2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election


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 re-election was also despite Republicans on the same ballot gaining the offices of Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, and Commissioner of State Lands.
Beebe's vote percentage and margin of victory was the highest of any Democratic gubernatorial candidate in the country in 2010. This was also the only Arkansas gubernatorial election since Democrat David Pryor in 1976 where either major party nominee won every county.
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 was also the last time in which a gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected in Arkansas, and the last time that Arkansas simultaneously voted for gubernatorial and U.S. Senate candidates of different political parties.

Candidates

Democratic Party

Republican Party

Green Party

General election

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic