Election 1944 Results
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1944 Arkansas governor election
Ben Laney (Democrat) beat H. C. Stump (Republican) in Arkansas in 1944, 86.0% to 14.0%, a margin of 71.9 points and 155,959 votes.
The Democratic hold continued from 1942, when Homer M. Adkins won.
Democrats led in 72 of the 75 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 3. The largest, Pulaski, cast 23,243 votes and went to the Democrat by 83.9 points. The closest was Searcy, where 19 votes separated the two parties.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Governor
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Laney won | Democratic | 186,401 | 86.0% |
| H. C. Stump | Republican | 30,442 | 14.0% |
| Total | 216,843 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski | 21,377 92.0% | 1,866 8.0% | 23,243 | D+83.9 | |
| Sebastian | 8,090 86.4% | 1,270 13.6% | 9,360 | D+72.9 | |
| Washington | 4,776 72.6% | 1,803 27.4% | 6,579 | D+45.2 | |
| Benton | 4,416 68.1% | 2,067 31.9% | 6,483 | D+36.2 | |
| Jefferson | 5,346 93.7% | 362 6.3% | 5,708 | D+87.3 | |
| Garland | 4,952 89.3% | 591 10.7% | 5,543 | D+78.7 | |
| Union | 5,364 97.5% | 138 2.5% | 5,502 | D+95.0 | |
| Mississippi | 4,901 93.2% | 357 6.8% | 5,258 | D+86.4 | |
| Craighead | 4,645 88.8% | 586 11.2% | 5,231 | D+77.6 | |
| Madison | 1,936 48.6% | 2,049 51.4% | 3,985 | R+2.8 | |
| Miller | 3,740 94.1% | 234 5.9% | 3,974 | D+88.2 | |
| White | 3,343 85.3% | 576 14.7% | 3,919 | D+70.6 | |
| Ouachita | 3,551 95.5% | 166 4.5% | 3,717 | D+91.1 | |
| Logan | 2,976 80.6% | 718 19.4% | 3,694 | D+61.1 | |
| Greene | 3,092 88.0% | 420 12.0% | 3,512 | D+76.1 | |
| Boone | 2,665 76.5% | 820 23.5% | 3,485 | D+52.9 | |
| Clay | 2,578 74.8% | 869 25.2% | 3,447 | D+49.6 | |
| Saline | 3,136 93.9% | 202 6.1% | 3,338 | D+87.9 | |
| Faulkner | 2,812 85.2% | 489 14.8% | 3,301 | D+70.4 | |
| Independence | 2,467 79.6% | 632 20.4% | 3,099 | D+59.2 | |
| Pope | 2,505 86.6% | 386 13.4% | 2,891 | D+73.3 | |
| Arkansas | 2,173 75.6% | 701 24.4% | 2,874 | D+51.2 | |
| Poinsett | 2,559 90.3% | 276 9.7% | 2,835 | D+80.5 | |
| Hempstead | 2,618 93.3% | 188 6.7% | 2,806 | D+86.6 | |
| Lonoke | 2,549 91.2% | 246 8.8% | 2,795 | D+82.4 | |
| Jackson | 2,545 91.3% | 242 8.7% | 2,787 | D+82.6 | |
| Crawford | 2,126 76.5% | 652 23.5% | 2,778 | D+53.1 | |
| Carroll | 1,867 70.0% | 799 30.0% | 2,666 | D+40.1 | |
| Lawrence | 2,305 87.7% | 324 12.3% | 2,629 | D+75.4 | |
| Clark | 2,435 93.2% | 177 6.8% | 2,612 | D+86.4 | |
| Ashley | 2,490 96.5% | 91 3.5% | 2,581 | D+92.9 | |
| Columbia | 2,467 96.4% | 92 3.6% | 2,559 | D+92.8 | |
| Phillips | 2,452 96.4% | 92 3.6% | 2,544 | D+92.8 | |
| Hot Spring | 2,129 84.1% | 404 15.9% | 2,533 | D+68.1 | |
| Conway | 1,804 80.3% | 443 19.7% | 2,247 | D+60.6 | |
| St. Francis | 2,106 94.0% | 135 6.0% | 2,241 | D+88.0 | |
| Searcy | 1,097 49.6% | 1,116 50.4% | 2,213 | R+0.9 | |
| Cross | 2,023 93.0% | 153 7.0% | 2,176 | D+85.9 | |
| Yell | 1,801 85.4% | 309 14.6% | 2,110 | D+70.7 | |
| Sharp | 1,766 84.4% | 327 15.6% | 2,093 | D+68.8 | |
| Randolph | 1,747 84.5% | 320 15.5% | 2,067 | D+69.0 | |
| Howard | 1,802 89.5% | 211 10.5% | 2,013 | D+79.0 | |
| Crittenden | 1,962 97.8% | 45 2.2% | 2,007 | D+95.5 | |
| Johnson | 1,651 84.8% | 296 15.2% | 1,947 | D+69.6 | |
| Bradley | 1,861 96.6% | 66 3.4% | 1,927 | D+93.1 | |
| Chicot | 1,756 94.7% | 99 5.3% | 1,855 | D+89.3 | |
| Sevier | 1,658 92.7% | 130 7.3% | 1,788 | D+85.5 | |
| Polk | 1,445 81.3% | 333 18.7% | 1,778 | D+62.5 | |
| Van Buren | 1,285 72.3% | 492 27.7% | 1,777 | D+44.6 | |
| Nevada | 1,665 93.8% | 111 6.3% | 1,776 | D+87.5 | |
| Woodruff | 1,593 91.4% | 149 8.6% | 1,742 | D+82.9 | |
| Drew | 1,618 94.2% | 100 5.8% | 1,718 | D+88.4 | |
| Franklin | 1,472 85.7% | 245 14.3% | 1,717 | D+71.5 | |
| Newton | 807 48.4% | 859 51.6% | 1,666 | R+3.1 | |
| Monroe | 1,492 90.7% | 153 9.3% | 1,645 | D+81.4 | |
| Prairie | 1,347 82.6% | 283 17.4% | 1,630 | D+65.3 | |
| Dallas | 1,452 93.9% | 94 6.1% | 1,546 | D+87.8 | |
| Lafayette | 1,444 97.4% | 38 2.6% | 1,482 | D+94.9 | |
| Cleburne | 1,193 80.6% | 287 19.4% | 1,480 | D+61.2 | |
| Baxter | 1,125 76.6% | 344 23.4% | 1,469 | D+53.2 | |
| Grant | 1,333 91.6% | 122 8.4% | 1,455 | D+83.2 | |
| Desha | 1,367 96.1% | 56 3.9% | 1,423 | D+92.1 | |
| Marion | 1,116 79.8% | 283 20.2% | 1,399 | D+59.5 | |
| Lee | 1,298 94.7% | 73 5.3% | 1,371 | D+89.4 | |
| Pike | 1,093 81.4% | 249 18.6% | 1,342 | D+62.9 | |
| Little River | 1,178 90.6% | 122 9.4% | 1,300 | D+81.2 | |
| Scott | 1,056 83.5% | 209 16.5% | 1,265 | D+67.0 | |
| Izard | 981 79.8% | 249 20.2% | 1,230 | D+59.5 | |
| Fulton | 885 73.4% | 320 26.6% | 1,205 | D+46.9 | |
| Lincoln | 1,098 94.0% | 70 6.0% | 1,168 | D+88.0 | |
| Stone | 919 78.7% | 248 21.3% | 1,167 | D+57.5 | |
| Cleveland | 1,051 94.8% | 58 5.2% | 1,109 | D+89.5 | |
| Calhoun | 997 95.0% | 53 5.0% | 1,050 | D+89.9 | |
| Perry | 864 84.7% | 156 15.3% | 1,020 | D+69.4 | |
| Montgomery | 810 84.3% | 151 15.7% | 961 | D+68.6 |
Counties as they stood in 1944; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Arkansas governor elections we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) | R+27.8 |
| 2018 | Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) | R+33.6 |
| 2014 | Asa Hutchinson (R) | R+13.9 |
| 2010 | Mike D. Beebe (D) | D+30.8 |
| 2006 | Mike D. Beebe (D) | D+14.9 |
| 2002 | Mike Huckabee (R) | R+6.1 |
| 1998 | Mike Huckabee (R) | R+21.1 |
| 1994 | Jim Guy Tucker (D) | D+19.7 |
| 1990 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+15.0 |
| 1986 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+27.8 |
| 1984 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+25.1 |
| 1982 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+9.4 |
| 1980 | Frank D. White (R) | R+3.9 |
| 1978 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+26.7 |
| 1976 | David H. Pryor (D) | D+66.5 |
| 1974 | David H. Pryor (D) | D+31.2 |
| 1972 | Dale Bumpers (D) | D+50.9 |
| 1970 | Dale Bumpers (D) | D+29.3 |
| 1968 | Winthrop Rockefeller (R) | R+4.9 |
| 1966 | Winthrop Rockefeller (R) | R+8.7 |
| 1964 | Orval E. Faubus (D) | D+14.0 |
| 1962 | Orval E. Faubus (D) | D+46.5 |
| 1960 | Orval E. Faubus (D) | D+38.4 |
| 1958 | Orval E. Faubus (D) | D+64.9 |
| 1956 | Orval E. Faubus (D) | D+61.3 |
| 1954 | Orval E. Faubus (D) | D+24.2 |
| 1952 | Francis Cherry (D) | D+74.8 |
| 1950 | Sidney S. McMath (D) | D+68.3 |
| 1948 | Sid McMath (D) | D+78.7 |
| 1946 | Ben Laney (D) | D+68.3 |
| 1944 | Ben Laney (D) | D+71.9 |
| 1942 | Homer M. Adkins (D) | D+100.0 |
| 1940 | Homer M. Adkins (D) | D+83.1 |
| 1938 | Carl E. Bailey (D) | D+77.5 |
| 1936 | Carl E. Bailey (D) | D+70.2 |
| 1934 | Julius M. Futrell (D) | D+79.8 |
| 1932 | Julius M. Futrell (D) | D+81.5 |
| 1930 | Harvey J. Parnell (D) | D+62.4 |
| 1928 | Harvey J. Parnell (D) | D+54.6 |
| 1926 | John E. Martineau (D) | D+52.9 |
| 1924 | Thomas J. Terral (D) | D+59.7 |
| 1922 | Thomas C. McRae (D) | D+56.2 |
| 1920 | Thomas Chipman McRae (D) | D+40.6 |
| 1918 | Charles Hillman Brough (D) | D+93.4 |
| 1916 | Charles Hillman Brough (D) | D+44.4 |
| 1914 | George Washington Hays (D) | D+46.6 |
| 1913 | George Washington Hays (D) | D+43.8 |
| 1912 | Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) | D+37.4 |
| 1910 | George Washington Donaghey (D) | D+41.0 |
| 1908 | George W. Donaghey (D) | D+40.4 |
| 1906 | John Sebastian Little (D) | D+41.8 |
| 1904 | Jefferson Davis (D) | D+24.6 |
| 1902 | Jeff Davis (D) | D+40.2 |
| 1900 | Jefferson Davis (D) | D+36.0 |
| 1898 | Daniel Webster Jones (D) | D+42.7 |
| 1896 | Daniel Webster Jones (D) | D+39.0 |
| 1894 | James P. Clarke (D) | D+38.4 |
| 1892 | William M. Fishback (D) | D+36.2 |
| 1890 | James P. Eagle (D) | D+55.5 |
| 1888 | James P. Eagle (D) | D+54.1 |
| 1886 | Simon P. Hughes (D) | D+22.3 |
| 1884 | Simon P. Hughes (D) | D+29.1 |
| 1882 | James H. Berry (D) | D+26.0 |
| 1880 | Thomas J. Churchill (D) | D+72.8 |
| 1878 | William Read Miller (D) | D+100.0 |
| 1876 | William R. Miller (D) | D+31.5 |
| 1874 | Augustus H. Garland (D) | D+99.9 |
| 1872 | Elisha Baxter (R) | R+51.8 |
| 1868 | Powell Clayton (R) | level |