1998 United States Senate election in Arkansas

1998 United States Senate election in Arkansas
November 3, 1998
 
Nominee Blanche Lincoln Fay Boozman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 385,878 295,870
Percentage 55.07% 42.23%
County results
Lincoln:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Boozman:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Dale Bumpers
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Blanche Lincoln
Democratic

The 1998 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Democratic senator Dale Bumpers chose to retire instead of running for reelection to a fifth term. Democratic former U.S. representative Blanche Lincoln won the open seat against Republican state senator Fay Boozman. At 38, Lincoln was the youngest woman ever elected to the United States Senate and the first woman to be elected in the Senate statewide since Hattie Carraway in 1938. In 2010, Lincoln would lose re-election to a third term by Fay Boozman's brother, John Boozman.

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