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2002Final results

2002 election for Arkansas Senate District 2

Arkansas State Senate · Arkansas

Randy Laverty (D) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Roy Ragland (R) by 13.3 points.

Randy LavertyDemocrat · winner
56.6%14,746
Roy RaglandRepublican
43.4%11,285
26,031 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenD+26.21970D+29.01994D+23.31998D+13.32002R+46.92020R+35.52022

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