2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election

2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election
November 2, 2010
 
Nominee Mike Beebe Jim Keet
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 503,336 262,784
Percentage 64.42% 33.63%
Beebe:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Governor before election

Mike Beebe
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Mike Beebe
Democratic

The 2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic governor Mike Beebe ran for re-election, and faced former state senator Jim Keet, whom he defeated in a landslide to win a second and final term as governor, despite the year being a Republican midterm wave year and Democratic senator Blanche Lincoln being unseated by a 21-point margin on the same ballot. Beebe's vote percentage and margin of victory was the highest of any Democratic gubernatorial candidate in the country that year.

As of 2025, this alongside the concurrent Treasurer, State Auditor and Attorney General elections is the last time Democrats won any statewide election in Arkansas. This election also marked the last time in which a gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected in Arkansas.

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