The 1984 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Governor Bill Clinton won reelection with a 25% margin of victory over Jonesboro businessman Woody Freeman. This was the last gubernatorial election in Arkansas before the implementation of Amendment 63, lengthening the term of the governor of Arkansas from two to four years.[1] Winning his third of five terms as Governor of Arkansas, Clinton continued to serve this office until shortly after he was elected to the presidency in 1992.
During Governor Clinton's reelection campaign, he pointed to efforts in pushing through strong education reform including competency tests for new and working teachers and raising pay for most of Arkansas teachers, using anger from the Arkansas teachers’ unions to his advantage.[4] Freeman attacked Clinton on not focusing on economic issues, pledging not to raise taxes and running the state government more like a business.[5] Freeman saw some high profile visits from prominent Republicans, including then President Ronald Reagan, who campaigned for Freeman. During a rally for the Reagan/Bush reelection campaign just days before election day Reagan told an audience, "Please send Woody Freeman to the Statehouse."[6] Former Secretary of StateHenry Kissinger also campaigned for Freeman during the election but seemed to have little of substance to offer the Arkansas candidate, and Governor Clinton on the campaign trail attacked the visit saying that, "I hope Mr. Kissinger tells us everything he knows about what Arkansas needs, and I hope my opponent tells Mr. Kissinger everything he knows about what Arkansas needs in a utility contractor."[7]
1984, arkansas, gubernatorial, election, related, races, 1982, united, states, gubernatorial, elections, held, november, 1984, incumbent, governor, bill, clinton, reelection, with, margin, victory, over, jonesboro, businessman, woody, freeman, this, last, gube. For related races see 1982 United States gubernatorial elections The 1984 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 6 1984 Incumbent Governor Bill Clinton won reelection with a 25 margin of victory over Jonesboro businessman Woody Freeman This was the last gubernatorial election in Arkansas before the implementation of Amendment 63 lengthening the term of the governor of Arkansas from two to four years 1 Winning his third of five terms as Governor of Arkansas Clinton continued to serve this office until shortly after he was elected to the presidency in 1992 1984 Arkansas gubernatorial election 1982 November 6 1984 1986 Nominee Bill Clinton Woody FreemanParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 554 561 331 987Percentage 62 55 37 45 County results Clinton 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Freeman 50 60 Governor before electionBill ClintonDemocratic Elected Governor Bill ClintonDemocratic Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Democratic nominee 2 Republican primary 2 1 Republican Nominee 3 Campaign 4 Result 5 See also 6 ReferencesDemocratic primary editDemocratic primary results 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bill Clinton incumbent 317 214 64 43Democratic Lonnie Turner 119 264 24 23Democratic Kermit Moss 31 727 6 44Democratic Monroe Schwarzlose 24 116 4 90Total votes 492 321 100 00Democratic nominee edit Bill Clinton incumbent GovernorRepublican primary editRepublican primary results 3 Party Candidate Votes Republican Woody Freeman 13 030 68 48Republican Erwin Davis 6 010 31 57Total votesRepublican Nominee edit Woody Freeman businessmanCampaign editDuring Governor Clinton s reelection campaign he pointed to efforts in pushing through strong education reform including competency tests for new and working teachers and raising pay for most of Arkansas teachers using anger from the Arkansas teachers unions to his advantage 4 Freeman attacked Clinton on not focusing on economic issues pledging not to raise taxes and running the state government more like a business 5 Freeman saw some high profile visits from prominent Republicans including then President Ronald Reagan who campaigned for Freeman During a rally for the Reagan Bush reelection campaign just days before election day Reagan told an audience Please send Woody Freeman to the Statehouse 6 Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger also campaigned for Freeman during the election but seemed to have little of substance to offer the Arkansas candidate and Governor Clinton on the campaign trail attacked the visit saying that I hope Mr Kissinger tells us everything he knows about what Arkansas needs and I hope my opponent tells Mr Kissinger everything he knows about what Arkansas needs in a utility contractor 7 Result editArkansas gubernatorial election 1984 8 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bill Clinton incumbent 554 561 62 55 7 84 Republican Woody Freeman 331 987 37 45 7 84 Total votes 886 548 100 00Democratic holdSee also editUnited States presidential election in Arkansas 1984References edit Constitution Of The State Of Arkansas Of 1874 AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF ARKANSAS OF 1874 PDF sos arkansas gov Archived from the original PDF on August 9 2016 Retrieved November 12 2012 AR Governor D Primary ourcampaigns com Retrieved September 26 2010 AR Governor R Primary ourcampaigns com Retrieved December 9 2006 Bill Clinton Political Career cnn com Retrieved January 22 2019 1984 Governor s Race clintonhousemuseum com December 11 2012 Archived from the original on January 19 2013 Remarks at a Reagan Bush Rally in Little Rock Arkansas utexas edu Archived from the original on June 22 2011 Retrieved January 22 2019 1984 Governor s Race clintonhousemuseum com December 11 2012 Archived from the original on January 19 2013 AR Governor R Primary ourcampaigns com Retrieved December 9 2006 Portals nbsp 1980s nbsp Politics nbsp United States Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1984 Arkansas gubernatorial election amp oldid 1187893219, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
