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1982Final results

1982 election for Arkansas House District 1

Arkansas House of Representatives · Arkansas

Clayton N. Little (D) won with 60.6% of the vote, defeating Johnson (Oth) by 21.3 points.

Clayton N. LittleDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.6%5,394
JohnsonOther party
39.4%3,500
8,894 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 1982

Races before and after

EvenR+100.01980R+14.41984R+44.01986R+3.61994R+37.62000D+14.22004

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