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1968Final results

1968 election for Arkansas House District 5

Arkansas House of Representatives · Arkansas

Vada Sheid (D) won with 52.1% of the vote, defeating Pendergrass (Oth) by 4.3 points.

Vada SheidDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.1%5,256
PendergrassOther party
47.9%4,826
10,082 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968

Races before and after

EvenR+100.01974R+100.01980R+16.01998D+13.82018D+13.52020R+30.22022

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET