1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Arkansas House District 49
Arkansas House of Representatives · Arkansas
Mark Alan Smith (R) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Ed Henley (D) by 8.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mark Alan SmithRepublican · winner
54.4%3,127
Ed HenleyDemocrat
45.6%2,618
5,745 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET