2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas

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All 4 Arkansas seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party Republican Libertarian Democratic Last election 4 0 0 Seats won 4 0 0 Seat change Popular vote 760,415 196,512 111,347 Percentage 71.16% 18.39% 10.42% Swing 9.83% 10.42% 20.22%
Republican   50–59%   70–79%

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The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 to elect the four U.S. Representatives from the state of Arkansas, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including President of the United States. The primaries were held on March 1.

Although Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson only obtained 2.6% of the vote in Arkansas during the coinciding presidential election, Libertarian candidates for the U.S. House amounted to a total of 18.4% of the popular vote, a 10.4% swing from 2014 when the total was 8%. This huge swing was attributed to several factors:

1. the Libertarian Party was the only third party to file for ballot status in the House elections;
2. the Democratic Party did not field any candidates for races in the 1st, 3rd, and 4th congressional districts;
3. this in turn allowing the Libertarian candidates to obtain over 20% of the vote in these races.

The Democratic Party as a result finished 3rd in the popular vote in Arkansas, with its vote total amounting to 10.4%.

District 1[]

Rick Crawford, the incumbent representative and member of the Republican Party, ran for reelection.^[1]

Mark West was the Libertarian nominee.^[2]

There was no Democratic nominee for this election.

General election[]

Results[]

Arkansas' 1st congressional district, 2016^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Crawford (incumbent)	183,866	76.3
	Libertarian	Mark West	57,181	23.7
Total votes			241,047	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2[]

Republican French Hill, the incumbent representative, ran for reelection.^[1]

Dianne Curry of the Democratic Party, a former member of the Little Rock School Board and the Arkansas Division of Volunteerism, challenged Hill.^[4]

Chris Hayes, the Libertarian nominee for this seat in 2012 and for Arkansas State Treasurer in 2014, was the Libertarian nominee.^[2]

Republican primary[]

Republican primary results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	French Hill (incumbent)	86,474	84.5
	Republican	Brock Olree	15,811	15.5
Total votes			102,285	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Arkansas' 2nd congressional district, 2016^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	French Hill (incumbent)	176,472	58.4
	Democratic	Dianne Curry	111,347	36.8
	Libertarian	Chris Hayes	14,342	4.7
	N/A	Write-ins	303	0.1
Total votes			302,464	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3[]

Republican Steve Womack ran for reelection.^[1]

Nathan LaFrance, the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in 2014, was the Libertarian nominee.^[2][6]

There was no Democratic nominee for this election for the third consecutive time in Arkansas' third congressional district (including redistricting).

General election[]

Results[]

Arkansas' 3rd congressional district, 2016^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Womack (incumbent)	217,192	77.3
	Libertarian	Steve Isaacson	63,715	22.7
Total votes			280,907	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4[]

Republican Bruce Westerman ran for reelection.^[1]

Kerry Hicks was the Libertarian nominee.^[2]

There was no Democratic nominee for this election.

General election[]

Results[]

Arkansas' 4th congressional district, 2016^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Westerman (incumbent)	182,885	74.9
	Libertarian	Kerry Hicks	61,274	25.1
Total votes			244,159	100.0
	Republican hold

See also[]

• United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
• United States elections, 2016

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