Election Results
Donald Trump won Arkansas with about 64% of the vote in the 2024 presidential election.
Democratic presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Republican presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
| Indicator | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic margin 2024 (points) | 29 | -1.5 |
Governors
Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) became governor in 2023, the first woman to hold the office, with Republican supermajorities.
| Governor | Party | In office |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah Huckabee Sanders | Republican | 2023–present |
| Mike Beebe | Democrat | 2007–2015 |
| Mike Huckabee | Republican | 1996–2007 |
| Jim Guy Tucker | Democrat | 1992–1996 |
| Frank D. White | Republican | 1981–1983 |
| David Hampton Pryor | Democrat | 1975–1979 |
| Dale Bumpers | Democrat | 1971–1975 |
| Winthrop Rockefeller | Republican | 1967–1971 |
| Orval Eugene Faubus | Democrat | 1955–1967 |
| Francis Adams Cherry | Democrat | 1953–1955 |
| Sidney Sanders McMath | Democrat | 1949–1953 |
| Benjamin Travis Laney | Democrat | 1945–1949 |
| Homer Martin Adkins | Democrat | 1941–1945 |
| Carl Edward Bailey | Democrat | 1937–1941 |
| Harvey Parnell | Democrat | 1928–1933 |
| John Ellis Martineau | Democrat | 1927–1928 |
| Thomas Jefferson Terral | Democrat | 1925–1927 |
| Thomas Chipman McRae | Democrat | 1921–1925 |
| Charles Hillman Brough | Democrat | 1917–1921 |
| George Washington Hays | Democrat | 1913–1917 |
| William Kavanaugh Oldham | Democrat | 1913–1913 |
| Joseph Taylor Robinson | Democrat | 1913–1913 |
| George W. Donaghey | Democrat | 1909–1913 |
| Xenophon Overton Pindall | Democrat | 1907–1909 |
| John Isaac Moore | Democrat | 1907–1907 |
| John Sebastian Little | Democrat | 1907–1907 |
| Jefferson Davis | Democrat | 1901–1907 |
| Daniel Webster Jones | Democrat | 1897–1901 |
| James Paul Clarke | Democrat | 1895–1897 |
| William Meade Fishback | Democrat | 1893–1895 |
| James Philip Eagle | Democrat | 1889–1893 |
| Simon P. Hughes | Democrat | 1885–1889 |
| James Henderson Berry | Democrat | 1883–1885 |
| Thomas James Churchill | Democrat | 1881–1883 |
| William Read Miller | Democrat | 1877–1881 |
| Augustus Hill Garland | Democrat | 1874–1877 |
| Elisha Baxter | Republican | 1873–1874 |
| Ozra A. Hadley | Republican | 1871–1873 |
| Powell Clayton | Republican | 1868–1871 |
| Isaac Murphy | Republican | 1864–1868 |
| Harris Flanagin | Democrat | 1862–1864 |
| Henry Massey Rector | Democrat | 1860–1862 |
| Elias Nelson Conway | Democrat | 1852–1860 |
| John Selden Roane | Democrat | 1849–1852 |
| Richard C. Byrd | Democrat | 1849–1849 |
| Thomas Stevenson Drew | Democrat | 1844–1849 |
| Samuel Adams | Democrat | 1844–1844 |
| Archibald Yell | Democrat | 1840–1844 |
| James Sevier Conway | Democrat | 1836–1840 |
Source: National Governors Association, current and former governors.
- •Arkansas produced President Bill Clinton, governor of the state for over a decade.
Senators
Arkansas's U.S. senators are John Boozman and Tom Cotton, both Republicans.
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1978–2022MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse). Regular-term races; special elections only when no regular race was held. Independents (e.g. caucusing with Democrats) are not counted as Democratic; years without a Democratic nominee are omitted.
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1978–2022MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
- •Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester became the first Black women elected to the Senate from their states in 2024.
Representatives
Arkansas has 4 seats in the U.S. House, all held by Republicans.
U.S. House seats apportioned to Arkansas
1910–2020U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.
Voting Trends
Arkansas has voted Republican in every presidential election since 2000.
Total votes cast for president
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Party Distribution
Arkansas's state legislature is heavily Republican, holding supermajorities in both chambers.