78%	448,711	64.20%	431,724	62.35 %
Against	127,444	17.22%	250,167	35.80%	260,735	37.65%
	Approved	Approved	Approved

Local

Many elections for county offices were also held on November 2, 2010.

References

↑ "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "United States Elections Project". Archived from the original on July 22, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
1 2 "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
↑ Kraushaar, Josh (January 15, 2010). "Vic Snyder retiring". Politico.
↑ "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
↑ Stovall, Zack (March 29, 2009). "Republican Boozman on the outside looking in". Arkansas News Bureau. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
↑ "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
↑ "Beebe reelected Governor; Republicans winning other top spots". Talk Business & Politics. November 3, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
↑ "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
↑ Catanese, David (February 22, 2010). "Beebe cool on Halter Senate bid". Politico. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
↑ "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
↑ "Daniels says he's running for Arkansas auditor". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. July 24, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
↑ Wickline, Michael R. (May 28, 2009). "O'Brien's hat in ring for secretary of state". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
↑ Brantley, Max (June 16, 2009). "Three-way for Capitol job". Arkansas Times. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
↑ Harris, Waylon (June 17, 2009). "Wilcox announces bid for secretary of state". Log Cabin Democrat. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
↑ "Secretary of State - Democrat - Certified". Arkansas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
↑ "Secretary of State - Certfied". Arkansas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on January 12, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
↑ "Prairie Grove legislator announces secretary of state bid". Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. January 7, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
↑ "Secretary of State - Certified". Arkansas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
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↑ "McDaniel re-elected attorney general". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. November 2, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
↑ Wickline, Michael R. (April 16, 2009). "McDaniel, Halter tell campaign donations". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
1 2 "McDaniel's goal: 8 years on job". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. October 3, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
↑ "Attorney General - Certified". Arkansas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
↑ "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
↑ "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
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↑ "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

External links

Elections from the Arkansas Secretary of State
Candidates for Arkansas State Offices at Project Vote Smart
Arkansas Polls at Pollster.com
Arkansas Congressional Races in 2010 campaign finance data from OpenSecrets
Arkansas 2010 campaign finance data from Follow the Money
2010 Election at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Portals:

[1] "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

[turnout-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "United States Elections Project". Archived from the original on July 22, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2013.

[votenaturally.org-3] 1 2 "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

[4] Kraushaar, Josh (January 15, 2010). "Vic Snyder retiring". Politico.

[5] "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

[6] Stovall, Zack (March 29, 2009). "Republican Boozman on the outside looking in". Arkansas News Bureau. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2010.

[7] "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

[8] "Beebe reelected Governor; Republicans winning other top spots". Talk Business & Politics. November 3, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2026.

[9] "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

[10] Catanese, David (February 22, 2010). "Beebe cool on Halter Senate bid". Politico. Retrieved July 16, 2026.

[11] "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

[12] "Daniels says he's running for Arkansas auditor". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. July 24, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2026.

[13] Wickline, Michael R. (May 28, 2009). "O'Brien's hat in ring for secretary of state". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved July 19, 2026.

[14] Brantley, Max (June 16, 2009). "Three-way for Capitol job". Arkansas Times. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2026.

[15] Harris, Waylon (June 17, 2009). "Wilcox announces bid for secretary of state". Log Cabin Democrat. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2026.

[16] "Secretary of State - Democrat - Certified". Arkansas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2026.

[17] "Secretary of State - Certfied". Arkansas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on January 12, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2026.

[18] "Prairie Grove legislator announces secretary of state bid". Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. January 7, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2026.

[19] "Secretary of State - Certified". Arkansas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2026.

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[21] "McDaniel re-elected attorney general". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. November 2, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2026.

[22] Wickline, Michael R. (April 16, 2009). "McDaniel, Halter tell campaign donations". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved July 19, 2026.

[ARAG-23] 1 2 "McDaniel's goal: 8 years on job". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. October 3, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2026.

[24] "Attorney General - Certified". Arkansas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2026.

[25] "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

[26] "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

[27] "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

[28] "Arkansas Secretary of State". Ark.org. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

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