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2002Final results

2002 election for Arkansas Governor

Governor · Arkansas

Mike Huckabee (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Jimmie Lou Fisher (D) by 6.1 points.

Mike HuckabeeRepublican · winner
53.0%427,082
47.0%378,250
805,332 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenD+15.01990D+19.71994R+21.51998R+6.12002D+15.52006D+31.42010

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET