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2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas

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Field	Value
election_name	2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas
country	Arkansas
flag_year	1924
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2002 United States Senate election in Arkansas
previous_year	2002
next_election	2014 United States Senate election in Arkansas
next_year	2014
election_date	November 4, 2008
image1	File:Mark Pryor, head and shoulders photo portrait with flag, 2006.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Mark Pryor
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	804,678
percentage1	79.53%
image2	3x4.svg
nominee2	Rebekah Kennedy
party2	Green Party (United States)
popular_vote2	207,076
percentage2	20.47%
map_image	2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas results map by county.svg
map_size	210px
map_caption	County results
Pryor:
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Mark Pryor
before_party	Democratic Party (Arkansas)
after_election	Mark Pryor
after_party	Democratic Party (Arkansas)

Pryor:
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, also winning every county.

Kennedy received the highest ever vote share of any Green Party candidate running for U.S. Senate, 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.

, this was the last time Democrats won a U.S. Senate election in Arkansas. With Republican John McCain winning the state in the concurrent presidential race, this is also the last time that Arkansas simultaneously voted for presidential and U.S. Senate candidates of different parties. To date, Pryor has the highest raw vote total ever in the history of statewide elections in Arkansas. This was Pryor’s last successful campaign for elected office; he was defeated for re-election to the Senate in 2014.

Candidates

Democratic

Mark Pryor, incumbent U.S. Senator

Green

Rebekah Kennedy, attorney and nominee for Attorney General in 2006 and 2010

General election

Campaign

On March 10, the state Republican Party announced it has no plans to field a candidate against Pryor. The only Republican to express interest in the race, health care executive Tom Formicola, decided not to run the weekend before filing began. Formicola lost the GOP primaries for the Senate in 2004 and the United States House of Representatives in 2006. As a result, Pryor was the only Senator in 2008 to face no major-party opposition in a reelection bid.

There had been speculation that former Governor Mike Huckabee would run against Pryor if his presidential bid were unsuccessful, but on March 8, Huckabee said he would not contest the race.

Pryor's sole challenger was Green Party nominee Rebekah Kennedy, who entered the race in April 2007. Kennedy received 206,504 votes (20.54%). This is the highest percentage of the vote for any Green Party candidate running for U.S. Senate ever, and her 206,504 votes is the second most total votes received by a Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate after Medea Susan Benjamin's 326,828 votes in the 2000 California Senate race. Kennedy's campaign, in addition to being record breaking for the Green Party, was also the strongest showing of any independent or third-party candidate running for the U.S. Senate in 2008.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		October 23, 2008
CQ Politics		October 31, 2008
Rothenberg Political Report		November 2, 2008
Real Clear Politics		November 4, 2008

Polling

Pryor was polled at 90% in a poll without a challenger in March.

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Madison (Largest city: Huntsville)
Washington (Largest city: Fayetteville)
Cleburne (Largest city: Heber Springs)
White (Largest city: Searcy)
Faulkner (Largest city: Conway)
Lonoke (Largest city: Cabot)
Polk (Largest city: Mena)
Saline (Largest city: Benton)
Scott (Largest city: Waldron)
Montgomery (Largest city: Mount Ida)
Sebastian (Largest city: Fort Smith)
Pope (Largest city: Russellville)
Crawford (Largest city: Van Buren)
Searcy (Largest city: Marshall)
Baxter (Largest city: Mountain Home)
Marion (Largest city: Bull Shoals)
Boone (Largest city: Harrison)
Carroll (Largest city: Berryville)
Newton (Largest city: Jasper)
Benton (Largest city: Rogers)

References

"A short history of Green Party U.S. Senate races – Green Party Watch".
Glueck, Katie. (2014-11-04). "Cotton defeats Pryor in Arkansas".
(March 10, 2008). "Today's THV - KTHV Little Rock News Article". Todaysthv.com.
link. (2008-03-16 , [[Nasdaq]].com)
"Kennedy enters race for Pryor's Senate Seat", Daniel Nassaw, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, April 14, 2007.
"U.S. Senate Statewide Results". [[Secretary of State of Arkansas]].
"2008 Senate Race ratings for October 23, 2008".
link. (October 28, 2010 ''CQ Politics'')
"2008 Senate ratings".
"2008 RCP Averages & Senate Results". Real Clear Politics.
"Arkansas Polls". Electoral-vote.com.
(December 2, 2008). "U.S. Senate Statewide Results". [[Secretary of State of Arkansas]].

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