Arkansas's 4th congressional district
Arkansas's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is the southwest part of the state and is the largest district. The cities in the district are Camden, Hope, Hot Springs, Magnolia, Pine Bluff, and Texarkana. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. Republican Bruce Westerman became the representative in 2014
| Arkansas's 4th congressional district | |||
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| Representative |
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| Area | 20,951 sq mi (54,260 km2) | ||
| Distribution |
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| Population (2019) | 701,945[1] | ||
| Median income | $43,824[2] | ||
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+17[3] | ||
Election history
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | President | Gore 49 - 48% |
| 2004 | President | Bush 51 - 48% |
| 2008 | President | McCain 58 - 39% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 62 - 36% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 64 - 31% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 68 - 30% |
2002
| Arkansas’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2002 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Michael Avery Ross* | 119,633 | 60.56% | ||
| Republican | Jay Dickey | 77,904 | 39.44% | ||
| Majority | 41,729 | 21.12% | |||
| Total votes | 197,537 | 100.00 | |||
| Democrat hold | |||||
2004
| Arkansas’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2004 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Michael Avery Ross* | 243,003 | 100.00% | ||
| Majority | 243,003 | 100.00% | |||
| Total votes | 100.00 | ||||
| Democrat hold | |||||
2006
| Arkansas’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2006 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Michael Avery Ross* | 128,236 | 74.73% | ||
| Republican | Joe Ross | 43,360 | 25.27% | ||
| Majority | 84,876 | 49.46% | |||
| Total votes | 171,596 | 100.00 | |||
| Democrat hold | |||||
2008
| Arkansas’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2008 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Michael Avery Ross* | 203,178 | 86.17% | ||
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found. | J. Joshua Drake | 32,603 | 13.83% | ||
| Majority | 170,575 | 72.34% | |||
| Total votes | 235,781 | 100.00 | |||
| Democrat hold | |||||
2010
| Arkansas’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2010 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Michael Avery Ross* | 102,479 | 57.53% | ||
| Republican | Beth Anne Rankin | 71,526 | 40.15% | ||
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found. | J. Joshua Drake | 4,129 | 2.32% | ||
| Majority | 30,953 | 17.38% | |||
| Total votes | 178,134 | 100.00 | |||
| Democrat hold | |||||
2012
| Arkansas’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2012 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Tom Cotton | 154,149 | 59.53% | ||
| Democratic | Gene Jeffress | 95,013 | 36.69% | ||
| Libertarian | Bobby Tullis | 4,984 | 1.92% | ||
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found. | J. Joshua Drake | 4,807 | 1.86% | ||
| Majority | 59,136 | 22.84% | |||
| Total votes | 258,953 | 100.00 | |||
| Republican gain from Democratic | |||||
2014
| Arkansas’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2014 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Bruce Westerman | 110,789 | 54% | ||
| Democratic | James Lee Witt | 87,742 | 43% | ||
| Libertarian | Ken Hamilton | 7,598 | 3% | ||
| Majority | 23,047 | 11% | |||
| Total votes | 206,131 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
2016
| Arkansas’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2016 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Bruce Westerman | 182,885 | 75% | ||
| Libertarian | Ken Hamilton | 61,274 | 25% | ||
| Majority | 121,611 | 50% | |||
| Total votes | 244,159 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Bruce Westerman (incumbent) | 136,740 | 66.74% | |
| Democrat | Hayden Shamel | 63,984 | 31.23% | |
| Libertarian | Tom Canada | 3,952 | 1.93% | |
| style="background-color: Template:Write-in/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | Write-in | 216 | 0.11% | |
| Total votes | 204,892 | 100% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Bruce Westerman (incumbent) | 191,617 | 69.7 | |
| Democrat | William Hanson | 75,750 | 27.5 | |
| Libertarian | Frank Gilbert | 7,668 | 2.8 | |
| Total votes | 275,035 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
Arkansas's 4th Congressional District Media
- Arkansas's 4th congressional district (since 2023).svg
Arkansas's 4th congressional district (since 2023)
- ThomasMGunter.jpg
Thomas M. Gunter, US Representative from Arkansas
- Samuel W Peel 200px.jpg
Samuel West Peel.
- John Henry Rogers.jpg
Former United States Representative from Arkansas John Henry Rogers.
- William Leake Terry (cropped).jpg
William Leake Terry (cropped)
Charles C. Reid, US Representative from Arkansas
- AR Little John.jpg
- ARLittleJohn
- Rep. William B. Cravens (D-AR).jpg
Rep. William B. Cravens (D-AR)
- OtisWingo.jpg
Otis Wingo, US Representative from Arkansas
- Effiegene Locke Wingo.jpg
Former Congresswoman Effiegene Locke Wingo.
References
- ↑ "My Congressional District".
- ↑ "My Congressional District".
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "2018 Arkansas general election results". Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved June 9, 2019.