1994 Arkansas gubernatorial election

1994 Arkansas gubernatorial election

November 8, 1994
 
Nominee Jim Guy Tucker Sheffield Nelson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 428,936 287,904
Percentage 59.84% 40.16%

County results
Tucker:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Nelson:      50–60%

Governor before election

Jim Guy Tucker
Democratic

Elected Governor

Jim Guy Tucker
Democratic

The 1994 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1994, as a part of the United States gubernatorial elections, 1994.

Incumbent Governor Jim Guy Tucker, who following the resignation of Bill Clinton in 1992 following his election to the presidency, won a full term in a landslide victory despite a national Republican landslide. This would be the last time a Democrat was elected Governor until 2006.

Tucker would resign in the middle of his term following the Whitewater controversy, and would be succeeded by Republican Mike Huckabee.