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2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election

Summary

The 2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Mike Beebe ran for re-election, and faced former State Senator Jim Keet, whom he defeated in a landslide to win a second and final term as governor, despite the year being a Republican midterm wave year and Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln being unseated by a 21-point margin on the same ballot. Beebe's vote percentage and margin of victory was the highest of any Democratic gubernatorial candidate in the country that year.

2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election
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Nominee Mike Beebe Jim Keet
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 503,336 262,784
Percentage 64.42% 33.63%
Beebe:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Governor before election

Mike Beebe
Democratic

Elected Governor

Mike Beebe
Democratic

As of 2024, this alongside several concurrent elections are last time that Democrats won a statewide election in Arkansas and the last time a candidate of either party carried every county in a contested election. 2010 marked the last time that a gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected in Arkansas.

Candidates edit

Democratic Party edit

Republican Party edit

Green Party edit

General election edit

Predictions edit

Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report[1] Safe D October 14, 2010
Rothenberg[2] Safe D October 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics[3] Likely D November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball[4] Likely D October 28, 2010
CQ Politics[5] Safe D October 28, 2010

Polling edit

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Mike
Beebe (D) 		Jim
Keet (R)
Rasmussen Reports October 28, 2010 60% 38%
CNN/Time Magazine October 15–19, 2010 62% 35%
Rasmussen Reports September 30, 2010 51% 41%
Mason-Dixon September 12–14, 2010 54% 33%
Rasmussen Reports August 18, 2010 53% 33%
Rasmussen Reports July 20, 2010 50% 40%
Ipsos/Reuters July 16–18, 2010 57% 35%
Talk Business July 17, 2010 50% 41%
Rasmussen Reports June 15, 2010 57% 33%
Rasmussen Reports May 19, 2010 53% 38%

Results edit

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2010[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mike Beebe (incumbent) 503,336 64.42% +8.81%
Republican Jim Keet 262,784 33.63% -7.03%
Green Jim Lendall 14,513 1.86% +0.21%
Write-in 700 0.09% N/A
Total votes 781,333 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2010 Governors Race Ratings". Cook Political Report. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  2. ^ "Governor Ratings". Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  3. ^ "2010 Governor Races". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  4. ^ "THE CRYSTAL BALL'S FINAL CALLS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  5. ^ "Race Ratings Chart: Governor". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  6. ^ "2010 General Election & Non Partisan Judicial Runoff Election". Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved June 27, 2014.

External links edit

  • Elections at the Arkansas Secretary of State
  • Arkansas Governor Candidates at Project Vote Smart
  • Campaign contributions for 2010 Arkansas Governor from Follow the Money
  • "2010 Arkansas Governor General Election: Jim Keet (R) vs Mike Beebe (D) graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com". Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  • Election 2010: Arkansas Governor from Rasmussen Reports
  • Arkansas Governor - Keet vs. Beebe from Real Clear Politics
  • 2010 Arkansas Governor's Race[permanent dead link] from CQ Politics
  • Race Profile in The New York Times
Official campaign websites (archived)
  • Mike Beebe
  • Jim Keet