2010 United States Senate election in Arkansas

2010 United States Senate election in Arkansas
Turnout	47.61%
	Boozman: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Lincoln: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; Blanche Lincoln; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; John Boozman; Republican

The 2010 United States Senate election in Arkansas took place on November 2, 2010, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln ran for re-election to a third term, facing a strong primary challenge from Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter and prevailing only in a runoff. However, the general election was won by U.S. Representative John Boozman, the younger brother of Fay Boozman, whom Lincoln defeated in 1998. Boozman became the first Republican since Reconstruction in 1872 to win this seat. Lincoln's 21% margin of defeat was the largest for a sitting senator since the 1978 United States Senate election in Maine.^[1]

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary was held on May 18, 2010, with early voting from May 3 to 17. Lincoln was challenged by Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter, who ran as a more liberal alternative. As no candidate received 50 percent of the vote, a runoff election was held on June 8, with early voting from June 1 to 7. Lincoln managed to narrowly defeat Halter in the runoff.^[2]

MoveOn.org supported Halter, criticizing Lincoln for her stance on issues such as health care and environmental regulations.^[3] Labor unions also backed Halter, and pledged to spend more than $3 million on his campaign.^[4]

Candidates

Nominee

Blanche Lincoln, incumbent U.S. Senator^[5]

Eliminated in runoff

Bill Halter, incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas^[6]

Eliminated in primary

D.C. Morrison, businessman

Withdrew Before Primary

Drew Pritt, activist and 2006 candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas^[7]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Blanche Lincoln	Bill Halter	D.C. Morrison	Other	Undecided
Research 2000^[8]	May 10–12, 2010	600	± 5%	46%	37%	6%	—	11%
Research 2000^[9]	April 26–28, 2010	600	± 5%	43%	35%	—	7% (Drew Pritt)	15%
Talk Business^[10]	April 13, 2010	1,167	± 3%	38%	31%	10%	—	20%
Research 2000^[11]	March 22–24, 2010	600	± 4%	44%	31%	—	—	25%
Research 2000^[12]	November 30 – December 2, 2009	600	± 4%	42%	26%	—	—	32%

Results

Results by county:

Lincoln

Lincoln—60-70%
Lincoln—50-60%
Lincoln—40-50%

Halter

Halter—40-50%
Halter—50-60%
Halter—60-70%

Democratic primary results^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Blanche Lincoln (incumbent)	146,579	44.51%
	Democratic	Bill Halter	140,081	42.53%
	Democratic	D.C. Morrison	42,695	12.96%
Total votes			329,355	100.00%

Runoff

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Blanche Lincoln	Bill Halter	Undecided
Research 2000^[14]	June 2–4, 2010	600	± 4%	45%	49%	6%
Research 2000^[15]	May 24–26, 2010	600	± 4%	44%	47%	9%

Results

Runoff results by county:

Lincoln

Lincoln—70-80%
Lincoln—60-70%
Lincoln—50-60%

Halter

Halter—50-60%
Halter—60-70%
Halter—70-80%

Democratic primary runoff results^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Blanche Lincoln (incumbent)	134,756	52.00%
	Democratic	Bill Halter	124,405	48.00%
Total votes			259,161	100.00%

Republican primary

The Republican primary was held on May 18, 2010, with early voting from May 3–17.

Candidates

Nominee

John Boozman, optometrist and U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 3rd congressional district^[18]

Eliminated in primary

Randy Alexander, University of Arkansas Housing Director and vice chair of the Washington County Tea Party
Gilbert Baker, state senator^[19]
Curtis Coleman, businessman^[20]
Kim Hendren, minority leader of the Arkansas Senate^[21]
Jim Holt, former state senator, nominee for this U.S. Senate seat in 2004, and nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas in 2006^[22]
Fred Ramey, real estate investment company owner^[23]
Conrad Reynolds, retired U.S. Army colonel^[24]

Straw poll

In December 2009, a straw poll was held for the current Republican candidates for U.S. Senate. The results were as follows:^[25]

Gilbert Baker – 35%
Curtis Coleman – 33%
Conrad Reynolds – 23%
Tom Cox – 4%
Kim Hendren – 2%
Fred Ramey – 2%
Buddy Rogers – 1%

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Randy Alexander	Gilbert Baker	John Boozman	Curtis Coleman	Kim Hendren	Jim Holt	Fred Ramey	Conrad Reynolds	Other	Undecided
Research 2000^[26]	May 10–12, 2010	–	± 4%	—	12%	46%	—	6%	19%	—	—	4%	13%
Talk Business^[27]	April 13, 2010	1,357	± 3%	3%	14%	46%	5%	3%	8%	1%	3%	—	17%

Results

Results by county:

Boozman

Boozman—80-90%
Boozman—70-80%
Boozman—60-70%
Boozman—50-60%
Boozman—40-50%
Boozman—30-40%

Holt

Holt—30-40%
Holt—40-50%

Boozman/Holt tie

Boozman/Holt tie—20-30%

Baker

Baker—30-40%
Baker—50-60%

Republican primary results^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Boozman	75,010	52.73%
	Republican	Jim Holt	24,826	17.45%
	Republican	Gilbert Baker	16,540	11.63%
	Republican	Conrad Reynolds	7,128	5.01%
	Republican	Curtis Coleman	6,928	4.87%
	Republican	Kim Hendren	5,551	3.90%
	Republican	Randy Alexander	4,389	3.09%
	Republican	Fred Ramey	1,888	1.33%
Total votes			142,260	100.00%

General election

Candidates

John Boozman, U.S. representative
Blanche Lincoln, incumbent senator
Trevor Drown (L), military veteran^[29]^[30]
John Gray (G), Mayor of Greenland^[31]

Campaign

Arkansas had previously only elected one Republican senator since the Reconstruction, Tim Hutchinson who was defeated after his first term in 2002 by Mark Pryor. Lincoln faced Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter and narrowly won the primary contest.

The political blog FiveThirtyEight ranked Lincoln the most vulnerable senator of this electoral cycle. RealClearPolitics claimed that in 2010 Lincoln had the potential for the lowest percentage of the vote for any incumbent since the nation first began directly electing senators.^[32] Boozman received 58% of the vote in the general election and defeated Lincoln (37%), Independent Trevor Drown (3%) and Green John Gray (2%).

Lincoln heavily criticized Boozman for supporting the FairTax and privatization of Social Security, as well as trying to tie her name, and beliefs to Bill Clinton^[33] She released an advertisement touting her support for earmarks.^[34]

Debates

2010 United States Senate general election in Arkansas debate
No.	Date	Link	Democratic	Republican
P Participant A Absent N Non-invitee I Invitee W Withdrawn
P Participant A Absent N Non-invitee I Invitee W Withdrawn			Blanche Lincoln	John Boozman
1	October 13, 2010	c-span^[35]\|c-span^[36]	P	P

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Cook Political Report^[37]	Lean R (flip)	October 9, 2010
Inside Elections^[38]	Likely R (flip)	October 8, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[39]	Safe R (flip)	October 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics^[40]	Safe R (flip)	October 9, 2010
CQ Politics^[41]	Lean R (flip)	October 9, 2010

Fundraising

Candidate (Party)	Receipts	Disbursements	Cash on hand	Debt
Blanche Lincoln (D)	$9,508,007	$8,431,989	$1,886,132	$0
John Boozman (R)	$1,452,241	$968,318	$483,923	$11,905
Source: Federal Election Commission^[42]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Blanche Lincoln (D)	John Boozman (R)	Other	Undecided
Rasmussen Reports^[43]	October 28, 2010	500	± 4.5%	36%	55%	5%	4%
CNN/Time/Opinion Research^[44]	October 15–19, 2010	1,505	± 2.5%	41%	55%	—	—
Mason-Dixon^[45]	October 15–19, 2010	625	± 4%	34%	55%	6%	5%
Talk Business^[46]	October 14, 2010	1,953	± 2.2%	36%	49%	8%	7%
Rasmussen Reports^[47]	September 30, 2010	500	± 4.5%	37%	55%	3%	5%
Reuters/Ipsos^[48]	September 17–19, 2010	600	± 4%	39%	53%	1%	7%
Mason-Dixon^[49]	September 12–14, 2010	625	± 4%	34%	51%	4%	11%
Rasmussen Reports^[50]	August 18, 2010	500	± 4.5%	27%	65%	4%	3%
Rasmussen Reports^[51]	July 20, 2010	500	± 4.5%	35%	60%	2%	3%
Reuters/Ipsos^[52]	July 16–18, 2010	600	± 4%	35%	54%	1%	10%
Talk Business^[53]	July 17, 2010	793	± 3.7%	32%	57%	5%	6%
Magellan Strategies^[54]	July 12, 2010	879	± 3.3%	29%	60%	4%	6%
Rasmussen Reports^[55]	June 15, 2010	500	± 4.5%	32%	61%	4%	3%
Research 2000^[56]	May 24–26, 2010	600	± 4%	38%	58%	—	4%
Rasmussen Reports^[57]	May 19, 2010	500	± 4.5%	28%	66%	2%	4%
Research 2000^[58]	May 10–12, 2010	—	± 4%	40%	54%	—	—
Research 2000^[59]	April 26–28, 2010	600	± 5%	42%	52%	—	—
Rasmussen Reports^[60]	April 26, 2010	500	± 4.5%	30%	57%	9%	5%
Rasmussen Reports^[61]	March 30, 2010	500	± 4.5%	36%	51%	6%	7%
Research 2000^[62]	March 22–24, 2010	600	± 4%	42%	49%	—	9%
Rasmussen Reports^[63]	March 1, 2010	500	± 4.5%	39%	48%	6%	7%
Rasmussen Reports^[64]	February 1, 2010	500	± 4.5%	35%	54%	4%	7%
Public Policy Polling^[65]	January 29–31, 2010	810	± 3.4%	33%	56%	—	11%

Hypothetical polling

Poll Source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Blanche Lincoln (D)	Gilbert Baker (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling (report)	March 20–22, 2009	600	± 4%	48%	37%	—	16%
Public Policy Polling (report)	August 21–24, 2009	784	± 3.5%	40%	42%	—	18%
Research 2000 (report)	September 8–10, 2009	600	± 4%	44%	37%	—	19%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	September 28, 2009	500	± 4.5%	39%	47%	5%	8%
Zogby (report)	November 16–17, 2009	501	± 4.5%	41%	39%	2%	18%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	December 1, 2009	500	± 4.5%	41%	47%	6%	7%
Research 2000 (report)	November 30 – December 2, 2009	—	± 4%	42%	41%	—	—
Rasmussen Reports (report)	January 5, 2010	500	± 4.5%	39%	51%	3%	7%
Public Policy Polling (report)	January 29–31, 2010	810	± 3.4%	35%	50%	—	15%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	February 1, 2010	500	± 4.5%	33%	52%	6%	8%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 1, 2010	500	± 4.5%	40%	45%	6%	8%
Research 2000 (report)	March 22–24, 2010	600	± 4%	41%	49%	—	10%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 30, 2010	500	± 4.5%	36%	51%	6%	7%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	April 26, 2010	500	± 4.5%	31%	53%	12%	4%
Research 2000 (report)	April 26–28, 2010	600	± 5%	40%	47%	—	—
Research 2000 (report)	May 10–12, 2010	—	± 4%	39%	45%	—	—

Poll Source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Blanche Lincoln (D)	Kim Hendren (R)	Other	Undecided
Research 2000 (report)	September 8–10, 2009	600	± 4%	47%	28%	—	25%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	September 28, 2009	500	± 4.5%	41%	44%	5%	10%
Zogby (report)	November 16–17, 2009	501	± 4.5%	45%	29%	2%	24%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	December 1, 2009	500	± 4.5%	39%	46%	6%	9%
Research 2000 (report)	November 30 – December 2, 2009	—	± 4%	46%	30%	—	—
Rasmussen Reports (report)	January 5, 2010	500	± 4.5%	39%	47%	4%	10%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	February 1, 2010	500	± 4.5%	35%	51%	7%	7%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 1, 2010	500	± 4.5%	38%	43%	7%	12%
Research 2000 (report)	March 22–24, 2010	600	± 4%	43%	48%	—	9%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 30, 2010	500	± 4.5%	35%	51%	5%	8%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	April 26, 2010	500	± 4.5%	30%	51%	11%	8%
Research 2000 (report)	April 26–28, 2010	600	± 5%	40%	50%	—	—
Research 2000 (report)	May 10–12, 2010	—	± 4%	40%	46%	—	—

Poll Source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Blanche Lincoln (D)	Curtis Coleman (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling (report)	August 21–24, 2009	784	± 3.5%	40%	41%	—	19%
Research 2000 (report)	September 8–10, 2009	600	± 4%	45%	37%	—	18%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	September 28, 2009	500	± 4.5%	41%	43%	5%	11%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	December 1, 2009	500	± 4.5%	40%	44%	7%	9%
Research 2000 (report)	November 30 – December 2, 2009	—	± 4%	44%	39%	—	—
Rasmussen Reports (report)	January 5, 2010	500	± 4.5%	38%	48%	4%	9%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	February 1, 2010	500	± 4.5%	34%	50%	7%	9%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 1, 2010	500	± 4.5%	41%	43%	7%	10%
Research 2000 (report)	March 22–24, 2010	600	± 4%	44%	47%	—	9%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 30, 2010	500	± 4.5%	36%	48%	7%	8%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	April 26, 2010	500	± 4.5%	32%	52%	8%	7%
Research 2000 (report)	April 26–28, 2010	600	± 5%	42%	46%	—	—

Poll Source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Blanche Lincoln (D)	Jim Holt (R)	Other	Undecided
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 1, 2010	500	± 4.5%	38%	45%	6%	10%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 30, 2010	500	± 4.5%	35%	51%	7%	7%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	April 26, 2010	500	± 4.5%	31%	54%	6%	9%
Research 2000 (report)	May 10–12, 2010	—	± 4%	41%	44%	—	—

with Bill Halter

Poll Source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bill Halter (D)	John Boozman (R)	Other	Undecided
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 1, 2010	500	± 4.5%	33%	52%	6%	9%
Research 2000 (report)	March 22–24, 2010	600	± 4%	40%	48%	—	12%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 30, 2010	500	± 4.5%	34%	48%	8%	11%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	April 26, 2010	500	± 4.5%	31%	56%	7%	7%
Research 2000 (report)	April 26–28, 2010	600	± 5%	42%	47%	—	—
Research 2000 (report)	May 10–12, 2010	—	± 4%	41%	50%	—	—

Poll Source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bill Halter (D)	Gilbert Baker (R)	Other	Undecided
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 1, 2010	500	± 4.5%	37%	44%	5%	13%
Research 2000 (report)	March 22–24, 2010	600	± 4%	44%	46%	—	10%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 30, 2010	500	± 4.5%	36%	44%	7%	12%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	April 26, 2010	500	± 4.5%	33%	48%	10%	9%
Research 2000 (report)	April 26–28, 2010	600	± 5%	43%	44%	—	—
Research 2000 (report)	May 10–12, 2010	—	± 4%	42%	42%	—	—

Poll Source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bill Halter (D)	Kim Hendren (R)	Other	Undecided
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 1, 2010	500	± 4.5%	35%	42%	7%	15%
Research 2000 (report)	March 22–24, 2010	600	± 4%	44%	45%	—	11%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 30, 2010	500	± 4.5%	34%	42%	10%	13%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	April 26, 2010	500	± 4.5%	33%	45%	15%	9%
Research 2000 (report)	April 26–28, 2010	600	± 5%	43%	45%	—	—
Research 2000 (report)	May 10–12, 2010	—	± 4%	42%	42%	—	—

Poll Source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bill Halter (D)	Curtis Coleman (R)	Other	Undecided
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 1, 2010	500	± 4.5%	35%	38%	9%	18%
Research 2000 (report)	March 22–24, 2010	600	± 4%	45%	44%	—	11%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 30, 2010	500	± 4.5%	37%	40%	10%	13%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	April 26, 2010	500	± 4.5%	37%	43%	11%	9%
Research 2000 (report)	April 26–28, 2010	600	± 5%	43%	41%	—	—

Poll Source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bill Halter (D)	Jim Holt (R)	Other	Undecided
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 1, 2010	500	± 4.5%	38%	42%	8%	12%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 30, 2010	500	± 4.5%	34%	43%	9%	13%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	April 26, 2010	500	± 4.5%	31%	49%	12%	8%
Research 2000 (report)	May 10–12, 2010	—	± 4%	42%	43%	—	—

Results

United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2010^[66]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Boozman	451,618	57.90%	+13.83%
	Democratic	Blanche Lincoln (incumbent)	288,156	36.95%	−18.95%
	Libertarian	Trevor Drown	25,234	3.24%	+3.24%
	Green	John Gray	14,430	1.85%	+1.85%
	Write-in		519	0.07%	+0.04%
Total votes			779,957	100.00%	N/A
	Republican gain from Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Bradley (Largest city: Warren)
Calhoun (Largest city: Hampton)
Cleveland (Largest city: Rison)
Columbia (Largest city: Magnolia)
Conway (Largest city: Morrilton)
Faulkner (Largest city: Conway)
Franklin (Largest city: Ozark)
Fulton (Largest city: Salem)
Garland (Largest city: Hot Springs)
Grant (Largest city: Sheridan)
Howard (Largest city: Nashville)
Independence (Largest city: Batesville)
Johnson (Largest city: Clarksville)
Logan (Largest city: Booneville)
Miller (Largest city: Texarkana)
Perry (Largest city: Perryville)
Prairie (Largest city: Des Arc)
Sevier (Largest city: De Queen)
Sharp (Largest city: Cherokee Village)
Union (Largest city: El Dorado)
Van Buren (Largest city: Clinton)
Washington (Largest city: Fayetteville)
Yell (Largest city: Dardanelle)
Ashley (Largest city: Crossett)
Craighead (Largest city: Jonesboro)
Cross (Largest city: Wynne)
Dallas (Largest city: Fordyce)
Drew (Largest city: Monticello)
Greene (Largest city: Paragould)
Hot Spring (Largest city: Malvern)
Izard (Largest city: Horseshoe Bend)
Lafayette (Largest city: Stamps)
Nevada (Largest city: Prescott)
Ouachita (Largest city: Camden)
Bradley (largest city: Warren)
Clay (largest city: Piggott)
Hempstead (largest city: Hope)
Little River (largest city: Ashdown)
Poinsett (largest city: Harrisburg)

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External links

Arkansas Secretary of State - Elections
U.S. Congress candidates for Arkansas Archived September 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine at Project Vote Smart
Arkansas U.S. Senate 2010 from OurCampaigns.com
Campaign contributions from Open Secrets
2010 Arkansas Senate General Election: All Head-to-Head Matchups graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
Election 2010: Arkansas Senate from Rasmussen Reports
2010 Arkansas Senate Race from Real Clear Politics
2010 Arkansas Senate Race from CQ Politics
Race profile from The New York Times

Debates

Arkansas Senate Democratic Primary Debate, C-SPAN, April 23, 2010
Arkansas Senate debate excerpts, OnTheIssues.org

Official campaign sites

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2010 United States Senate election in Arkansas

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in runoff

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew Before Primary

Polling

Results

Runoff

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Straw poll

Polling

Results

General election

Candidates

Campaign

Debates

Predictions

Fundraising

Polling

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

External links