ARKANSAS
      Nov. 2, 2010 U.S. Senate

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+John Boozman (R)
 		451,618
 		57.90%
Blanche Lincoln (D) i 288,156
 		36.95%
Trevor Drown (I)
 25,234
 3.24%
John Gray (G)
 14,430
 1.85%
write-ins
 519
  

779,957
Plurality: 163,462 votes (20.96 percentage points)
 AR Secretary of State


REPUBLICAN PICK-UP
Notes:  U.S. Rep. John Boozman (R) soundly defeated incumbent U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) and two third party candidates, Trevor Drown (I), a driver, and John Gray (G), mayor of Greenland.

Lincoln first faced a strong primary challenge from Lt. Gov. Bill Halter (1, 2).  In the May 18 primary, Lincoln finished first with 146,579 votes (44.51%) followed by Halter at 140,081 (42.53%) and businessman D.C. Morrison at 42,695 (12.96%).  As no candidate obtained 50-percent plus one of the vote, the contest went to a June 8 runoff.  There Lincoln defeated Halter by 134,756 votes (52.00%) to 124,405 (48.00%).

Eight candidates competed in the May 18 Republican primary.  Boozman won by a wide margin, tallying 75,010 votes (52.73%) to 24,826 votes (17.45%) for 2004 U.S. Sen. nominee Jim Holt and 16,540 votes (11.63%) for state Sen. Gilbert Baker; the other candidates finished in single digits.

In the general election, Lincoln and Boozman debated on Sept. 10 hosted by KLRT in Little Rock, and all four candidates debated on Oct. 13 at the University of Central Arkansas organized by the Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN) (>). 

Open Secrets reports the Lincoln campaign spent $12.6 million compared to $3.7 million for the Boozman campaign (>).


Campaign Managers:
John Boozman:  Sarah Huckabee
(Feb. 2010)  Executive director of Huck PAC after the 2008 campaign.  National field director on Mike Huckabee's 2007-08 presidential campaign; also worked on some of his other campaigns including a field coordinator on his 2002 re-eleection, and his 1992 U.S. Senate campaign.  Worked for about two years in congressional affairs at the U.S. Department of Education.  A field coordinator in Ohio on the Bush re-election campaign, Fall 2004.  B.A. in political science from Ouachita Baptist University, 2004.
 
Blanche Lincoln:  Steve Patterson
Also managed Lincoln's 2004 campaign and served as her chief of staff.


See also:
Mark Leibovich.  "Lincoln in Lonely Race in Arkansas."  The New York Times, Oct. 17, 2010.

Dana Bash.  "Lincoln turned it back on just in time to fight off challenge."  CNN, June 11, 2010.

 Shira Toeplitz and David Catanese.  "Lincoln's lessons: Behind her win."  Politico, June 10, 2010.

Andrew DeMillo.  "Lincoln won with Clinton and anti-union message."  Associated Press, June 9, 2010.




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