1980 Arkansas gubernatorial election

none related races 1980 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 March 2015 September 2023 1980 Arkansas gubernatorial election Arkansas 1924 presidential no 1978 Arkansas gubernatorial election 1978 1982 Arkansas gubernatorial election 1982 November 4, 1980 File:Frank D. White 1995 (3x4a).jpg 150x150px Frank D. White Republican Party (United States) 435,684 51.93% File:Bill Clinton (37899881792) (3x4a).jpg Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) 403,241 48.07% 1980 Arkansas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 210px County results White: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Clinton: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) Frank D. White Republican Party (United States) The 1980 Arkansas gubernatorial election was a biennial election for the governorship of Arkansas. One-term Democratic governor and future president Bill Clinton was narrowly defeated by Republican Frank D. White. It was only the third time since Reconstruction that a Republican candidate had won the state's governorship. As of , this is the last time that an incumbent governor of Arkansas lost re-election. Clinton ran again two years later and regained the governorship, continuing to serve until he was elected to the presidency in 1992. Democratic primary Candidates Bill Clinton, incumbent governor Monroe Schwarzlose, candidate for governor in 1978 and Republican candidate for the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1974Monroe Schwarzlose (1902–1990) https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/monroe-schwarzlose-18692/ Encyclopedia of Arkansas 19 April 2024 Results Democratic primary results1980 Arkansas Elections http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/Documents/Historical%20Election%20Results/1980%20Election%20Results.pdf PDF January 1982 Arkansas Secretary of State October 29, 2016 February 11, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170211120059/http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/Documents/Historical dead 38http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=125 Frank Durward White (1933–2003) Encyclopedia of Arkansas 2016-02-24 Bill Clinton (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 306,736 68.87 Monroe Schwarzlose Democratic Party (United States) 138,670 31.13 445,395 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Marshall Chrisman, former state representative Frank D. White, Savings and Loan executive and former head of the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission Results Republican primary results43 Frank D. White Republican Party (United States) 5,867 71.75 Marshall Chrisman Republican Party (United States) 2,310 28.25 8,177 100.00 Campaign Schwarzlose's unexpected strong challenge in primaries and his 31 percent of the primary vote foreshadowed that Clinton could be in trouble for the upcoming general election. Clinton's increase in the cost of automobile registration tags had been unpopular. He was also hurt by President Jimmy Carter's decision to send thousands of Cuban refugees, some unruly, to a detention camp at Fort Chaffee, outside Fort Smith in Sebastian County in western Arkansas.http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=95 Bill Clinton (1946–) Encyclopedia of Arkansas 2016-02-24 (See Mariel boatlift.) The 1980 general election was marked by decisive Republican victories—the GOP won the White House, a majority in United States Senate and 34 seats in the United States House of Representatives. Clinton's narrow loss was viewed as part of Reagan's coattails. Result Frank White narrowly won the election.48 Arkansas gubernatorial election, 198048 Frank D. White Republican Party (United States) 435,684 51.93% +15.29% Bill Clinton (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 403,241 48.07% -15.29% 838,925 100.00% N/A Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Effect After Clinton lost the election in 1980, Max Brantley said: "The guy was like a death in the family. He was really destroyed after that election".Takiff, Michael. A Complicated Man : The Life of Bill Clinton as Told by Those Who Know Him. New Haven, US: Yale University Press, 2010. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 19 April 2017. Rudy Moore also added: "He never blamed anybody else. He accepted the responsibility. He didn't whine about it. In fact, it was within days, we were trying to figure out what we could to do to improve his political life after that". After Clinton was defeated, he was offered the chance to lead the Democratic National Committee, instead of seeking reelection as Governor of Arkansas.and? what became of it? February 2024 When he campaigned for election in 1982 against White, he said that he had learned the importance of adaptability and compromise from his defeat two years beforehand.Clinton House Museum. CHM, n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2017. See also 1980 United States presidential election in Arkansas References 30em 1980s Politics United States Gubernatorial 1980 Arkansas Category:November 1980 in the United States