1974_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas Knowpia

1974 United States Senate election in Arkansas
	County results; Bumpers: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
U.S. senator before election; J. William Fulbright; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Dale Bumpers; Democratic

The 1974 United States Senate election in Arkansas took place on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright ran for re-election to a sixth term in office, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by Governor of Arkansas Dale Bumpers. Bumpers won the general election easily.

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Dale Bumpers, Governor of Arkansas
J. William Fulbright, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1945

Results edit

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dale Bumpers	380,748	65.04
	Democratic	J. William Fulbright (Incumbent)	204,630	34.96
Total votes			585,378	100.00

General election edit

Campaign edit

Jones accused Bumpers of excessive spending as governor, citing the construction of a $186 million state office complex. Bumpers not only ignored Jones but instead campaigned mostly for the young Democrat Bill Clinton, who failed to unseat Republican U.S. Representative John Paul Hammerschmidt in Arkansas's 3rd congressional district.^{[citation needed]}

Results edit

1974 United States Senate election in Arkansas^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Dale Bumpers	461,056	84.90	25.75
	Republican	John H. Jones	82,026	15.10	25.75
Total votes			543,082	100.00
	Democratic hold		Swing