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Election 1950 Results

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1950 Arkansas governor election

Sidney S. McMath (Democrat) beat Jefferson W. Speck (Republican) in Arkansas in 1950, 84.1% to 15.9%, a margin of 68.3 points and 216,477 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1948, when Sid McMath also won.

Democrats led in 75 of the 75 counties as they stood then. The largest, Pulaski, cast 32,602 votes and went to the Democrat by 66.4 points. The closest was Searcy, where 140 votes separated the two parties.

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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
Sidney S. McMath won	Democratic	266,780	84.1%
Jefferson W. Speck	Republican	50,303	15.9%
Total		317,083

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Pulaski	27,124 83.2%	5,478 16.8%	32,602	D+66.4
Sebastian	10,970 77.9%	3,119 22.1%	14,089	D+55.7
Garland	7,806 66.2%	3,984 33.8%	11,790	D+32.4
Mississippi	9,754 92.6%	779 7.4%	10,533	D+85.2
Union	8,717 90.8%	885 9.2%	9,602	D+81.6
Washington	6,948 74.7%	2,354 25.3%	9,302	D+49.4
Jefferson	7,322 86.1%	1,186 13.9%	8,508	D+72.1
Benton	5,226 70.7%	2,168 29.3%	7,394	D+41.4
Ouachita	5,817 92.5%	469 7.5%	6,286	D+85.1
Craighead	5,326 85.4%	911 14.6%	6,237	D+70.8
White	5,102 90.2%	552 9.8%	5,654	D+80.5
Miller	5,203 92.3%	436 7.7%	5,639	D+84.5
Pope	4,507 83.3%	901 16.7%	5,408	D+66.7
Greene	4,537 87.5%	651 12.5%	5,188	D+74.9
Poinsett	4,655 90.7%	480 9.3%	5,135	D+81.3
Boone	3,571 72.6%	1,351 27.4%	4,922	D+45.1
Conway	3,998 81.7%	896 18.3%	4,894	D+63.4
Phillips	4,456 92.6%	358 7.4%	4,814	D+85.1
Crawford	3,816 80.6%	916 19.4%	4,732	D+61.3
Madison	2,822 60.8%	1,821 39.2%	4,643	D+21.6
Saline	3,999 86.4%	628 13.6%	4,627	D+72.9
Independence	3,619 81.8%	804 18.2%	4,423	D+63.6
Logan	3,710 86.2%	592 13.8%	4,302	D+72.5
Jackson	4,034 95.5%	188 4.5%	4,222	D+91.1
Arkansas	3,391 80.4%	825 19.6%	4,216	D+60.9
Ashley	3,770 89.8%	426 10.2%	4,196	D+79.7
Hot Spring	3,063 76.4%	945 23.6%	4,008	D+52.8
Clark	3,301 88.8%	418 11.2%	3,719	D+77.5
Faulkner	3,244 88.2%	433 11.8%	3,677	D+76.4
Columbia	3,403 95.1%	176 4.9%	3,579	D+90.2
Johnson	2,942 85.5%	497 14.5%	3,439	D+71.1
Hempstead	3,227 94.7%	180 5.3%	3,407	D+89.4
Desha	3,173 95.6%	147 4.4%	3,320	D+91.1
Drew	2,954 90.5%	309 9.5%	3,263	D+81.1
Carroll	2,439 77.6%	706 22.4%	3,145	D+55.1
Lonoke	2,655 84.5%	487 15.5%	3,142	D+69.0
St. Francis	2,727 87.2%	402 12.8%	3,129	D+74.3
Lawrence	2,610 84.0%	496 16.0%	3,106	D+68.1
Baxter	2,499 80.8%	595 19.2%	3,094	D+61.5
Cross	2,893 94.2%	179 5.8%	3,072	D+88.3
Clay	2,483 81.3%	573 18.8%	3,056	D+62.5
Van Buren	1,977 67.3%	959 32.7%	2,936	D+34.7
Franklin	2,537 87.9%	348 12.1%	2,885	D+75.9
Yell	2,560 89.8%	292 10.2%	2,852	D+79.5
Crittenden	2,448 87.1%	362 12.9%	2,810	D+74.2
Bradley	2,584 93.7%	173 6.3%	2,757	D+87.5
Polk	2,033 74.7%	688 25.3%	2,721	D+49.4
Cleburne	2,218 81.7%	496 18.3%	2,714	D+63.4
Dallas	2,434 91.8%	218 8.2%	2,652	D+83.6
Chicot	2,448 92.6%	197 7.4%	2,645	D+85.1
Searcy	1,355 52.7%	1,215 47.3%	2,570	D+5.4
Sevier	2,328 92.3%	194 7.7%	2,522	D+84.6
Monroe	2,201 89.1%	269 10.9%	2,470	D+78.2
Howard	2,292 94.1%	144 5.9%	2,436	D+88.2
Randolph	2,149 90.0%	238 10.0%	2,387	D+80.1
Newton	1,818 76.9%	546 23.1%	2,364	D+53.8
Woodruff	2,145 91.1%	209 8.9%	2,354	D+82.2
Prairie	1,895 80.7%	453 19.3%	2,348	D+61.4
Nevada	2,134 94.2%	131 5.8%	2,265	D+88.4
Lafayette	1,904 94.3%	116 5.7%	2,020	D+88.5
Lee	1,669 86.4%	263 13.6%	1,932	D+72.8
Scott	1,637 87.5%	233 12.5%	1,870	D+75.1
Grant	1,523 82.2%	329 17.8%	1,852	D+64.5
Little River	1,648 89.6%	192 10.4%	1,840	D+79.1
Marion	1,378 75.2%	454 24.8%	1,832	D+50.4
Calhoun	1,741 95.6%	81 4.4%	1,822	D+91.1
Pike	1,576 87.3%	229 12.7%	1,805	D+74.6
Lincoln	1,597 93.0%	120 7.0%	1,717	D+86.0
Sharp	1,504 89.4%	179 10.6%	1,683	D+78.7
Montgomery	1,195 73.9%	422 26.1%	1,617	D+47.8
Cleveland	1,430 93.4%	101 6.6%	1,531	D+86.8
Fulton	1,252 82.7%	262 17.3%	1,514	D+65.4
Perry	1,198 86.2%	191 13.8%	1,389	D+72.5
Izard	1,149 90.0%	128 10.0%	1,277	D+80.0
Stone	1,010 85.6%	170 14.4%	1,180	D+71.2

Counties as they stood in 1950; 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

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