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1986 Arkansas governor election
Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat Frank D. White (Republican) in Arkansas in 1986, 63.9% to 36.1%, a margin of 27.8 points and 191,455 votes.
The Democratic hold continued from 1984, when Bill Clinton also won.
Democrats led in 68 of the 75 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 7. The largest, Pulaski, cast 97,907 votes and went to the Democrat by 46.4 points. The closest was Crawford, where 144 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Clinton won | Democratic | 439,882 | 63.9% |
| Frank D. White | Republican | 248,427 | 36.1% |
| All other candidates | 242 | 0.0% | |
| Total | 688,551 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski | 71,647 73.2% | 26,182 26.7% | 78 | 97,907 | D+46.4 |
| Sebastian | 12,629 49.4% | 12,919 50.6% | 1 | 25,549 | R+1.1 |
| Washington | 15,919 62.5% | 9,540 37.5% | 25,459 | D+25.1 | |
| Benton | 14,101 58.0% | 10,209 42.0% | 24,310 | D+16.0 | |
| Jefferson | 18,643 78.0% | 5,272 22.0% | 1 | 23,916 | D+55.9 |
| Garland | 15,003 63.5% | 8,606 36.4% | 13 | 23,622 | D+27.1 |
| Craighead | 11,618 65.1% | 6,221 34.9% | 17,839 | D+30.3 | |
| Saline | 11,329 67.9% | 5,344 32.0% | 4 | 16,677 | D+35.9 |
| Faulkner | 10,446 66.0% | 5,381 34.0% | 15,827 | D+32.0 | |
| White | 9,614 61.8% | 5,924 38.1% | 8 | 15,546 | D+23.7 |
| Mississippi | 9,754 68.5% | 4,492 31.5% | 14,246 | D+36.9 | |
| Union | 8,144 64.4% | 4,497 35.6% | 12,641 | D+28.9 | |
| Boone | 5,102 41.8% | 7,098 58.2% | 12,200 | R+16.4 | |
| Pope | 6,946 57.3% | 5,166 42.6% | 16 | 12,128 | D+14.7 |
| Baxter | 6,609 57.5% | 4,892 42.5% | 11,501 | D+14.9 | |
| Crittenden | 8,186 72.3% | 3,139 27.7% | 11,325 | D+44.6 | |
| Lonoke | 6,557 64.1% | 3,677 35.9% | 10,234 | D+28.1 | |
| Miller | 6,427 64.1% | 3,595 35.9% | 1 | 10,023 | D+28.3 |
| Crawford | 4,827 49.2% | 4,971 50.6% | 22 | 9,820 | R+1.5 |
| Independence | 5,960 61.2% | 3,772 38.8% | 1 | 9,733 | D+22.5 |
| Ouachita | 6,643 69.2% | 2,950 30.8% | 9,593 | D+38.5 | |
| Phillips | 6,255 67.7% | 2,988 32.3% | 9,243 | D+35.3 | |
| Conway | 6,044 67.3% | 2,932 32.7% | 8,976 | D+34.7 | |
| Hot Spring | 5,680 65.4% | 3,007 34.6% | 8,687 | D+30.8 | |
| St. Francis | 5,409 67.3% | 2,624 32.7% | 2 | 8,035 | D+34.7 |
| Greene | 5,370 68.2% | 2,491 31.7% | 8 | 7,869 | D+36.6 |
| Columbia | 4,304 54.8% | 3,546 45.2% | 7,850 | D+9.7 | |
| Cleburne | 4,292 55.8% | 3,394 44.2% | 7,686 | D+11.7 | |
| Ashley | 5,272 68.9% | 2,384 31.1% | 7,656 | D+37.7 | |
| Poinsett | 4,999 68.1% | 2,345 31.9% | 1 | 7,345 | D+36.1 |
| Logan | 3,760 51.3% | 3,558 48.6% | 7 | 7,325 | D+2.8 |
| Arkansas | 4,790 69.9% | 2,064 30.1% | 6,854 | D+39.8 | |
| Clark | 4,845 74.0% | 1,687 25.8% | 19 | 6,551 | D+48.2 |
| Jackson | 4,206 66.6% | 2,107 33.4% | 6,313 | D+33.2 | |
| Johnson | 3,531 56.5% | 2,714 43.5% | 6,245 | D+13.1 | |
| Franklin | 3,321 55.0% | 2,700 44.8% | 12 | 6,033 | D+10.3 |
| Hempstead | 3,778 62.8% | 2,237 37.2% | 6,015 | D+25.6 | |
| Carroll | 3,090 52.4% | 2,803 47.6% | 5,893 | D+4.9 | |
| Polk | 3,350 58.1% | 2,408 41.8% | 7 | 5,765 | D+16.3 |
| Sharp | 3,611 63.5% | 2,079 36.5% | 5,690 | D+26.9 | |
| Yell | 3,143 56.0% | 2,461 43.9% | 7 | 5,611 | D+12.2 |
| Lawrence | 3,464 62.2% | 2,103 37.8% | 5,567 | D+24.4 | |
| Clay | 3,725 67.7% | 1,774 32.3% | 5,499 | D+35.5 | |
| Van Buren | 3,118 58.4% | 2,224 41.6% | 5,342 | D+16.7 | |
| Madison | 2,480 46.6% | 2,843 53.4% | 5,323 | R+6.8 | |
| Cross | 3,540 67.2% | 1,730 32.8% | 5,270 | D+34.3 | |
| Marion | 2,345 47.5% | 2,588 52.5% | 4,933 | R+4.9 | |
| Randolph | 3,109 66.4% | 1,573 33.6% | 4,682 | D+32.8 | |
| Lee | 3,496 75.0% | 1,166 25.0% | 4,662 | D+50.0 | |
| Desha | 3,518 76.5% | 1,081 23.5% | 4,599 | D+53.0 | |
| Chicot | 3,585 78.4% | 987 21.6% | 4,572 | D+56.8 | |
| Searcy | 1,876 43.3% | 2,459 56.7% | 4,335 | R+13.4 | |
| Grant | 2,375 54.9% | 1,947 45.0% | 1 | 4,323 | D+9.9 |
| Drew | 2,971 69.9% | 1,276 30.0% | 5 | 4,252 | D+39.9 |
| Dallas | 2,606 62.3% | 1,576 37.7% | 3 | 4,185 | D+24.6 |
| Scott | 2,386 57.3% | 1,779 42.7% | 4,165 | D+14.6 | |
| Newton | 1,627 39.1% | 2,528 60.8% | 1 | 4,156 | R+21.7 |
| Monroe | 3,005 73.0% | 1,112 27.0% | 4,117 | D+46.0 | |
| Little River | 2,706 66.2% | 1,380 33.7% | 4 | 4,090 | D+32.4 |
| Bradley | 2,692 67.4% | 1,299 32.5% | 4 | 3,995 | D+34.9 |
| Izard | 2,552 64.4% | 1,413 35.6% | 3,965 | D+28.7 | |
| Howard | 2,229 57.4% | 1,655 42.6% | 3,884 | D+14.8 | |
| Sevier | 2,285 64.2% | 1,271 35.7% | 1 | 3,557 | D+28.5 |
| Lincoln | 2,369 67.6% | 1,136 32.4% | 2 | 3,507 | D+35.2 |
| Stone | 1,946 55.5% | 1,554 44.3% | 4 | 3,504 | D+11.2 |
| Pike | 1,816 52.1% | 1,672 47.9% | 3,488 | D+4.1 | |
| Nevada | 2,039 62.5% | 1,225 37.5% | 3,264 | D+24.9 | |
| Prairie | 2,041 62.7% | 1,209 37.1% | 6 | 3,256 | D+25.6 |
| Fulton | 2,098 64.6% | 1,152 35.4% | 3,250 | D+29.1 | |
| Woodruff | 2,503 80.1% | 621 19.9% | 3,124 | D+60.2 | |
| Perry | 1,945 62.6% | 1,163 37.4% | 1 | 3,109 | D+25.2 |
| Lafayette | 1,759 59.4% | 1,200 40.6% | 2,959 | D+18.9 | |
| Montgomery | 1,632 55.9% | 1,288 44.1% | 2,920 | D+11.8 | |
| Cleveland | 1,622 58.0% | 1,173 42.0% | 2,795 | D+16.1 | |
| Calhoun | 1,268 58.6% | 894 41.3% | 2 | 2,164 | D+17.3 |
Counties as they stood in 1986; 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 |