Arkansas's 4th congressional district
{{Short description|U.S. House district for Arkansas}}
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{{Redirect|AR 4|the state highway|Arkansas Highway 4}}
{{Infobox U.S. congressional district
| state = Arkansas
| district number = 4
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| image caption = Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
| representative = Bruce Westerman
| party = Republican
| residence = Hot Springs
| english area = 20,951
| metric area =
| percent urban = 66.2
| percent rural = 33.8
| population = 743,985{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/mycd/|title=My Congressional District}}
| population year = 2023
| median income = $49,018{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=05&cd=04|title = My Congressional District}}
| percent white = 66.8
| percent hispanic = 7.5
| percent black = 19.5
| percent asian = 0.8
| percent native american = 0.6
| percent more than one race = 4.4
| percent other race = 0.3
| percent blue collar =
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Arkansas's 4th congressional district is a congressional district located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Notable towns in the district include Camden, Hope, Hot Springs, Magnolia, Pine Bluff, and Texarkana.
The district is currently represented by Republican Bruce Westerman.
Historically, the district has supported conservative Democrats such as Mike Ross and David Pryor, and was reckoned as a classic Yellow Dog Democrat district. However, the growing Republican trend in the state has overtaken the district since the start of the 21st century with the district supporting George W. Bush with 51% in 2004 and support grew as John McCain won the district in 2008 with 58% of the vote.
Composition
The 4th congressional district consists of the entirety of the following counties, with the exception of Pulaski County, which it shares with the 1st and 2nd districts. Pulaski County municipalities within the 4th district include portions of Little Rock (shared with the 2nd district) and the entirety of Hensley, Landmark, Sweet Home, Woodson, and Wrightsville.https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST05/CD118_AR04.pdf
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!# !County !Seat !Population |
3
|16,307 |
11
|10,104 |
13
|4.641 |
19
|21,274 |
25
|7,378 |
27
|22,150 |
39
|6,185 |
43
|Drew |16,945 |
47
|17,468 |
51
|99,784 |
53
|18,383 |
57
|Hope |19,343 |
59
|33,258 |
61
|12,533 |
69
|63,661 |
71
|26,129 |
73
|6,095 |
81
|11,805 |
83
|21,400 |
91
|42,415 |
97
|8,620 |
99
|8,120 |
101
|7,071 |
103
|21,793 |
109
|Pike |10,208 |
113
|Polk |Mena |19,436 |
115
|Pope |64,593 |
119
|400,009 |
127
|9,851 |
133
|15,632 |
139
|37,397 |
149
|Yell |20,044 |
Recent election results from statewide races
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! Year ! Office ! Resultshttps://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::fa3434ec-4f52-48de-947b-5998b6937bf0{{Cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MklvCmPm7bXp3Ey6Ec-fZpdr5UeqTs8ee7lYAg4zMYo/edit?gid=0#gid=0|title=2022 AR GOV and SEN by CD|website=Google Docs|accessdate=January 3, 2025}} |
|2008
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|McCain 59% - 38% |
|2012
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Romney 62% - 38% |
rowspan=2|2016
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 63% - 33% |
Senate
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Boozman 61% - 36% |
rowspan=3|2018
| Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Hutchinson 68% - 30% |
Lt. Governor
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Griffin 67% - 31% |
Attorney General
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Rutledge 64% - 33% |
|2020
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 66% - 31% |
rowspan=2|2022
| Senate | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Boozman 70% - 27% |
Governor
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Huckabee Sanders 68% - 30% |
|2024
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 69% - 29% |
List of members representing the district
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! Member ! Party ! Years ! Cong ! Electoral history ! Location |
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| colspan=6 | District created on March 4, 1875 |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|44|47}} | Redistricted from the {{ushr|Arkansas|3|C}} and re-elected in 1874. | rowspan=20 | |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|48}} | Elected in 1882. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|49|51}} | Redistricted from the {{ushr|Arkansas|3|C}} and re-elected in 1884. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1891 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|52|56}} | Elected in 1890. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1901 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|57}} | Elected in 1900. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|58|59}} | Redistricted from the {{ushr|Arkansas|2|C}} and Re-elected in 1902. |
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| colspan=2 | Vacant | nowrap | January 14, 1907 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|59}} | |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1907 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|60|62}} | Elected in 1906. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1913 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|63|71}} | Elected in 1912. |
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| colspan=2 | Vacant | nowrap | October 21, 1930 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|71}} | |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | November 4, 1930 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|71|72}} | Elected to finish her husband's term. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|73|76}} | Elected in 1932. |
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| colspan=2 | Vacant | nowrap | January 13, 1939 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|76}} | |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | September 12, 1939 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|76|80}} | Elected to finish his father's term. |
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| align=left | Boyd Anderson Tackett | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1949 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|81|82}} | Elected in 1948. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1953 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|83|89}} | Redistricted from the {{ushr|AR|7|C}} and re-elected in 1952. |
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| colspan=2 | Vacant | nowrap | February 2, 1966 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|89}} | |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | November 8, 1966 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|89|92}} | Elected to finish Harris's term and begin own. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1973 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|93|95}} | Elected in 1972. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1979 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|96|102}} | Elected in 1978. |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|103|106}} | Elected in 1992. | rowspan=2 | 1993–2003 |
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| rowspan=2 align=left | 100px | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 2001 – | rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|107|112}} | rowspan=2 | Elected in 2000. |
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| 2003–2013 |
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| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|113}} | Elected in 2012. | rowspan=2 | 2013–2023 |
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| rowspan=2 align=left | 100px | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 2015 – | rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|114|Present}} | rowspan=2 | Elected in 2014. |
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| 2023–present |
Recent US House election results
=2002=
{{main|U.S. House election, 2002}}
{{Election box begin | title=Arkansas's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2002 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Michael Avery Ross*
|votes = 119,633
|percentage = 60.56%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Jay Dickey
|votes = 77,904
|percentage = 39.44%
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 41,729
|percentage = 21.12%
|change =
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{{Election box total
| votes = 197,537
| percentage = 100.00
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2004=
{{main|U.S. House election, 2004}}
{{Election box begin | title=Arkansas's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2004 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Michael Avery Ross*
|votes = 243,003
|percentage = 100.00%
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 243,003
|percentage = 100.00%
|change =
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{{Election box total
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
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=2006=
{{main|U.S. House election, 2006}}
{{Election box begin | title=Arkansas's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2006 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Michael Avery Ross*
|votes = 128,236
|percentage = 74.73%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Joe Ross
|votes = 43,360
|percentage = 25.27%
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 84,876
|percentage = 49.46%
|change =
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{{Election box total
| votes = 171,596
| percentage = 100.00
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2008=
{{main|U.S. House election, 2008}}
{{Election box begin | title=Arkansas's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2008 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Michael Avery Ross*
|votes = 203,178
|percentage = 86.17%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party (United States)
|candidate = J. Joshua Drake
|votes = 32,603
|percentage = 13.83%
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 170,575
|percentage = 72.34%
|change =
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{{Election box total
| votes = 235,781
| percentage = 100.00
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2010=
{{main|U.S. House election, 2010}}
{{Election box begin | title=Arkansas's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2010 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Michael Avery Ross*
|votes = 102,479
|percentage = 57.53%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Beth Anne Rankin
|votes = 71,526
|percentage = 40.15%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party (United States)
|candidate = J. Joshua Drake
|votes = 4,129
|percentage = 2.32%
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 30,953
|percentage = 17.38%
|change =
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{{Election box total
| votes = 178,134
| percentage = 100.00
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2012=
{{main|U.S. House election, 2012}}
{{Election box begin | title=Arkansas's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2012 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Tom Cotton
|votes = 154,149
|percentage = 59.53%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Gene Jeffress
|votes = 95,013
|percentage = 36.69%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Bobby Tullis
|votes = 4,984
|percentage = 1.92%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party (United States)
|candidate = J. Joshua Drake
|votes = 4,807
|percentage = 1.86%
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 59,136
|percentage = 22.84%
|change =
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{{Election box total
| votes = 258,953
| percentage = 100.00
| change =
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{{Election box gain with party link no change
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
|loser = Democratic Party (United States)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2014=
{{main|U.S. House election, 2014}}
{{Election box begin | title=Arkansas's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2014 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Bruce Westerman (incumbent)
|votes = 110,789
|percentage = 54%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = James Lee Witt
|votes = 87,742
|percentage = 43%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Ken Hamilton
|votes = 7,598
|percentage = 3%
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 23,047
|percentage = 11%
|change =
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{{Election box total
| votes = 206,131
| percentage = 100.00%
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
|loser = Democratic Party (United States)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2016=
{{Election box begin | title=Arkansas's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2016}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Bruce Westerman (incumbent)
|votes = 182,885
|percentage = 75%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Ken Hamilton
|votes = 61,274
|percentage = 25%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 121,611
|percentage = 50%
|change =
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{{Election box total
| votes = 244,159
| percentage = 100.00%
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
|loser = Democratic Party (United States)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2018=
{{main|United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2018}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Arkansas's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2018{{cite web|title=2018 Arkansas general election results|url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/92174/Web02-state.216038/#/|website=Arkansas Secretary of State|access-date=2019-06-09|df=mdy-all}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Bruce Westerman (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 136,740
| percentage = 66.74%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Hayden Shamel
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 63,984
| percentage = 31.23%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Tom Canada
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 3,952
| percentage = 1.93%
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 216
| percentage = 0.11%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 204,892
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2020=
{{main|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Arkansas's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2020
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Bruce Westerman (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 191,617
| percentage = 69.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William Hanson
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 75,750
| percentage = 27.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Frank Gilbert
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 7,668
| percentage = 2.8
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 275,035
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2022=
{{main|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Arkansas's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2022{{cite web |title=U.S. CONGRESS DISTRICT 04 |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AR/115767/web.307039/#/detail/140 |website=Arkansas Secretary of State |access-date=14 December 2022}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Bruce Westerman (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 153,850
| percentage = 71.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John White
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 56,745
| percentage = 26.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Gregory Maxwell
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 6,101
| percentage = 2.82
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 216,696
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2024=
{{main|2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas}}
{{Election box begin no change |title=Arkansas's 4th congressional district, 2024}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Bruce Westerman (incumbent)
|votes = 197,046
|percentage = 72.9
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Risie Howard
|votes = 73,207
|percentage = 27.1
}}{{Election box total no change
|votes = 270,253
|percentage = 100%
}}{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}{{Election box end}}
References
;Specific
{{Reflist}}
;General
- {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
- {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
- [http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present]
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