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1984 Senate elections · Arkansas history

Arkansas U.S. Senate election 1984

David Hampton Pryor DEM +14.7 · Class II seat · held 11/6/84

Votes counted
875,956
Margin
14.7 pts
Seat held by
Democraticheld
President in AR
R+22.2same year

General election 11/6/84

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
David Hampton Pryor WonDEM502,34157.35%
Edwin R. BethuneREP373,61542.65%
Total875,956

Official source: data

Other Arkansas Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2022Class IIIJohn Boozman34.6
2020Class IITom Cotton33.1
2016Class IIIJohn Boozman23.6
2014Class IITom Cotton17.1
2010Class IIIJohn Boozman21.0
2008Class IIMark L. Pryor59.1
2004Class IIIBlanche Lincoln11.8
2002Class IIMark L. Pryor7.8
1998Class IIIBlanche Lincoln12.8
1996Class IITim Hutchinson5.4
1992Class IIIDale Bumpers20.4
1990Class IIDavid Hampton Pryor—

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Questions and answers

Who won the 1984 Arkansas Senate race?

David Hampton Pryor (DEM) won with 57.3% of the vote, ahead of Edwin R. Bethune (42.7%), a margin of 14.7 points.

Did the Arkansas Senate seat change party in 1984?

No. The Democratic Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 1984 Arkansas Senate race?

875,956 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.