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2016Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2016 election for Arkansas House District 49

Arkansas House of Representatives · Arkansas

Steve Hollowell (R) won with 55.7% of the vote, defeating Marshall Wright (D) by 11.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Steve HollowellRepublican · winner
55.7%5,539
Marshall WrightDemocrat · incumbent
44.3%4,411
9,950 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 2016

Races before and after

EvenD+25.52006R+9.72008R+33.72010R+11.32016R+25.62018R+13.32020

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