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2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election

2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election

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The 2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Mike Beebe ran for re-election, and faced former State Senator Jim Keet, whom he defeated in a landslide to win a second and final term as governor, despite the year being a Republican midterm wave year and Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln being unseated by a 21-point margin on the same ballot. Beebe's vote percentage and margin of victory was the highest of any Democratic gubernatorial candidate in the country that year.

For related races, see 2010 United States gubernatorial elections.

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As of 2024, this alongside several concurrent elections are last time that Democrats won a statewide election in Arkansas and the last time a candidate of either party carried every county in a contested election. 2010 marked the last time that a gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected in Arkansas.

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Green Party

General election

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

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    "THE CRYSTAL BALL'S FINAL CALLS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
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    "Race Ratings Chart: Governor". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
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    "2010 General Election & Non Partisan Judicial Runoff Election". Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
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