2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas

2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas

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Nominee Mark Pryor Rebekah Kennedy
Party Democratic Green
Popular vote 804,678 207,076
Percentage 79.53% 20.47%

County results
Pryor:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Mark Pryor
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Mark Pryor
Democratic

The 2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Senator Mark Pryor ran for a second term. No Republican filed to challenge him, and his only opponent was Green Party candidate Rebekah Kennedy. Pryor won re-election with almost 80% of the vote.

Kennedy received the highest ever vote share of any Green Party candidate running for U.S. Senate,[1] and the highest for a third party Senate candidate in Arkansas until her record was surpassed by Libertarian candidate Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. in 2020.

As of 2024, this was the last time Democrats won a US Senate election in Arkansas.

  1. ^ "A short history of Green Party U.S. Senate races – Green Party Watch". Archived from the original on July 29, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2021.