1994 Arkansas gubernatorial election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1994 Arkansas gubernatorial election

| country = Arkansas

| flag_year = 1924

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1990 Arkansas gubernatorial election

| previous_year = 1990

| next_election = 1998 Arkansas gubernatorial election

| next_year = 1998

| election_date = November 8, 1994

| type = presidential

| image1 = File:Jim Guy Tucker (3x4a).jpg

| image_size = x150px

| nominee1 = Jim Guy Tucker

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| popular_vote1 = 428,936

| percentage1 = 59.84%

| image2= File:Sheffield Nelson 2011 (cropped) (3x4a).jpg

| nominee2 = Sheffield Nelson

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 287,904

| percentage2 = 40.16%

| map_image = 1994 Arkansas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg

| map_size = 210px

| map_caption = County results
Tucker: {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70–80%}}
Nelson: {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}}

| title = Governor

| before_election = Jim Guy Tucker

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = Jim Guy Tucker

| after_party = 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.

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

Primary results (May 17):{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=8736|title = 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3928|title = 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

1994

Gubernatorial

Arkansas

Category:November 1994 in the United States

Category:May 1994 in the United States