1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Arkansas Senate District 3
Arkansas State Senate · Arkansas
Steve Luelf (R) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Vada Sheid (D) by 4.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Steve LuelfRepublican · winner
52.4%16,800
Vada SheidDemocrat · incumbent
47.6%15,260
32,060 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET