United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2016

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United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2016
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Nominee John Boozman Conner Eldridge
Party Republican Democratic
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Incumbent U.S. senator

John Boozman
Republican


Elections in Arkansas
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The 2016 United States Senate election in Arkansas will take place on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Arkansas, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Republican Senator John Boozman has announced that he is running for re-election to a second term in office. Former US Attorney Conner Eldridge was the only Democrat to declare his candidacy. The primaries were held on March 1.[1]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 John
Boozman		 Curtis
Coleman		 Undecided
Talk Business/Hendrix College February 4, 2016 457 ± 4.6% 68% 23% 9%

Primary results

Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Boozman 298,039 76.45
Republican Curtis Coleman 91,795 23.55
Total votes 389,834 100

Democratic primary

Conner Eldridge was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Democratic primary results[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Conner Eldridge 214,228 100.00
Total votes 214,228 100.00

Libertarian Convention

The Libertarian Party of Arkansas held a special nominating convention on October 24, 2015 to select nominees for elections in 2016. Frank Gilbert was selected as the nominee for the U.S. Senate race.[8]

Candidates

Nominated

  • Frank Gilbert, DeKalb Township Constable, former Mayor of Tull, nominee for the State Senate in 2012 and nominee for Governor in 2014[8]

General election

Candidates

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[9] Safe R March 25, 2016
Daily Kos[10] Safe R April 4, 2016
Roll Call[11] Safe R April 4, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[12] Safe R March 21, 2016

Polling

References

  1. ↑ http://swtimes.com/news/politics/conner-eldridge-challenge-boozman-us-senate-seat
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External links

Official campaign websites
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