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2012Final results

2012 election for Arkansas House District 64

Arkansas House of Representatives · Arkansas

John Payton (R) won with 60.7% of the vote, defeating Dennis Knapp (Ind) by 21.4 points.

John PaytonRepublican · winner
60.7%7,670
Dennis KnappIndependent
39.3%4,967
12,637 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+13.91996D+26.61998R+11.22002R+5.82004R+9.72008

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