2020 United States Senate election in Arkansas

election of Arkansas's senator to the U.S. Senate

An election was held on November 3, 2020 to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Arkansas. The main people in the election were Tom Cotton (Republican Party) and Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. (Libertarian Party).

2020 United States Senate election in Arkansas

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Nominee Tom Cotton Ricky Dale Harrington Jr.
Party Republican Libertarian
Popular vote 793,871 399,390
Percentage 66.53% 33.47%

County results
Cotton:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Harrington:      50–60%

U.S. Senator before election

Tom Cotton
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Tom Cotton
Republican

This election was strange because there was no person from the Democratic Party in the election. This was because the only person in their primary election, Josh Mahony, withdrew and it was too late for anyone else to be in the primary.[1] Only Cotton was in the Republican Party's primary election.

Results change

United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2020[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Tom Cotton (incumbent) 793,871 66.53% +10.03%
Libertarian Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. 399,390 33.47% +31.44%
Total votes 1,193,261 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

References change

  1. "Two hours after filing period ends, Democrat Josh Mahony drops out of U.S. Senate race". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. November 12, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  2. "2020 General Election and Nonpartisan Judicial Runoff". Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved November 25, 2020.