2001 Arkansas's 3rd congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 2001 Arkansas's 3rd congressional district election Arkansas 1924 by-election no 2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas 2000 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas 2002 2001 11 20 Arkansas's 3rd congressional district File:John Boozman 109th pictorial.jpg 150x150px John Boozman Republican Party (United States) 52,894 55.55% 3x4.svg Mike Hathorn Democratic Party (United States) 40,137 42.15% 2001 AR-3 election results.svg 180px County results Boozman: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Hathorn: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% U.S. Representative Asa Hutchinson Republican Party (United States) John Boozman Republican Party (United States) The United States House of Representatives special election in Arkansas's 3rd congressional district was held on November 20, 2001, to select the successor to Asa Hutchinson who resigned upon appointment as director of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Following Hutchinson's resignation, Governor Mike Huckabee called a Special Election to be held on November 20, 2001. Both major party primaries were held on September 25 and both major parties required primary runoff elections, which were held on October 16. The winner would serve the remaining unexpired term ending on January 3, 2003. They would be eligible to run for reelection in 2002. Candidates included several State Legislators including incumbent State Senator Gunner DeLay of Fort Smith and incumbent State Representatives Jim Hendren of Gravette, Michael Hathorn of Huntsville, and Jo Carson of Fort Smith. The last two members of Congress to hold this seat, Tim Hutchinson and Asa Hutchinson, are the uncles of State Representative Jim Hendren, who was eliminated in the Republican Primary. Republican Primary John Boozman, optometrist and Rogers Public School Board Member Gunner DeLay, State Senator Jim Hendren, State Representative Brad Cates Republican primary resultshttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=47059 Our Campaigns - AR District 3 - Special R Primary Race - Sep 25, 2001 John Boozman Republican Party (United States) 16,330 43.24 Gunner DeLay Republican Party (United States) 10,431 27.62 Jim Hendren Republican Party (United States) 9,403 24.90 Brad Cates Republican Party (United States) 1,602 4.24 37,766 100.00 Republican primary runoff resultshttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=375443 Our Campaigns - AR District 3 - Special R Runoff Race - Oct 16, 2001 John Boozman Republican Party (United States) 19,583 56.58 Gunner DeLay Republican Party (United States) 15,029 43.42 34,612 100.00 Democratic Primary Candidates Mike Hathorn, State Representative Jo Carson, State Representative Norman "Bill" Williams, Jr. Democratic primary resultshttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=47058 Our Campaigns - AR District 3 - Special D Primary Race - Sep 25, 2001 Mike Hathorn Democratic Party (United States) 13,282 47.13 Jo Carson Democratic Party (United States) 13,087 46.44 Norman "Bill" Williams, Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 1,813 6.43 28,182 100.00 Democratic primary runoff resultshttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=375444 Our Campaigns - AR District 3 - Special D Runoff Race - Oct 16, 2001 Mike Hathorn Democratic Party (United States) 15,356 52.61 Jo Carson Democratic Party (United States) 13,832 47.39 29,188 100.00 Special election Arkansas's 3rd congressional district special election, 2001http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=751 Our Campaigns - AR District 3 - Special Election Race - Nov 20, 2001 Republican Party (United States) John Boozman 52,894 55.55 Democratic Party (United States) Mike Hathorn 40,137 42.15 Green Party (United States) Sarah Marsh 1,773 1.86 Freedom Party Ralph Forbes 419 0.44 95,223 100.00 Republican Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) By county CountyJohn BoozmanRepublicanMike HathornDemocraticAll othersMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Baxter2,98966.5%1,43431.9%741.6%1,55534.6%4,497Boone15,08668.4%6,61530.0%3391.6%8,47138.4%22,040Boone2,27154.8%1,81343.8%571.4%45811.0%4,141Carroll1,43847.2%1,50649.4%1043.4%-68-2.2%3,048Crawford3,30656.2%2,44241.5%1362.3%86414.7%5,884Franklin88139.8%1,30759.1%251.1%-42619.3%2,213Johnson1,11744.6%1,34953.9%371.5%-232-9.3%2,503Logan1,14240.0%1,67858.7%381.4%-536-18.7%2,858Madison1,15832.2%2,39166.5%491.4%-1,233-33.3%3,598Marion91553.0%78145.3%291.7%1347.7%1,725Newton56135.3%99762.7%322.0%-43627.4%1,590Polk1,17154.5%93643.6%411.9%23510.9%2,148Pope2,74554.6%2,21844.2%601.2%52710.4%5,023Scott57538.3%88959.3%362.4%-314-21.0%1,500Sebastian8,44262.0%4,86735.7%3162.3%3,57526.3%13,625Washington9,51150.5%8,51445.2%8264.3%9975.3%18,851Totals53,30855.7%40,23742.0%2,1992.3%13,07113.7%95,744 References Arkansas 3 2001 special Arkansas United States House of Representatives Category:November 2001 in the United States Category:United States House of Representatives special elections in Arkansas