1998 United States Senate election in Arkansas

1998 United States Senate election in Arkansas
	County results; Lincoln: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Boozman: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; Dale Bumpers; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Blanche Lincoln; Democratic

The 1998 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Democratic Senator Dale Bumpers chose to retire instead of running for reelection to a fifth term. Democratic nominee and former U.S. Representative Blanche Lincoln won the open seat against Republican State Senator Fay Boozman. In the 2010 election, Lincoln would be defeated in her bid for reelection to a third term by Fay Boozman's younger brother John Boozman.

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Winston Bryant, Attorney General of Arkansas, former lieutenant governor, former Secretary of State of Arkansas and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1996^[1]
Nate Coulter, Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1993^[1]
Blanche Lincoln, former U.S. Representative^[1]
Scott Ferguson, radiologist and State Representative^[1]

Withdrew[]

Pat Hays, Mayor of North Little Rock^[2]

Results[]

Democratic Primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Blanche Lincoln	145,009	45.5%
	Democratic	Winston Bryant	87,183	27.4%
	Democratic	Scott Ferguson	44,761	14.0%
	Democratic	Nate Coulter	41,848	13.1%
Total votes			318,801	100.00%

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Fay Boozman, State Senator
Tom Prince, Mayor of Little Rock^[4]

Results[]

Republican Primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fay Boozman	128,929	78.0%
	Republican	Tom Prince	44,006	22.0%
Total votes			172,035	100.00%

General election[]

Candidates[]

Blanche Lincoln (D), U.S. Representative
Fay Boozman (R), State Senator
Charley Heffley (Reform)

Results[]

Arkansas Senate election 1998
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Blanche Lincoln	385,878	55.1%
Republican	Fay Boozman	295,870	42.2%
Reform	Charley E. Heffley	18,896	2.7%
Democratic hold

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Politics - Arkansas Senate, Candidates". Washingtonpost.com. 1998-09-16. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
^ "Pat Hays political future a source of speculation". Talk Business & Politics. August 23, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
^ "Arkansas". 1998 Senatorial Democratic Primary Election Results. 2007-02-15. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
^ "G.O.P. Incumbents Hold Off Challengers in Pennsylvania - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. 1998-05-20. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

[auto-1] "Politics - Arkansas Senate, Candidates". Washingtonpost.com. 1998-09-16. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

[2] "Pat Hays political future a source of speculation". Talk Business & Politics. August 23, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.

[3] "Arkansas". 1998 Senatorial Democratic Primary Election Results. 2007-02-15. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

[4] "G.O.P. Incumbents Hold Off Challengers in Pennsylvania - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. 1998-05-20. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

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1998 United States Senate election in Arkansas

Contents

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Withdrew[]

Results[]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Results[]

General election[]

Candidates[]

Results[]

See also[]

References[]