2020 Arkansas House of Representatives election

2020 Arkansas House of Representatives election
All 100 seats in the Arkansas House of Representatives; 51 seats needed for a majority
Speaker before election; Matthew Shepherd; Republican	Elected Speaker ; Matthew Shepherd; Republican

The 2020 Arkansas House of Representatives elections were held on November 3, 2020. Elections were held to elect representatives from all 100 House of Representatives districts across the U.S. state of Arkansas. It was held alongside numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the 2020 Arkansas Senate elections.

Prior to the election, the National Conference of State Legislatures labeled this as one of many state and local races throughout the country that could effect partisan balance during post-census redistricting.^[2]

Republicans expanded their supermajority from 76–24 to 77–23, flipping the 9th and 11th districts, while Democrats flipped the 32nd district. While Arkansas was long a practically single-party state dominated by the Democratic Party during the Solid South, the rise of the Southern Strategy and the realignment of political parties has turned it and most other southern states into Republican strongholds. Republicans have controlled the House since the 2012 elections. Democratic strength is mostly isolated to Little Rock, the state capital and largest city, and Fayetteville, home to the University of Arkansas, as well as the Black Belt along the Mississippi Delta, with large populations of rural African Americans.^[3]

^ "Election 2020: Which seats in the Arkansas General Assembly will be up for grabs". KNWA FOX24. November 6, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
^ Underhill, Wendy; Williams, Ben (December 4, 2019). "Election Dates for Legislators and Governors Who Will Do Redistricting". National Conference of State Legislatures. Archived from the original on June 10, 2018.
^ Moskowitz, Seth (February 3, 2020). "The Road to 270: Arkansas". 270toWin. Archived from the original on February 6, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2021.

[which-seats-1] "Election 2020: Which seats in the Arkansas General Assembly will be up for grabs". KNWA FOX24. November 6, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2020.

[2] Underhill, Wendy; Williams, Ben (December 4, 2019). "Election Dates for Legislators and Governors Who Will Do Redistricting". National Conference of State Legislatures. Archived from the original on June 10, 2018.

[3] Moskowitz, Seth (February 3, 2020). "The Road to 270: Arkansas". 270toWin. Archived from the original on February 6, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2021.

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