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Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1994

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November 8, 1994
  
1998 →

59.84%
  
40.16%

428,936
  
287,904

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1994

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1994 took place on November 8, as a part of the United States gubernatorial elections, 1994.

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Democratic nomination

Incumbent Democratic Governor Jim Guy Tucker assumed the office after his predecessor, Bill Clinton, resigned in December 1992, after being elected President of the United States. Tucker decided to run for a full term.

Republican nomination

Candidates

  • State Senator Steve Luelf
  • Businessman Sheffield Nelson
  • William L. Jones

    • Primary results (May 17):

  • Nelson – 24,054 (50.80%)
  • Luelf – 20,953 (44.25%)
  • Jones – 2,346 (4.95%)

    • General election

    Although the Republican Party made impressive gains in 1994, winning a majority in the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, as well as a majority of governorships, Tucker won in landslide:

  • Jim Guy Tucker (D) (inc.) – 428,936 (59.84%)
  • Sheffield Nelson (R) – 287,904 (40.16%)

    • References

    Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1994 Wikipedia
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