Arkansas's 4th congressional district
Arkansas's 4th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Area | 20,951 sq mi (54,260 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 751,385[1] | ||
Median household income | $48,035[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+20[3] |
Arkansas's 4th congressional district is a congressional district located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Notable towns in the district include Camden, Hope, Hot Springs, Magnolia, Pine Bluff, and Texarkana.
The district is currently represented by Republican Bruce Westerman.
Historically, the district has supported conservative
Republican trend in the state has overtaken the district since the start of the 21st century with the district supporting George W. Bush with 51% in 2004 and support grew as John McCain won the district in 2008
with 58% of the vote.
Composition
The 4th congressional district consists of the entirety of the following counties, with the exception of Pulaski County, which it shares with the 1st and 2nd districts. Pulaski County municipalities within the 4th district include portions of Little Rock (shared with the 2nd district) and the entirety of Hensley, Landmark, Sweet Home, Woodson, and Wrightsville.
# | County | Seat | Population |
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3 | Ashley | Hamburg | 16,307 |
11 | Bradley | Warren | 10,104 |
13 | Calhoun | Hampton | 4.641 |
19 | Clark | Arkadelphia | 21,274 |
25 | Cleveland | Rison | 7,378 |
27 | Columbia | Magnolia | 22,150 |
39 | Dallas | Fordyce | 6,185 |
43 | Drew | Monticello | 16,945 |
47 | Franklin | Ozark, Charleston | 17,468 |
51 | Garland | Hot Springs | 99,784 |
53 | Grant | Sheridan | 18,383 |
57 | Hempstead | Hope | 19,343 |
59 | Hot Spring | Malvern | 33,258 |
61 | Howard | Nashville | 12,533 |
69 | Jefferson | Pine Bluff | 63,661 |
71 | Johnson | Clarksville | 26,129 |
73 | Lafayette | Lewisville | 6,095 |
81 | Little River | Ashdown | 11,805 |
83 | Logan | Booneville, Paris | 21,400 |
91 | Miller | Texarkana | 42,415 |
97 | Montgomery | Mount Ida | 8,620 |
99 | Nevada | Prescott | 8,120 |
101 | Newton | Jasper | 7,071 |
103 | Ouachita | Camden | 21,793 |
109 | Pike | Murfreesboro | 10,208 |
113 | Polk | Mena | 19,436 |
115 | Pope | Russellville | 64,593 |
119 | Pulaski | Little Rock | 400,009 |
127 | Scott | Waldron | 9,851 |
133 | Sevier | De Queen | 15,632 |
139 | Union | El Dorado | 37,397 |
149 | Yell | Dardanelle, Danville | 20,044 |
Recent statewide election results
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | President | Bush 51 - 48%
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2004 | President | Bush 51 - 48% |
2008 | President | McCain 58 - 39% |
2012 | President | Romney 62 - 36% |
2016 | President | Trump 64 - 31% |
2020 | President | Trump 68 - 30% |
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Location |
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District created on March 4, 1875 | |||||
Thomas M. Gunter (Fayetteville) |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883 |
44th 45th 46th 47th |
Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1880 .Retired. |
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Samuel W. Peel (Bentonville) |
Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | Elected in 1882. .
Redistricted to the 5th district | |
John Henry Rogers (Fort Smith) |
Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891 |
49th 50th 51st |
Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1888 .Retired. | |
William L. Terry (Little Rock) |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1901 |
52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th |
Re-elected in 1898 .Lost renomination. | |
Charles C. Reid (Morrilton) |
Democratic | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
57th | Elected in 1900. .
Redistricted to the 5th district | |
John Sebastian Little )
(Greenwood |
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – January 14, 1907 |
58th 59th |
Redistricted from the Governor of Arkansas
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Vacant | January 14, 1907 – March 3, 1907 |
59th | |||
William B. Cravens (Fort Smith) |
Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913 |
60th 61st 62nd |
Re-elected in 1910 .Retired. | |
Otis Wingo (De Queen) |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – October 21, 1930 |
63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st |
Re-elected in 1928 .Died. | |
Vacant | October 21, 1930 – November 4, 1930 |
71st | |||
Effiegene Locke Wingo )
(De Queen |
Democratic | November 4, 1930 – March 3, 1933 |
71st 72nd |
Elected to finish her husband's term .Retired. | |
William B. Cravens (Fort Smith) |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 13, 1939 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th |
Re-elected in 1936 .Died. | |
Vacant | January 13, 1939 – September 12, 1939 |
76th | |||
William Fadjo Cravens (Fort Smith) |
Democratic | September 12, 1939 – January 3, 1949 |
76th 77th 78th 79th 80th |
Re-elected in 1946.
Retired.[4] | |
Boyd Anderson Tackett )
(Nashville |
Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 |
81st 82nd |
Re-elected in 1950. .
Retired to run for governor | |
Oren Harris (El Dorado) |
Democratic | January 3, 1953 – February 2, 1966 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th |
Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1966. .
Resigned to become US District judge for the Eastern and Western District of Arkansas | |
Vacant | February 2, 1966 – November 8, 1966 |
89th | |||
David Pryor (Camden) |
Democratic | November 8, 1966 – January 3, 1973 |
89th 90th 91st 92nd |
Re-elected in 1970. .
Retired to run for U.S. senator | |
Ray Thornton (Sheridan) |
Democratic | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 |
93rd 94th 95th |
Re-elected in 1976. .
Retired to run for U.S. Senator | |
Beryl Anthony Jr. (El Dorado) |
Democratic | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 |
96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
Re-elected in 1990 .Lost renomination. | |
Jay Dickey (Pine Bluff) |
Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th |
Re-elected in 1998 .Lost re-election. |
1993–2003 [data missing] |
Mike Ross (Prescott) |
Democratic | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013 |
107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
Elected in 2000. .
Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired to run for Governor of Arkansas | |
2003–2013 | |||||
Tom Cotton (Little Rock) |
Republican | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
113th | Elected in 2012. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
2013–2023 |
Bruce Westerman (Hot Springs) |
Republican | January 3, 2015 – present |
114th 115th 116th 117th 118th |
Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022 | |
2023–present |
Recent US House election results
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Michael Avery Ross* | 119,633 | 60.56% | ||
Republican | Jay Dickey | 77,904 | 39.44% | ||
Majority | 41,729 | 21.12% | |||
Total votes | 197,537 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Michael Avery Ross* | 243,003 | 100.00% | ||
Majority | 243,003 | 100.00% | |||
Total votes | 100.00 | ||||
Democratic hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Michael Avery Ross* | 128,236 | 74.73% | ||
Republican | Joe Ross | 43,360 | 25.27% | ||
Majority | 84,876 | 49.46% | |||
Total votes | 171,596 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Michael Avery Ross* | 203,178 | 86.17% | ||
Green
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J. Joshua Drake | 32,603 | 13.83% | ||
Majority | 170,575 | 72.34% | |||
Total votes | 235,781 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Michael Avery Ross* | 102,479 | 57.53% | ||
Republican | Beth Anne Rankin | 71,526 | 40.15% | ||
Green
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J. Joshua Drake | 4,129 | 2.32% | ||
Majority | 30,953 | 17.38% | |||
Total votes | 178,134 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Tom Cotton | 154,149 | 59.53% | ||
Democratic | Gene Jeffress | 95,013 | 36.69% | ||
Libertarian | Bobby Tullis | 4,984 | 1.92% | ||
Green
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J. Joshua Drake | 4,807 | 1.86% | ||
Majority | 59,136 | 22.84% | |||
Total votes | 258,953 | 100.00 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Bruce Westerman (incumbent) | 110,789 | 54% | ||
Democratic | James Lee Witt | 87,742 | 43% | ||
Libertarian | Ken Hamilton | 7,598 | 3% | ||
Majority | 23,047 | 11% | |||
Total votes | 206,131 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Bruce Westerman (incumbent) | 182,885 | 75% | ||
Libertarian | Ken Hamilton | 61,274 | 25% | ||
Majority | 121,611 | 50% | |||
Total votes | 244,159 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bruce Westerman (incumbent) | 136,740 | 66.74% | |
Democratic | Hayden Shamel | 63,984 | 31.23% | |
Libertarian | Tom Canada | 3,952 | 1.93% | |
Write-in | 216 | 0.11% | ||
Total votes | 204,892 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bruce Westerman (incumbent) | 191,617 | 69.7 | |
Democratic | William Hanson | 75,750 | 27.5 | |
Libertarian | Frank Gilbert | 7,668 | 2.8 | |
Total votes | 275,035 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bruce Westerman (incumbent) | 153,850 | 71.00 | |
Democratic | John White | 56,745 | 26.19 | |
Libertarian | Gregory Maxwell | 6,101 | 2.82 | |
Total votes | 216,696 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
References
- Specific
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ Pruden III, William. "William Fadjo Cravens (1899–1974)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
- ^ "2018 Arkansas general election results". Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ^ "U.S. CONGRESS DISTRICT 04". Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- General
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present