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2018 Arkansas gubernatorial election


The 2018 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor of Arkansas, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Asa Hutchinson won re-election to a second term, winning by more than 33 percentage points and carrying all but seven counties, marking the largest winning margin of any Republican gubernatorial candidate in Arkansas history.

  • Asa Hutchinson, incumbent governor

  • Jan Morgan, gun range owner

  • Tim Griffin, lieutenant governor and former U.S. representative (running for re-election)

  • Leslie Rutledge, attorney general (running for re-election)

  • John Thurston, land commissioner (running for Secretary of State)

Poll sourceDate(s)administeredSamplesizeMarginof errorAsaHutchinsonJanMorganUndecided
Hendrix CollegeApril 17–19, 2018676± 3.8%58%31%12%

Results by county: Hutchinson .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}  50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Morgan   50–60%

PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican145,25169.7
Republican63,00930.3
208,260100.0
  • Jared Henderson, former Arkansas executive director of Teach For America

  • Leticia Sanders, hairdresser

  • Keith Ingram, Minority Leader of the Arkansas Senate

  • Jay Martin, former Majority Leader of the Arkansas House of Representatives

  • Kevin Smith, mayor of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, former Majority Whip of the Arkansas Senate, former Democratic candidate in 1996 United States Senate election in Arkansas

Results by county: Henderson   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Sanders   50–60%   60–70%

PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic68,34063.4
Democratic39,38236.6
107,722100.0
  • Bobby Bones, radio host

  • Mark West (Libertarian), pastor and nominee for AR-01 in 2016

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political ReportSafe ROctober 26, 2018
The Washington PostSafe RNovember 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEightSafe RNovember 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political ReportSafe RNovember 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RNovember 5, 2018
RealClearPoliticsSafe RNovember 4, 2018
Daily KosSafe RNovember 5, 2018
Fox NewsLikely RNovember 5, 2018
PoliticoSafe RNovember 5, 2018
GoverningSafe RNovember 5, 2018
DatesLocationHutchinsonHendersonWestLink
September 12, 2018Little Rock, ArkansasDidn't participateParticipantParticipantFull debate - YouTube
October 12, 2018Conway, ArkansasParticipantParticipantParticipantFull debate - C-SPAN
Poll sourceDate(s)administeredSamplesizeMarginof errorAsaHutchinson (R)JaredHenderson (D)MarkWest (L)OtherUndecided
University of ArkansasOctober 1–28, 2018618± 3.9%59%35%6%
Hendrix CollegeOctober 18–19, 2018528± 4.3%60%24%5%11%
Hendrix CollegeSeptember 5–7, 20181,701± 2.4%60%25%6%9%
Mason-DixonMarch 21–24, 2018625± 4.0%63%24%13%
PartyCandidateVotes%.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Republican582,40665.33%+9.89%
Democratic283,21831.77%–9.72%
Libertarian25,8852.90%+0.98%
891,509100.00%N/A
  • Ashley (largest city: Crossett)
  • Bradley (largest city: Warren)
  • Clark (largest city: Arkadelphia)
  • Dallas (largest city: Fordyce)
  • Desha (largest city: Dumas)
  • Drew (largest city: Monticello)
  • Jackson (largest city: Newport)
  • Lafayette (largest city: Stamps)
  • Lincoln (largest city: Star City)
  • Little River (largest city: Ashdown)
  • Mississippi (largest city: Osceola)
  • Monroe (largest city: Clarendon)
  • Nevada (largest city: Prescott)
  • Ouachita (largest city: Camden)
  • Pike (largest city: Glenwood)
  • Woodruff (largest city: Augusta)

Hutchinson won all four congressional districts.

DistrictHutchinsonHendersonRepresentative
69%27%Rick Crawford
59%39%French Hill
66%31%Steve Womack
69%28%Bruce Westerman
  • 2018 Arkansas elections

  • Candidates at Vote Smart

  • Candidates at Ballotpedia

Official campaign websites

  • Jared Henderson (D) for Governor
  • Asa Hutchinson (R) for Governor
  • Mark West (L) for Governor
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