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1976 Arkansas governor election

David H. Pryor (Democrat) beat Leon Griffith (Republican) in Arkansas in 1976, 83.2% to 16.7%, a margin of 66.5 points and 483,367 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1974, when David H. Pryor also won.

Democrats led in 75 of the 75 counties as they stood then. The largest, Pulaski, cast 93,440 votes and went to the Democrat by 71.3 points. The closest was Searcy, where 915 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
David H. Pryor won Democratic 605,083 83.2%
Leon Griffith Republican 121,716 16.7%
All other candidates 150 0.0%
Total726,949

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Pulaski 80,027 85.6% 13,391 14.3% 22 93,440 D+71.3
Sebastian 22,276 72.1% 8,606 27.9% 6 30,888 D+44.3
Washington 19,150 69.5% 8,414 30.5% 27,564 D+38.9
Jefferson 22,823 88.3% 3,008 11.6% 4 25,835 D+76.7
Garland 19,821 78.7% 5,351 21.3% 1 25,173 D+57.5
Benton 15,746 67.1% 7,710 32.9% 23,456 D+34.3
Craighead 14,292 79.0% 3,791 21.0% 18,083 D+58.1
Saline 14,346 87.4% 2,066 12.6% 16,412 D+74.8
White 13,941 87.0% 2,083 13.0% 16,024 D+74.0
Mississippi 13,833 88.2% 1,853 11.8% 15,686 D+76.4
Faulkner 12,408 85.1% 2,174 14.9% 14,582 D+70.2
Union 11,034 78.8% 2,967 21.2% 14,001 D+57.6
Pope 10,539 84.3% 1,969 15.7% 1 12,509 D+68.5
Baxter 7,932 70.2% 3,365 29.8% 11,297 D+40.4
Crittenden 9,512 86.2% 1,525 13.8% 2 11,039 D+72.4
Miller 9,434 86.0% 1,540 14.0% 10,974 D+71.9
Phillips 9,485 86.6% 1,471 13.4% 10,956 D+73.1
Crawford 7,917 74.3% 2,745 25.7% 10,662 D+48.5
Ouachita 9,714 92.6% 781 7.4% 10,495 D+85.1
Greene 8,864 88.7% 1,132 11.3% 9,996 D+77.4
Lonoke 9,047 90.7% 928 9.3% 9,975 D+81.4
Hot Spring 8,905 89.4% 1,053 10.6% 9,958 D+78.9
Independence 8,540 86.6% 1,319 13.4% 9,859 D+73.2
St. Francis 8,652 88.2% 1,162 11.8% 9,814 D+76.3
Poinsett 7,963 86.6% 1,227 13.3% 4 9,194 D+73.3
Conway 7,568 89.9% 849 10.1% 8,417 D+79.8
Logan 6,614 79.9% 1,665 20.1% 8,279 D+59.8
Clark 7,497 90.7% 768 9.3% 8,265 D+81.4
Hempstead 7,255 90.0% 802 10.0% 8,057 D+80.1
Jackson 7,214 91.2% 590 7.5% 106 7,910 D+83.7
Arkansas 7,210 91.6% 660 8.4% 7,870 D+83.2
Boone 5,985 76.2% 1,868 23.8% 7,853 D+52.4
Ashley 6,611 85.1% 1,157 14.9% 7,768 D+70.2
Cleburne 6,696 86.6% 1,038 13.4% 7,734 D+73.2
Columbia 6,178 81.0% 1,449 19.0% 7,627 D+62.0
Yell 6,769 89.1% 830 10.9% 7,599 D+78.2
Johnson 6,090 83.2% 1,230 16.8% 7,320 D+66.4
Clay 6,126 84.5% 1,126 15.5% 7,252 D+68.9
Lawrence 5,930 86.5% 923 13.5% 6,853 D+73.1
Carroll 4,783 74.5% 1,633 25.5% 6,416 D+49.1
Cross 5,381 88.6% 691 11.4% 2 6,074 D+77.2
Polk 4,857 80.8% 1,154 19.2% 6,011 D+61.6
Randolph 5,082 85.9% 832 14.1% 5,914 D+71.9
Franklin 4,612 80.0% 1,150 20.0% 5,762 D+60.1
Sharp 4,321 76.5% 1,329 23.5% 5,650 D+53.0
Madison 3,677 66.6% 1,842 33.4% 5,519 D+33.2
Van Buren 4,447 84.1% 839 15.9% 5,286 D+68.3
Chicot 4,608 88.6% 590 11.3% 1 5,199 D+77.3
Drew 4,471 86.7% 688 13.3% 5,159 D+73.3
Desha 4,637 92.3% 388 7.7% 5,025 D+84.6
Marion 3,792 75.7% 1,216 24.3% 5,008 D+51.4
Sevier 4,124 87.6% 584 12.4% 1 4,709 D+75.2
Grant 4,249 90.6% 442 9.4% 4,691 D+81.2
Monroe 4,207 90.2% 456 9.8% 4,663 D+80.4
Izard 3,737 80.7% 891 19.3% 4,628 D+61.5
Lee 4,050 87.9% 560 12.1% 4,610 D+75.7
Howard 3,958 86.5% 616 13.5% 4,574 D+73.1
Bradley 4,063 91.5% 377 8.5% 4,440 D+83.0
Little River 3,915 88.5% 511 11.5% 4,426 D+76.9
Nevada 3,742 90.1% 409 9.9% 4,151 D+80.3
Scott 3,410 82.7% 711 17.3% 4,121 D+65.5
Dallas 3,791 92.5% 307 7.5% 4,098 D+85.0
Pike 3,452 87.0% 517 13.0% 3,969 D+73.9
Woodruff 3,418 91.1% 335 8.9% 3,753 D+82.1
Searcy 2,311 62.3% 1,396 37.7% 3,707 D+24.7
Stone 3,038 83.2% 614 16.8% 3,652 D+66.4
Lincoln 3,395 93.5% 235 6.5% 3,630 D+87.1
Fulton 3,014 84.7% 546 15.3% 3,560 D+69.3
Prairie 3,229 90.8% 329 9.2% 3,558 D+81.5
Lafayette 3,003 87.9% 413 12.1% 3,416 D+75.8
Newton 2,168 64.5% 1,192 35.5% 3,360 D+29.0
Montgomery 2,841 86.1% 458 13.9% 3,299 D+72.2
Perry 2,667 86.8% 404 13.2% 3,071 D+73.7
Cleveland 2,610 91.2% 251 8.8% 2,861 D+82.5
Calhoun 2,079 90.3% 224 9.7% 2,303 D+80.5

Counties as they stood in 1976; 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

YearWinnerMargin
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