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1998Final results

1998 election for Arkansas House District 83

Arkansas House of Representatives · Arkansas

Jimmy Jeffress (D) won with 78.4% of the vote, defeating Moses M. Thomas (Ind) by 56.8 points.

Jimmy JeffressDemocrat · winner · incumbent
78.4%5,174
Moses M. ThomasIndependent
21.6%1,426
6,600 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

EvenD+57.31990D+16.41994R+15.32004R+50.22024

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