2010 Arkansas lieutenant gubernatorial election
November 2, 2010
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County results Darr: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Broadway: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2010 Arkansas lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2010, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, and other state and local elections. Primary elections were held on May 18, 2010.
Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Bill Halter was eligible to seek re-election to a second term in office, but instead unsuccessfully ran in the Democratic primary for Arkansas's Class III U.S. Senate seat, losing to incumbent senator Blanche Lincoln in a runoff election. Restaurant owner Mark Darr narrowly defeated state legislator Shane Broadway in the general election, flipping party control of the office.
Darr resigned on February 1, 2014, following the discovery of improper use of state campaign funds and threats of impeachment by the state legislature. A special election to replace Darr would have been required under state law, but governor Mike Beebe signed Senate Bill 139 into law on February 28, 2014, allowing the office to remain vacant until the regularly scheduled general election later that year.