1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Arkansas Governor
Governor · Arkansas
Mike Huckabee (R) won with 60.7% of the vote, defeating None (D) by 21.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mike HuckabeeRepublican · winner
60.7%421,989
NoneDemocrat
39.3%272,923
694,912 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1998
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The candidates
Mike Huckabee (R)
None (D)