1978Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Arkansas Senate District 6
Arkansas State Senate · Arkansas
Kim Hendren (D) won with 56.1% of the vote, defeating Jim Caldwell (R) by 12.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Kim HendrenDemocrat · winner
56.1%11,600
Jim CaldwellRepublican · incumbent
43.9%9,095
20,695 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET