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2012Final results

2012 election for Arkansas House District 51

Arkansas House of Representatives · Arkansas

Deborah Ferguson (D) won with 79.2% of the vote, defeating Rodger Paxton (Lib) by 58.4 points.

Deborah FergusonDemocrat · winner
79.2%6,794
Rodger PaxtonLibertarian
20.8%1,786
8,580 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+17.01992D+43.11998D+18.12000D+19.02010R+36.52024R+24.72026

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