1994 Arkansas gubernatorial election

none related races 1994 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1994 Arkansas gubernatorial election Arkansas 1924 no 1990 Arkansas gubernatorial election 1990 1998 Arkansas gubernatorial election 1998 November 8, 1994 presidential File:Jim Guy Tucker (3x4a).jpg 150x150px Jim Guy Tucker Democratic Party (United States) 428,936 59.84% File:Sheffield Nelson 2011 (cropped) (3x4a).jpg Sheffield Nelson Republican Party (United States) 287,904 40.16% 1994 Arkansas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 210px County resultsTucker: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Nelson: #e27f7f 50–60% Governor Jim Guy Tucker Democratic Party (United States) Jim Guy Tucker Democratic Party (United States) The 1994 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1994, as a part of the United States gubernatorial elections, 1994. Incumbent Governor Jim Guy Tucker, who following the resignation of Bill Clinton in 1992 following his election to the presidency, won a full term in a landslide victory despite a national Republican landslide. This would be the last time a Democrat was elected Governor until 2006. Tucker would resign in the middle of his term following the Whitewater controversy and would be succeeded by Republican Mike Huckabee. Democratic nomination Incumbent Democratic governor Jim Guy Tucker assumed the office after his predecessor, Bill Clinton, resigned in December 1992, after being elected President of the United States. Tucker decided to run for a full term. However, less than two years later, Tucker was forced to resign from the governorship due to his involvement in the Whitewater Scandal. Republican nomination Candidates State Senator Steve Luelf Businessman and 1990 nominee for governor Sheffield Nelson William L. Jones, Fort Smith Alderman Primary results (May 17):http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=8736 Our Campaigns - AR Governor - R Primary Race - May 24, 1994 Nelson – 24,054 (50.80%) Luelf – 20,953 (44.25%) Jones – 2,346 (4.95%) General election Although the Republican Party made impressive gains in the 1994 Republican Revolution, winning a majority in the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, as well as a majority of governorships, Tucker ran as a moderate Democrat and won in a landslide.http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3928 Our Campaigns - AR Governor Race - Nov 08, 1994 Jim Guy Tucker (D) (inc.) – 428,936 (59.84%) Sheffield Nelson (R) – 287,904 (40.16%) References 1990s Politics United States 1994 Gubernatorial Arkansas Category:November 1994 in the United States Category:May 1994 in the United States