Arkansas State House District 16
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Kendon Underwood Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Letisha HindsDemocraticKendon UnderwoodRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first win
Last result · 2024 general: Kendon Underwood (R) 100.0
- Earlier results
- Kendon Underwood (Republican) was unopposed, 2022Ken Ferguson (Democratic) was unopposed, 2020, older linesAll 24 elections
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Past results
- Votes for listed candidates
- 13,041
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
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- Same as today
Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKendon UnderwoodWon Republican 13,041100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,193
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
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- Same as today
Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKendon UnderwoodWon(incumbent) Republican 9,193100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,511
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKen FergusonWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,511100.0% - Election day
- November 6, 2018
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKenneth B. FergusonWon(incumbent) Democratic ——
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
All elections (24 for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 13,041
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKendon UnderwoodWon Republican 13,041100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,193
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKendon UnderwoodWon(incumbent) Republican 9,193100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,511
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKen FergusonWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,511100.0% - Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKenneth B. FergusonWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 8, 2016
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKen FergusonWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 4, 2014
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKen FergusonWon Democratic —— - Election day
- November 6, 2012
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames L. WordWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 2, 2010
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames WordWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 4, 2008
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames L. WordWon Democratic —— - Election day
- November 7, 2006
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEarnest E. Brown Jr.Won Democratic —— - Election day
- November 2, 2004
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBooker T. ClemonsWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 5, 2002
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBooker T. ClemonsWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 7, 2000
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTerry A. McMellonWon Democratic —— - Election day
- November 3, 1998
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEvelyn AmmonsWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,720
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEvelyn AmmonsWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,59257.5% RepublicanBruce Campbell Republican 4,12842.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,610
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEvelyn AmmonsWon Democratic 4,98757.9% RepublicanLonnie D. Campbell Republican 3,62342.1% - Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. R. RiceWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - No results on file 1981 to 1991
- Votes for listed candidates
- 12,186
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. R. RiceWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,29459.9% RepublicanJames Wagoner Republican 4,89240.1% - Election day
- November 7, 1978
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. R. RiceWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 2, 1976
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. R. RiceWon Democratic —— - Election day
- November 4, 1974
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim LassiterWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 7, 1972
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Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim LassiterWon Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,644
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticP. K. HolmesWon Democratic 7,01072.7% RepublicanWelch Republican 2,63427.3% DemocraticAlbert CollierWon Democratic —— - Election day
- November 5, 1968
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Arkansas House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn A. SinkWon(incumbent) Democratic —— DemocraticJimmy AdcoxWon Democratic ——
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
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Election Wrld. (2026). Arkansas State House District 16, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ar/house/16. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026