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2000Final results

2000 election for Arkansas House District 3

Arkansas House of Representatives · Arkansas

Cecile Bledsoe (R) won with 60.8% of the vote, defeating Shirl Coleman (D) by 21.6 points.

Cecile BledsoeRepublican · winner · incumbent
60.8%6,307
39.2%4,066
10,373 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenR+39.51992R+21.62000D+55.32006D+57.72008D+8.22012R+15.42016

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