Arkansas U.S. Senate election history

Every Arkansas U.S. Senate election from 1978 to 2022: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

Arkansas Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

Year	Seat	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Margin	Votes
2022	Class III	John Boozman	Republican	Natalie James	34.6	901,306
2020	Class II	Tom Cotton	Republican	Ricky Dale Harrington Jr.	33.1	1,193,261
2016	Class III	John Boozman	Republican	Conner W. Eldridge	23.6	1,107,522
2014 flip	Class II	Tom Cotton	Republican	Mark L. Pryor	17.1	847,505
2010 flip	Class III	John Boozman	Republican	Blanche Lincoln	21.0	779,957
2008	Class II	Mark L. Pryor	Democratic	Rebekah J. Kennedy	59.1	1,011,754
2004	Class III	Blanche Lincoln	Democratic	Jim Holt	11.8	1,039,349
2002 flip	Class II	Mark L. Pryor	Democratic	Tim Hutchinson	7.8	804,121
1998	Class III	Blanche Lincoln	Democratic	Fay Boozman	12.8	700,831
1996 flip	Class II	Tim Hutchinson	Republican	Winston Bryant	5.4	846,183
1992	Class III	Dale Bumpers	Democratic	Mike Huckabee	20.4	920,008
1990	Class II	David Hampton Pryor	Democratic	—	—	494,735
1986	Class III	Dale Bumpers	Democratic	Asa Hutchinson	24.6	695,487
1984	Class II	David Hampton Pryor	Democratic	Edwin R. Bethune	14.7	875,956
1980	Class III	Dale Bumpers	Democratic	William Clark	18.2	808,812
1978	Class II	David Hampton Pryor	Democratic	Thomas Kelly	60.2	517,138

John Boozman won in 2022 by 34.6 points.

John Boozman (Republican, term ends 2029) and Tom Cotton (Republican, term ends 2027).

In 2008, when Mark L. Pryor won.

In 2022, when John Boozman won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.