1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1994 election for Arkansas House District 1
Arkansas House of Representatives · Arkansas
Jim Hendren (R) won with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Railey A. Steele (D) by 3.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim HendrenRepublican · winner
51.8%4,216
Railey A. SteeleDemocrat · incumbent
48.2%3,925
8,141 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 1994
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET