2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for Arkansas House District 73
Arkansas House of Representatives · Arkansas
Mary Bentley (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating John Wayne Catlett (D) by 2.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mary BentleyRepublican · winner
51.4%3,588
John Wayne CatlettDemocrat · incumbent
48.6%3,392
6,980 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 2014
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET