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1954 Arkansas governor election
Orval E. Faubus (Democrat) beat Pratt C. Remmel (Republican) in Arkansas in 1954, 62.1% to 37.9%, a margin of 24.2 points and 81,117 votes.
The Democratic hold continued from 1952, when Francis Cherry won.
Democrats led in 69 of the 75 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 6. The largest, Pulaski, cast 42,240 votes and went to the Republican by 5.9 points. The closest was Newton, where 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orval E. Faubus won | Democratic | 208,121 | 62.1% |
| Pratt C. Remmel | Republican | 127,004 | 37.9% |
| All other candidates | 51 | 0.0% | |
| Total | 335,176 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski | 19,868 47.0% | 22,354 52.9% | 18 | 42,240 | R+5.9 |
| Sebastian | 6,540 45.0% | 8,007 55.0% | 14,547 | R+10.1 | |
| Garland | 6,096 46.4% | 7,056 53.6% | 13,152 | R+7.3 | |
| Jefferson | 6,281 57.9% | 4,575 42.1% | 10,856 | D+15.7 | |
| Washington | 5,853 56.7% | 4,457 43.2% | 11 | 10,321 | D+13.5 |
| Union | 5,044 55.5% | 4,038 44.4% | 10 | 9,092 | D+11.1 |
| Craighead | 5,057 59.5% | 3,436 40.5% | 8,493 | D+19.1 | |
| Benton | 4,434 55.8% | 3,506 44.2% | 7,940 | D+11.7 | |
| White | 4,602 65.3% | 2,441 34.7% | 7,043 | D+30.7 | |
| Ouachita | 5,077 72.6% | 1,918 27.4% | 6,995 | D+45.2 | |
| Mississippi | 5,205 74.4% | 1,787 25.6% | 6,992 | D+48.9 | |
| Saline | 3,975 67.3% | 1,932 32.7% | 2 | 5,909 | D+34.6 |
| Hot Spring | 3,542 60.4% | 2,321 39.6% | 5,863 | D+20.8 | |
| Miller | 3,497 61.5% | 2,192 38.5% | 5,689 | D+22.9 | |
| Boone | 3,415 63.9% | 1,930 36.1% | 5,345 | D+27.8 | |
| Faulkner | 3,749 70.7% | 1,552 29.3% | 5,301 | D+41.4 | |
| Pope | 3,603 69.0% | 1,620 31.0% | 5,223 | D+38.0 | |
| Madison | 3,474 70.3% | 1,469 29.7% | 4,943 | D+40.6 | |
| Greene | 3,179 67.9% | 1,504 32.1% | 4,683 | D+35.8 | |
| Lonoke | 3,195 68.7% | 1,459 31.3% | 4,654 | D+37.3 | |
| Arkansas | 1,892 41.6% | 2,656 58.4% | 4,548 | R+16.8 | |
| Jackson | 3,415 75.3% | 1,118 24.7% | 4,533 | D+50.7 | |
| Independence | 2,668 60.0% | 1,781 40.0% | 4,449 | D+19.9 | |
| Conway | 3,020 70.8% | 1,248 29.2% | 4,268 | D+41.5 | |
| Crawford | 2,604 62.3% | 1,574 37.7% | 4,178 | D+24.7 | |
| Poinsett | 2,696 66.7% | 1,344 33.3% | 4,040 | D+33.5 | |
| Clark | 2,573 65.1% | 1,381 34.9% | 3,954 | D+30.1 | |
| Hempstead | 2,390 63.2% | 1,394 36.8% | 3,784 | D+26.3 | |
| Phillips | 2,731 72.2% | 1,050 27.8% | 2 | 3,783 | D+44.4 |
| Columbia | 2,728 72.6% | 1,031 27.4% | 1 | 3,760 | D+45.1 |
| Logan | 2,529 67.9% | 1,193 32.1% | 3,722 | D+35.9 | |
| St. Francis | 2,602 71.5% | 1,032 28.4% | 4 | 3,638 | D+43.2 |
| Ashley | 2,639 75.9% | 838 24.1% | 3,477 | D+51.8 | |
| Searcy | 1,620 47.1% | 1,817 52.9% | 3,437 | R+5.7 | |
| Clay | 2,079 61.0% | 1,331 39.0% | 3,410 | D+21.9 | |
| Desha | 2,455 74.3% | 849 25.7% | 3,304 | D+48.6 | |
| Lawrence | 2,256 70.5% | 946 29.5% | 3,202 | D+40.9 | |
| Yell | 2,238 74.1% | 781 25.9% | 3,019 | D+48.3 | |
| Carroll | 2,372 79.6% | 608 20.4% | 2,980 | D+59.2 | |
| Johnson | 2,239 76.2% | 698 23.8% | 2,937 | D+52.5 | |
| Van Buren | 2,038 70.0% | 874 30.0% | 2,912 | D+40.0 | |
| Chicot | 1,936 67.2% | 944 32.8% | 2,880 | D+34.4 | |
| Polk | 1,848 65.4% | 976 34.6% | 2,824 | D+30.9 | |
| Newton | 1,386 49.1% | 1,436 50.9% | 2,822 | R+1.8 | |
| Baxter | 1,690 60.4% | 1,109 39.6% | 2,799 | D+20.8 | |
| Franklin | 2,247 81.5% | 510 18.5% | 2,757 | D+63.0 | |
| Bradley | 1,853 69.9% | 798 30.1% | 2,651 | D+39.8 | |
| Drew | 1,940 73.6% | 695 26.4% | 2,635 | D+47.2 | |
| Nevada | 1,817 69.5% | 797 30.5% | 2,614 | D+39.0 | |
| Cross | 2,017 77.2% | 596 22.8% | 2,613 | D+54.4 | |
| Dallas | 1,941 75.1% | 642 24.9% | 2,583 | D+50.3 | |
| Randolph | 1,909 74.1% | 668 25.9% | 2,577 | D+48.2 | |
| Crittenden | 1,801 72.5% | 683 27.5% | 2,484 | D+45.0 | |
| Montgomery | 1,783 75.5% | 578 24.5% | 2,361 | D+51.0 | |
| Woodruff | 1,527 68.6% | 700 31.4% | 2,227 | D+37.1 | |
| Sevier | 1,490 68.1% | 699 31.9% | 2,189 | D+36.1 | |
| Monroe | 1,381 63.2% | 804 36.8% | 1 | 2,186 | D+26.4 |
| Prairie | 1,267 59.6% | 860 40.4% | 2,127 | D+19.1 | |
| Grant | 1,537 73.5% | 553 26.5% | 2,090 | D+47.1 | |
| Howard | 1,446 69.8% | 627 30.2% | 2,073 | D+39.5 | |
| Lincoln | 1,500 73.8% | 532 26.2% | 2,032 | D+47.6 | |
| Lafayette | 1,366 71.3% | 551 28.7% | 1,917 | D+42.5 | |
| Fulton | 1,138 60.9% | 731 39.1% | 1,869 | D+21.8 | |
| Cleburne | 1,180 64.2% | 658 35.8% | 1,838 | D+28.4 | |
| Pike | 1,313 73.6% | 471 26.4% | 1,784 | D+47.2 | |
| Perry | 1,125 64.8% | 610 35.2% | 1,735 | D+29.7 | |
| Scott | 1,200 73.0% | 443 27.0% | 1,643 | D+46.1 | |
| Marion | 1,085 66.5% | 546 33.5% | 1,631 | D+33.0 | |
| Calhoun | 1,407 86.8% | 214 13.2% | 1,621 | D+73.6 | |
| Sharp | 1,105 68.5% | 508 31.5% | 1,613 | D+37.0 | |
| Cleveland | 1,306 81.8% | 290 18.2% | 1,596 | D+63.7 | |
| Lee | 1,060 69.1% | 474 30.9% | 1 | 1,535 | D+38.2 |
| Little River | 1,072 70.1% | 457 29.9% | 1,529 | D+40.2 | |
| Izard | 1,085 78.1% | 303 21.8% | 1 | 1,389 | D+56.3 |
| Stone | 893 66.8% | 443 33.2% | 1,336 | D+33.7 |
Counties as they stood in 1954; 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 |