2018Final results
2018 election for Arkansas's 1st District
U.S. House · Arkansas
Rick Crawford (R) won with 68.9% of the vote, defeating Chintan Desai (D) by 40.2 points.
Rick CrawfordRepublican · winner
68.9%138,757
Chintan DesaiDemocrat
28.8%57,907
Elvis PresleyLibertarian
2.3%4,581
201,245 votes
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Oct 1, 2026, 6:17 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2018
Races before and after
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Oct 1, 2026, 6:17 AM ET
Money in this race
Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.
Chintan DesaiRick Crawford
$137.2K
Raised by the campaign
$1M
$137.2K
Spent by the campaign
$966.6K
$0
Cash on hand
$311.4K
Campaign money: FEC, through Nov 30, 2018; FEC, through Dec 31, 2018.
Source: FEC campaign filingsUpdated Dec 31, 2018