1974Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Arkansas House District 43
Arkansas House of Representatives · Arkansas
Jim Smithson (R) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Claude Wade (D) by 3.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim SmithsonRepublican · winner
51.7%4,800
Claude WadeDemocrat · incumbent
48.3%4,481
9,281 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET