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Arkansas 2012 General Election

           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 6 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates. Up for election in 2012
  Elected Republican 647,744 60.57% former Massachusetts Governor Willard "Mitt" Romney
(6 Electoral Votes)
Vice President: Wisconsin Congressman Paul D. Ryan

FEC P80003353; 26 Nov 12; Tot $478,704,347; Dsb $465,787,141   Candidate Democratic 394,409 36.88% President Barack Hussein Obama
Vice President: Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.

FEC P80003338; 26 Nov 12; Tot $732,741,988; Dsb $729,647,987   Candidate Libertarian 16,276 1.52% former New Mexico Governor Gary Earl Johnson
Vice President: James P. "Jim" Gray

FEC P20002671; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,575,529; Dsb $2,572,585   Candidate Green 9,305 0.87% Jill E. Stein
Vice President: Cheri Honkala

FEC P20003984; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,005,788; Dsb $1,093,022   Candidate Socialism and Liberation 1,734 0.16% Peta Lindsay
Vice President: Yari Osorio

FEC P20004636; 26 Nov 12; Tot $30,903; Dsb $31,019 Total 1,069,468 100.00%  
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 112th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2 Democratic Senator Mark Lunsford Pryor
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Class 3 Republican Senator John Nichols Boozman
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors
  Democratic Governor Mike Beebe
First elected: 2006, re-elected: 2010
Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit
  Candidate Democratic     John Burkhalter   Candidate Democratic     Attorney General Dustin McDaniel
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014
  Republican Lieutenant Governor Mark A. Darr
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

112th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112th House Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Republican (3 Renominated);
1 Democratic (1 Open)

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map CD 1
Seat up for election Republican Congressman Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 22 May 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment   Elected Republican 138,800 56.23% Congressman Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford
FEC H0AR01083; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,338,871; Dsb $1,232,546   Candidate Democratic 96,601 39.13% Prosecuting Attorney Scott A. Ellington
22 May 2012: Received 49.5% in the primary. Advanced to and won the 12 June 2012 runoff.

FEC H2AR01071; 26 Nov 12; Tot $371,775; Dsb $369,845   Candidate Libertarian 6,427 2.60% Jessica Paxton
FEC H2AR01089   Candidate Green 5,015 2.03% Jacob Holloway
FEC H2AR01097 Total 246,843 100.00%  
Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map CD 2
Seat up for election Republican Congressman John Timothy "Tim" Griffin
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 22 May 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment   Elected Republican 158,175 55.19% Congressman John Timothy "Tim" Griffin
FEC H0AR02107; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,614,971; Dsb $1,608,998   Candidate Democratic 113,156 39.48% former state Representative Herb C. Rule, III
FEC H2AR02053; 26 Nov 12; Tot $227,033; Dsb $224,739   Candidate Green 8,566 2.99% Barbara Ward
FEC H2AR02079   Candidate Libertarian 6,701 2.34% Chris Hayes
FEC H2AR02061 Total 286,598 100.00%  
Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map CD 3
Seat up for election Republican Congressman Stephen A. "Steve" Womack
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 22 May 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment   Elected Republican 186,467 75.90% Congressman Stephen A. "Steve" Womack
FEC H0AR03055; 26 Nov 12; Tot $931,788; Dsb $587,335   Candidate Green 39,318 16.01% Rebekah Kennedy
FEC H2AR03259   Candidate Libertarian 19,875 8.09% David Pangrac
FEC H2AR03267 Total 245,660 100.00%  
Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map CD 4
Seat up for election
Open
Democratic Congressman Michael Avery "Mike" Ross
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Open Seat - 25 July 2011: "...I have decided not to seek a seventh term to the United States House..."
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **  Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment   Elected Republican 154,149 59.53% Thomas B. "Tom" Cotton
FEC H2AR04083; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,202,993; Dsb $1,981,464   Candidate Democratic 95,013 36.69% state Senator Gene Jeffress
22 May 2012: Received 43% in the primary. Advanced to and won the 12 June 2012 runoff.

FEC H2AR04109; 26 Nov 12; Tot $99,830; Dsb $97,534   Candidate Libertarian 4,984 1.92% former state Representative Robert "Bobby" Tullis
Served 14 years as a Democratic state Representative

FEC H2AR04141   Candidate Green 4,807 1.86% J. Joshua "Josh" Drake
FEC H8AR04098 Total 258,953 100.00%  
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
  Republican Secretary of State Mark Martin
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014
  Democratic Attorney General Dustin McDaniel
First elected: 2006, re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Open Seat - At Term Limit

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014
  Democratic Treasurer Martha A. Shoffner
First elected: 2006, re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Open Seat - At Term Limit

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014
  Democratic Auditor Charlie Daniels
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Served as Secretary of State 2002-2010.

Commissioner of State Lands  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
  Republican State Lands Commissioner John M. Thurston
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Commissioner of State Lands is unaffected by the State's term limit.