2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas

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The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Arkansas, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including President of the United States. The primaries were held on March 1.

Quick facts All 4 Arkansas seats to the United States House of Representatives, Majority party ...
2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas
← 2014
November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)
2018 →
All 4 Arkansas seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Republican Libertarian Democratic
Last election 4 0 0
Seats won 4 0 0
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 760,415 196,512 111,347
Percentage 71.16% 18.39% 10.42%
Swing Increase 9.83% Increase 10.42% Decrease 20.22%
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Overview

Although Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson only obtained 2.6% of the vote in Arkansas during the coinciding presidential election, Libertarian candidates for the U.S. House amounted to a total of 18.4% of the popular vote, a 10.4% swing from 2014 when the total was 8%. This huge swing was attributed to several factors:

  1. the Libertarian Party was the only third party to file for ballot status in the House elections;
  2. the Democratic Party did not field any candidates for races in the 1st, 3rd, and 4th congressional districts;
  3. this in turn allowing the Libertarian candidates to obtain over 20% of the vote in these races.

The Democratic Party as a result finished 3rd in the popular vote in Arkansas, with its vote total amounting to 10.4%.

Statewide

Popular vote
Republican
 
 71.16%
Libertarian
 
 18.39%
Democratic
 
 10.42%
Other
 
 0.03%
House seats
Republican
 
 100.0%
Democratic
 
 0%

District

Results of the 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas by district:

More information District, Republican ...
District Republican Democratic Libertarian Others Total Result
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 1183,86676.28%00.00%57,18123.72%00.00%241,047100.0%Republican Hold
District 2176,47258.34%111,34736.81%14,3424.74%3030.10%302,464100.0%Republican Hold
District 3217,19277.32%00.00%63,71522.68%00.00%280,907100.0%Republican Hold
District 4182,88574.90%00.00%61,27425.10%00.00%244,159100.0%Republican Hold
Total760,41571.16%111,34710.42%196,51218.39%3030.03%1,068,577100.0%
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District 1

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
2016 Arkansas's 1st congressional district election
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2018 →
 
Nominee Rick Crawford Mark West
Party Republican Libertarian
Popular vote 183,866 57,181
Percentage 76.3% 23.7%
County results
Crawford:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
U.S. Representative before election

Rick Crawford
Republican

 Elected U.S. Representative

Rick Crawford
Republican

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See also: Arkansas's 1st congressional district

Incumbent Republican Rick Crawford, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.[1] He was re-elected with 63% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+14.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

There was no Democratic nominee for this election.

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Debate

More information No., Date ...
2016 Arkansas's 1st congressional district debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Libertarian
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Rick Crawford Mark West
1 Oct. 12, 2016 Arkansas PBS Steve Barnes [3] P P
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Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[4] Safe R November 7, 2016
Daily Kos Elections[5] Safe R November 7, 2016
Rothenberg[6] Safe R November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7] Safe R November 7, 2016
RCP[8] Safe R October 31, 2016
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
2016 Arkansas's 1st congressional district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Crawford (incumbent) 183,866 76.3
Libertarian Mark West 57,181 23.7
Total votes 241,047 100.0
Republican hold
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By county

More information County, Rick Crawford Republican ...
County[9] Rick Crawford
Republican		 Mark West
Libertarian		 Margin Total
# % # % # %
Arkansas 4,320 74.84% 1,452 25.16% 2,868 49.69% 5,772
Baxter 14,947 79.93% 3,754 20.07% 11,193 59.85% 18,701
Chicot 2,119 55.54% 1,696 44.46% 423 11.09% 3,815
Clay 3,769 84.77% 677 15.23% 3,092 69.55% 4,446
Cleburne 9,590 83.45% 1,902 16.55% 7,688 66.90% 11,492
Craighead 26,499 77.69% 7,608 22.31% 18,891 55.39% 34,107
Crittenden 7,754 55.68% 6,171 44.32% 1,583 11.37% 13,925
Cross 5,005 79.31% 1,306 20.69% 3,699 58.61% 6,311
Desha 2,197 62.20% 1,335 37.80% 862 24.41% 3,532
Fulton 3,496 80.81% 830 19.19% 2,666 61.63% 4,326
Greene 11,601 84.06% 2,200 15.94% 9,401 68.12% 13,801
Independence 10,135 78.35% 2,800 21.65% 7,335 56.71% 12,935
Izard 4,234 82.81% 879 17.19% 3,355 65.62% 5,113
Jackson 3,867 79.55% 994 20.45% 2,873 59.10% 4,861
Jefferson (part) 186 52.25% 170 47.75% 16 4.49% 356
Lawrence 4,488 83.33% 898 16.67% 3,590 66.65% 5,386
Lee 1,480 55.70% 1,177 44.30% 303 11.40% 2,657
Lincoln 2,573 72.81% 961 27.19% 1,612 45.61% 3,534
Lonoke 21,096 81.44% 4,808 18.56% 16,288 62.88% 25,904
Mississippi 8,258 73.00% 3,054 27.00% 5,204 46.00% 11,312
Monroe 1,695 69.64% 739 30.36% 956 39.28% 2,434
Phillips 3,030 51.68% 2,833 48.32% 197 3.36% 5,863
Poinsett 6,130 81.80% 1,364 18.20% 4,766 63.60% 7,494
Prairie 2,665 84.34% 495 15.66% 2,170 68.67% 3,160
Randolph 4,985 81.94% 1,099 18.06% 3,886 63.87% 6,084
Searcy (part) 2,648 82.65% 556 17.35% 2,092 65.29% 3,204
Sharp 5,716 82.98% 1,172 17.02% 4,544 65.97% 6,888
St. Francis 3,530 58.22% 2,533 41.78% 997 16.44% 6,063
Stone 4,216 79.94% 1,058 20.06% 3,158 59.88% 5,274
Woodruff 1,637 71.27% 660 28.73% 977 42.53% 2,297
Totals183,86676.28%57,18123.72%126,68552.56%241,047
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District 2

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
2016 Arkansas's 2nd congressional district election
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2018 →
 
Nominee French Hill Dianne Curry
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 176,472 111,347
Percentage 58.3% 36.8%
County results
Hill:      60–70%      70–80%
Curry:      40–50%
U.S. Representative before election

French Hill
Republican

 Elected U.S. Representative

French Hill
Republican

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See also: Arkansas's 2nd congressional district

Incumbent Republican French Hill, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election.[1] He was elected with 52% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+8.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Brock Olree

Results

Results by county
  Hill
  •   80–90%
More information Party, Candidate ...
Republican primary results[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican French Hill (incumbent) 86,474 84.5
Republican Brock Olree 15,811 15.5
Total votes 102,285 100.0
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Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[4] Safe R November 7, 2016
Daily Kos Elections[5] Safe R November 7, 2016
Rothenberg[6] Safe R November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7] Safe R November 7, 2016
RCP[8] Safe R October 31, 2016
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
2016 Arkansas's 2nd congressional district election[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican French Hill (incumbent) 176,472 58.3
Democratic Dianne Curry 111,347 36.8
Libertarian Chris Hayes 14,342 4.7
Write-in 303 0.1
Total votes 302,464 100.0
Republican hold
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By county

More information County, French Hill Republican ...
County[12] French Hill
Republican		 Dianne Curry
Democratic		 Various candidates
Other parties		 Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Conway 4,985 63.46% 2,539 32.32% 331 4.21% 2,446 31.14% 7,855
Faulkner 30,575 65.73% 13,314 28.62% 2,627 5.65% 17,261 37.11% 46,516
Perry 3,014 71.49% 953 22.60% 249 5.91% 2,061 48.89% 4,216
Pulaski 74,291 47.15% 76,522 48.57% 6,744 4.28% -2,231 -1.42% 157,557
Saline 36,960 71.75% 11,778 22.87% 2,772 5.38% 25,182 48.89% 51,510
Van Buren 5,243 72.65% 1,535 21.27% 439 6.08% 3,708 51.38% 7,217
White 21,404 77.57% 4,706 17.06% 1,483 5.37% 16,698 60.52% 27,593
Totals176,47258.34%111,34736.81%14,6454.84%65,12521.53%302,464
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District 3

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
2016 Arkansas's 3rd congressional district election
← 2014
2018 →
 
Nominee Steve Womack Steve Isaacson
Party Republican Libertarian
Popular vote 217,192 63,715
Percentage 77.3% 22.7%
County results
Womack:      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%
U.S. Representative before election

Steve Womack
Republican

 Elected U.S. Representative

Steve Womack
Republican

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See also: Arkansas's 3rd congressional district

Incumbent Republican Steve Womack, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.[1] He was re-elected with 79% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+19.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

There was no Democratic nominee for this election for the third consecutive time in Arkansas's third congressional district (including redistricting).

Candidates

Declined
  • Robbie Wilson, tax preparer[13]

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Steve Isaacson
Withdrawn
  • Nathan LaFrance, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2014[2][14]

General election

Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[4] Safe R November 7, 2016
Daily Kos Elections[5] Safe R November 7, 2016
Rothenberg[6] Safe R November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7] Safe R November 7, 2016
RCP[8] Safe R October 31, 2016
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Debate

More information No., Date ...
2016 Arkansas's 3rd congressional district debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Libertarian
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Steve Womack Steve Isaacson
1 Arkansas PBS Steve Barnes [15] P P
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
2016 Arkansas's 3rd congressional district election[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Womack (incumbent) 217,192 77.3
Libertarian Steve Isaacson 63,715 22.7
Total votes 280,907 100.0
Republican hold
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By county

More information County, Steve Womack Republican ...
County[16] Steve Womack
Republican		 Steve Isaacson
Libertarian		 Margin Total
# % # % # %
Benton 73,289 78.18% 20,453 21.82% 52,836 56.36% 93,742
Boone 13,369 86.19% 2,142 13.81% 11,227 72.38% 15,511
Carroll 7,477 73.86% 2,646 26.14% 4,831 47.72% 10,123
Crawford (part) 13,152 84.16% 2,475 15.84% 10,677 68.32% 15,627
Marion 5,601 82.72% 1,170 17.28% 4,431 65.44% 6,771
Newton (part) 1,451 87.04% 216 12.96% 1,235 74.09% 1,667
Pope 18,123 82.80% 3,765 17.20% 14,358 65.60% 21,888
Searcy (part) 208 92.44% 17 7.56% 191 84.89% 225
Sebastian (part) 29,638 77.36% 8,673 22.64% 20,965 54.72% 38,311
Washington 54,884 71.24% 22,158 28.76% 32,726 42.48% 77,042
Totals217,19277.32%63,71522.68%153,47754.64%280,907
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District 4

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
2016 Arkansas's 4th congressional district election
← 2014
2018 →
 
Nominee Bruce Westerman Kerry Hicks
Party Republican Libertarian
Popular vote 182,885 61,274
Percentage 74.9% 25.1%
County results
Westerman:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
U.S. Representative before election

Bruce Westerman
Republican

 Elected U.S. Representative

Bruce Westerman
Republican

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See also: Arkansas's 4th congressional district

Incumbent Republican Bruce Westerman, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election.[1] He was elected with 54% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+15.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

There was no Democratic nominee for this election.

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[4] Safe R November 7, 2016
Daily Kos Elections[5] Safe R November 7, 2016
Rothenberg[6] Safe R November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7] Safe R November 7, 2016
RCP[8] Safe R October 31, 2016
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
2016 Arkansas's 4th congressional district election[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bruce Westerman (incumbent) 182,885 74.9
Libertarian Kerry Hicks 61,274 25.1
Total votes 244,159 100.0
Republican hold
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By county

More information County, Bruce Westerman Republican ...
County[17] Bruce Westerman
Republican		 Kerry Hicks
Libertarian		 Margin Total
# % # % # %
Ashley 5,568 76.06% 1,753 23.94% 3,815 52.11% 7,321
Bradley 2,441 75.29% 801 24.71% 1,640 50.59% 3,242
Calhoun 1,583 79.11% 418 20.89% 1,165 58.22% 2,001
Clark 5,207 68.32% 2,414 31.68% 2,793 36.65% 7,621
Cleveland 2,597 83.48% 514 16.52% 2,083 66.96% 3,111
Columbia 5,634 73.97% 1,983 26.03% 3,651 47.93% 7,617
Crawford (part) 4,767 80.69% 1,141 19.31% 3,626 61.37% 5,908
Dallas 1,668 69.21% 742 30.79% 926 38.42% 2,410
Drew 4,226 72.51% 1,602 27.49% 2,624 45.02% 5,828
Franklin 4,846 80.96% 1,140 19.04% 3,706 61.91% 5,986
Garland 29,596 76.81% 8,936 23.19% 20,660 53.62% 38,532
Grant 5,786 81.73% 1,293 18.27% 4,493 63.47% 7,079
Hempstead 4,720 76.62% 1,440 23.38% 3,280 53.25% 6,160
Hot Spring 8,474 76.16% 2,652 23.84% 5,822 52.33% 11,126
Howard 3,312 80.49% 803 19.51% 2,509 60.97% 4,115
Jefferson (part) 11,101 51.65% 10,390 48.35% 711 3.31% 21,491
Johnson 6,286 74.92% 2,104 25.08% 4,182 49.85% 8,390
Lafayette 1,875 74.32% 648 25.68% 1,227 48.63% 2,523
Little River 3,623 77.73% 1,038 22.27% 2,585 55.46% 4,661
Logan 5,997 79.85% 1,513 20.15% 4,484 59.71% 7,510
Madison 4,853 76.17% 1,518 23.83% 3,335 52.35% 6,371
Miller 11,344 77.03% 3,382 22.97% 7,962 54.07% 14,726
Montgomery 2,693 81.24% 622 18.76% 2,071 62.47% 3,315
Nevada 2,036 71.24% 822 28.76% 1,214 42.48% 2,858
Newton (part) 1,412 77.16% 418 22.84% 994 54.32% 1,830
Ouachita 5,955 70.27% 2,520 29.73% 3,435 40.53% 8,475
Pike 3,151 84.77% 566 15.23% 2,585 69.55% 3,717
Polk 6,440 83.30% 1,291 16.70% 5,149 66.60% 7,731
Scott 2,775 83.48% 549 16.52% 2,226 66.97% 3,324
Sebastian (part) 4,252 82.26% 917 17.74% 3,335 64.52% 5,169
Sevier 3,463 82.16% 752 17.84% 2,711 64.32% 4,215
Union 10,305 75.21% 3,397 24.79% 6,908 50.42% 13,702
Yell 4,899 80.39% 1,195 19.61% 3,704 60.78% 6,094
Totals182,88574.90%61,27425.10%121,61149.81%244,159
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