2018 Arkansas gubernatorial election

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2018 Arkansas gubernatorial election
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Nominee Asa Hutchinson Jared Henderson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote582,406283,218
Percentage65.3%31.8%
2018 Arkansas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
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Hutchinson:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Henderson:     40-50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%
Governor before election

Asa Hutchinson
Republican

Elected Governor

Asa Hutchinson
Republican

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 reelection 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.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Asa Hutchinson
Federal officials
Organizations
Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Asa
Hutchinson		Jan
Morgan		Undecided
Hendrix College April 17–19, 2018676± 3.8%58%31%12%

Results

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Results by county:
Hutchinson
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
Morgan
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Asa Hutchinson (incumbent) 145,251 69.7
Republican Jan Morgan63,00930.3
Total votes208,260 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Results by county: Henderson 70-80% 60-70% 50-60% Sanders 50-60% Arkansas gubernatorial Democratic primary, 2018.svg
Results by county:
Henderson
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
Sanders
  •   50–60%
Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jared Henderson 68,340 63.4
Democratic Leticia Sanders39,38236.6
Total votes107,722 100.0

Independents

Candidates

Declined

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [18] Safe ROctober 26, 2018
The Washington Post [19] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight [20] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report [21] Safe RNovember 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [22] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics [23] Safe RNovember 4, 2018
Daily Kos [24] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
Fox News [25] [lower-alpha 1] Likely RNovember 5, 2018
Politico [26] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
Governing [27] Safe RNovember 5, 2018
Notes
  1. ↑ The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Debates

DatesLocationHutchinsonHendersonWestLink
September 12, 2018 Little Rock, Arkansas Didn't participateParticipantParticipant Full debate - YouTube
October 12, 2018 Conway, Arkansas ParticipantParticipantParticipant Full debate - C-SPAN

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Asa
Hutchinson (R)		Jared
Henderson (D)		Mark
West (L)		OtherUndecided
University of Arkansas October 1–28, 2018618± 3.9%59%35%–6%–
Hendrix College October 18–19, 2018528± 4.3%60%24%5%–11%
Hendrix College September 5–7, 20181,701± 2.4%60%25%6%–9%
Mason-Dixon March 21–24, 2018625± 4.0%63%24%––13%

Results

2018 Arkansas gubernatorial election [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Asa Hutchinson (incumbent) 582,406 65.33% +9.89%
Democratic Jared Henderson283,21831.77%-9.72%
Libertarian Mark West25,8852.90%+0.98%
Total votes891,509 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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