1996 general · November 5, 1996
1996 Arkansas State Senate election results, district by district
Every Arkansas State Senate district in the 1996 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 35 seats
After the electionD 30 · R 5
Races17
Changed party1
Unopposed65%11 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 17
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | James C. Scott (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Mike Ross (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 | Wayne Dowd (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | Jim Hill (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | George Hopkins (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 | Jean C. Edwards (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Jay Bradford (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 | Bill Walters (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 | Tom Kennedy (D) | 3.5 | |
| SD-13 | Bud Canada (D) | 5.0 | |
| SD-15 | Jim Argue Jr. (D) | 18.1 | Flipped |
| SD-20 | Stanley Russ (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-22 | Bill Lewellen (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-25 | Allen Gordon (D) | 22.9 | |
| SD-27 | Morril Harriman (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 | Mike Bearden (D) | 19.9 | |
| SD-29 | Gene Roebuck (D) | 20.6 |
Arkansas State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner