Arkansas's 1st congressional district

Arkansas's 1st congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The district is in the eastern part of the state. The counties in the district are Arkansas, Baxter, Chicot, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Desha, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Lonoke, Mississippi, Monroe, Phillips, Poinsett, Prairie, Randolph, Saint Francis, Searcy, Sharp, Stone, and Woodruff. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is represented by Republican Rick Crawford. When Crawford was elected in 2010 he was the first Republican to represent the district since 1875.

Arkansas's 1st congressional district
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Representative
  Rick Crawford
RJonesboro
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Distribution
  • 44.5% urban
  • 55.5% rural
Population (2019)719,048[1]
Median income$43,193[1]
Ethnicity
Occupation
Cook PVIR+17[2]

Election history

2002

Arkansas’s 1st Congressional District House Election, 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert Marion Berry 129,701 67%
Republican Tommy F. Robinson 64,357 33%
Majority 65,344 33%
Total votes 194,058 100.00
Democrat hold

2004

Arkansas’s 1st Congressional District House Election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert Marion Berry 162,388 67%
Republican Vernon Humphrey 81,556 33%
Majority 80,832 33%
Total votes 243,944 100.00
Democrat hold

2006

Arkansas’s 1st Congressional District House Election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert Marion Berry 127,577 69%
Republican Mickey Stumbaugh 56,611 31%
Majority 70,966 39%
Total votes 184,188 100.00%
Democrat hold

2008

Arkansas’s 1st Congressional District House Election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert Marion Berry 124,304 100%
Majority 100%
Total votes 124,304 100%
Democrat hold

2010

Arkansas’s 1st Congressional District House Election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Rick Crawford 93,224 52%
Democratic Chad Causey 78,267 43%
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Majority 14,957 9%
Total votes 180,016 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

2012

Arkansas’s 1st Congressional District House Election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Rick Crawford 138,800 56%
Democratic Scott Ellington 96,601 39%
Libertarian Jessica Paxton 6,427 3%
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Majority 42,199 17.10%
Total votes 246,843 100.00%
Republican hold

2014

Arkansas’s 1st Congressional District House Election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Rick Crawford 124,139 63%
Democratic Jackie McPherson 63,555 32%
Libertarian Brian Scott Willhite 8,562 5%
Majority 60,584 31%
Total votes 196,256 100.00%
Republican hold

2016

Arkansas’s 1st Congressional District House Election, 2016[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Rick Crawford 183,866 76.28%
Libertarian Mark West 57,181 23.72%
Majority 126,685 52.56%
Total votes 241,047 100.00%
Republican hold

2018

The 2018 election was held on November 6, 2018.

Arkansas' 1st congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Crawford (incumbent) 138,757 68.9
Democrat Chintan Desai 57,907 28.8
Libertarian Elvis Presley 4,581 2.3
Total votes 201,245 100.0
Republican hold

2020

Arkansas’s 1st Congressional District House Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Crawford (incumbent) 237,596 100.0
Total votes 237,596 100.0
Republican hold

Arkansas's 1st Congressional District Media

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. 2016 election results