1976Final results
1976 primary for Arkansas Senate District 15
Arkansas State Senate · Arkansas
Bud Canada (D) won with 48.5% of the vote, defeating Pete Smith (D) by 16.4 points.
Bud CanadaDemocrat · winner · incumbent
48.5%7,194
Pete SmithDemocrat
32.1%4,757
T. Henry DembinskiDemocrat
19.4%2,884
14,835 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET