1980Final results
1980 election for Arkansas Senate District 15
Arkansas State Senate · Arkansas
Bud Canada (D) won with 63.7% of the vote, defeating John Hoffman (Ind) by 27.5 points.
Bud CanadaDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.7%17,530
John HoffmanIndependent
36.3%9,978
27,508 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET