2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2008 election for Arkansas House District 42
Arkansas House of Representatives · Arkansas
Jane English (R) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Val Yagos (D) by 11.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jane EnglishRepublican · winner
53.8%6,131
Val YagosDemocrat
42.1%4,800
Gene MasonGreen
4.1%472
11,403 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET