2018 Arkansas gubernatorial election

The 2018 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor of Arkansas, concurrently with 2018 [United States Senate elections|elections to the United States Senate] in other states, 2018 [United States House of Representatives elections|elections to the United States House of Representatives], and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Asa Hutchinson won re-election to a second term, winning by more than 33 percentage points and carrying all but seven counties, marking the largest winning margin of any Republican gubernatorial candidate in Arkansas history.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Asa Hutchinson, incumbent governor
Jan Morgan, gun range owner

Declined

Tim Griffin, lieutenant governor and former U.S. representative
Leslie Rutledge, attorney general
John Thurston, land commissioner

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Jared Henderson, former Arkansas executive director of Teach For America
Leticia Sanders, hairdresser

Declined

Keith Ingram, Minority Leader of the Arkansas Senate
Jay Martin, former Majority Leader of the Arkansas [House of Representatives]
Kevin Smith, mayor of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, former Majority Whip of the Arkansas Senate, former Democratic candidate in 1996 United States Senate election in Arkansas

Independents

Candidates

Declined

Bobby Bones, radio host

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

Mark West, pastor and nominee for AR-01 in 2016 [United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas#District 1|2016]

General election

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Hutchinson won all four congressional districts.

District	Hutchinson	Henderson	Representative
	69%	27%	Rick Crawford
	59%	39%	French Hill
	66%	31%	Steve Womack
	69%	28%	Bruce Westerman