United States Senate election in Arkansas, 1998
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The 1998 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held November 3, 1998. Incumbent Dale Bumpers
did not run for re-election, as he was retiring. U.S. Representative
Blanche Lincoln
won the open seat.
Dale Bumpers
Dale Leon Bumpers is an American politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975; and then in the United States Senate from 1975 until his retirement in January 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Senator Bumpers is currently counsel at the Washington, D.C...
did not run for re-election, as he was retiring. U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln is a former U.S. Senator from Arkansas and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1998, she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and, at age 38, was the youngest woman ever elected to the...
won the open seat.
Candidates
- Winston BryantWinston BryantWinston Bryant is a former Democratic Secretary of State , the tenth Lieutenant Governor and attorney general of the U.S. state of Arkansas.He was born in Malvern, the seat of Hot Spring County...
, former secretary of stateSecretary of State of ArkansasThe Secretary of State of Arkansas is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Arkansas.The current Secretary of State is Mark Martin.-Organization:The Secretary of State's Office is composed of seven divisions:...
and lieutenant governorLieutenant Governor of ArkansasThe Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas presides over the Arkansas Senate with a tie-breaking vote, serves as governor when the governor is out of state, and serves as governor if the governor is impeached, removed from office, dies or is otherwise unable to discharge the office's duties.The position... - Nate Coulter, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 1993
- Blanche LincolnBlanche LincolnBlanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln is a former U.S. Senator from Arkansas and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1998, she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and, at age 38, was the youngest woman ever elected to the...
, former U.S. Representative - Scott Ferguson, radiologist, state RepresentativeArkansas House of RepresentativesThe Arkansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the state. Each district has an average population of 26,734...
elected in 1995 and re-elected in 1997
Results
Results
Candidates
- Blanche LincolnBlanche LincolnBlanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln is a former U.S. Senator from Arkansas and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1998, she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and, at age 38, was the youngest woman ever elected to the...
(D), U.S. Congresswoman - Fay BoozmanFay BoozmanFay W. Boozman was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Arkansas, a close friend of former Governor Mike Huckabee and a brother of U.S...
(R), State Senator - Charley Heffley (Reform)
Results
See also
- United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2002United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2002The 2002 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Tim Hutchinson ran for a second term, but lost re-election to Mark Pryor.-Results:-External links:...
- United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2008United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2008The 2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Pryor decided to run for a second term. No Republican filed to challenge him. His only opponent was Green party candidate Rebekah Kennedy...