May 19

Primary results

(June 9 runoff)

Runoff results

March 31

Total Numbers: 4

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PARTY CONTROL

Governor: Republican
U.S. Senate: 1 Democrat, 1 Republican
U.S. House of Representatives: 2 Democrats, 2 Republicans
State Senate: 28 Democrats, 7 Republicans
State House of Representatives: 86 Democrats, 14 Republicans

Senate: 18 seats up
House: All 100 seats up

None

State Projected Voting Age Population: 1,873,000 (1996)
Registered Voters: (As of 9/98) 1,921,565

   Republicans:     1,000,229    52%

   Democrats:         903,332    47%

   Libertarian Party:  17,279   0.9%

   Reform Party:          725   0.04%

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Clinton won in 1996; Clinton in 1992; Bush in 1988; Reagan in 1984; Reagan in 1980; Carter in 1976; Nixon in 1972; Wallace in 1968; Johnson in 1964; Kennedy in 1960.

LAST TIME VOTED DEMOCRATIC FOR PRESIDENT: 1996

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1996:

Clinton: 54%
Dole: 37%
Perot: 8%
Other: 2%

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1992:

Clinton: 53.2%
Bush: 35.5%
Perot: 10.4%

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1988:

Bush: 56%
Dukakis: 42%

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1984:

Reagan: 60%
Mondale: 38%

PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1980:

Reagan: 48.1%
Carter: 47.5%
Anderson: 2.7%

1992:

• President
• Senate

1994:

• Governor
• Other Issues

1996:

• President
• Senate

Historical voter turnout as a percentage of the voting age population 1996-1960

Population: 2,510,000 (1996)
(% of voting age population)

White: 85.1%
African American: 13.6%
Asian:
Native American:
Other/Undeclared: 1.2%

Persons of Hispanic origin account for 1.0% of the voting population (from 1990 Census)

State Capital: Little Rock
State Nickname: The Natural State

Arkansas made civil rights history in 1957 when Gov. Orval Faubus resisted integration, using the National Guard to defend segregation at Little Rock's Central High School. Despite Democratic native son Bill Clinton in the White House, the past two elections have seen a rise in Republican turnout. Where Arkansas Democrats in 1992 held the governorship, all lower state offices, both Senate seats and three out of four House seats, things changed drastically during the next election cycle. As of January 1997, Republicans held the governorship, one Senate seat and two of four House seats. Junior Sen. Tim Hutchinson is a prime example of the Republican trend in Arkansas -- elected in 1996, Hutchinson is the first Republican senator from the state since 1879.

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