Elections / 1982 · House · AR-03

How it voted

Share of the 1982 vote

John Paul Hammerschmidt ✓Republican	66.0%	133,909
Jim McDougalDemocrat	34.0%	69,089

D+60

R+60

District boundary, filled by its own 1982 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over faint county context.

Margin history

AR-03 across every cycle on record. Each year links to its district page.

Year	Won	Margin	Votes
2024	R	−32.0%	301,084
2022	R	−30.8%	223,588
2020	R	−32.5%	334,262
2018	R	−32.1%	229,708
2016	R	−77.3%	280,907
2014	R	−79.4%	190,935
2012	R	−75.9%	245,660
2010	R	−44.9%	205,123
2008	R	−78.5%	274,046
2006	R	−24.5%	200,924
2004	R	−21.2%	270,803
2002	R	−98.9%	143,055
2000	R	−100.0%	1
1998	R	−80.7%	191,697
1996	R	−13.9%	246,132
1994	R	−35.4%	191,683
1992	R	−3.0%	249,494
1990	R	−41.0%	184,208
1988	R	−49.4%	216,390
1986	R	−59.6%	181,856
1984	R	−100.0%	1
1982	R	−31.9%	202,998
1980	R	−100.0%	1
1978	R	−56.9%	165,834
1976	R	−100.0%	1

Same ballot, 1982AR

Governor1982 · state + county1982

Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1982 US House returns, party-classified by literal ballot party · district lines from the 2010-census apportionment. Real returns — nothing estimated.

Elections / 1982 · House · AR-03

How it voted

Share of the 1982 vote

John Paul Hammerschmidt ✓Republican	66.0%	133,909
Jim McDougalDemocrat	34.0%	69,089

D+60

R+60

District boundary, filled by its own 1982 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over faint county context.

Margin history

AR-03 across every cycle on record. Each year links to its district page.

Year	Won	Margin	Votes
2024	R	−32.0%	301,084
2022	R	−30.8%	223,588
2020	R	−32.5%	334,262
2018	R	−32.1%	229,708
2016	R	−77.3%	280,907
2014	R	−79.4%	190,935
2012	R	−75.9%	245,660
2010	R	−44.9%	205,123
2008	R	−78.5%	274,046
2006	R	−24.5%	200,924
2004	R	−21.2%	270,803
2002	R	−98.9%	143,055
2000	R	−100.0%	1
1998	R	−80.7%	191,697
1996	R	−13.9%	246,132
1994	R	−35.4%	191,683
1992	R	−3.0%	249,494
1990	R	−41.0%	184,208
1988	R	−49.4%	216,390
1986	R	−59.6%	181,856
1984	R	−100.0%	1
1982	R	−31.9%	202,998
1980	R	−100.0%	1
1978	R	−56.9%	165,834
1976	R	−100.0%	1

Same ballot, 1982AR

Governor1982 · state + county1982

AR-03 — 1982 U.S. House election

Margin history

AR-03 — 1982 U.S. House election

Margin history