1968 Arkansas gubernatorial election

1968 Arkansas gubernatorial election

← 1966 November 5, 1968 1970 →
 
Nominee Winthrop Rockefeller Marion H. Crank
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 322,782 292,813
Percentage 52.43% 47.57%

County results
Rockefeller:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Crank:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Winthrop Rockefeller
Republican

Elected Governor

Winthrop Rockefeller
Republican

The 1968 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 5, when incumbent Republican Winthrop Rockefeller defeated former speaker[1] of the Arkansas House of Representatives Marion Crank by a small margin. Rockefeller was first elected in 1966, and was the first Republican to hold the office since Reconstruction. This was the first time a Republican was re-elected as governor of Arkansas.

As of 2022, this is the last time that Chicot County and St. Francis County voted for the Republican candidate.

  1. ^ "Speaker Archive - Arkansas House of Representatives".