Would Bill Clinton have won the Arkansas Senate seat in 2002?

[TheBeardedOne]

If so, would he have won reelection in 2008? 2014? 2020?


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas,_2002

[IceSpear]

Yes in 2002 and 2008. No in 2014 and 2020.

[Sir Mohamed]

Yes in 2002 and 2008. No in 2014 and 2020.

Agree. Would be interesting to see a former prez in a lower office. But was Bill even a citizen of AR at the time? To the best of my knowledge, he was briefly considered Hillary's appointed successor in NY in 2009.

[Don Vito Corleone]

Yes in 2002 and 2008. No in 2014 and 2020.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

Yes in 2002 and 2008. No in 2014 and 2020.

[Free Bird]

Wait wtf Jim Bob Duggar ran for the Senate?! Gross.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Yes in 2002 and 2008. No in 2014 and 2020.

Agree. Would be interesting to see a former prez in a lower office. But was Bill even a citizen of AR at the time? To the best of my knowledge, he was briefly considered Hillary's appointed successor in NY in 2009.

There's really no such thing as being a "citizen" of a state.  He would just have to be an "inhabitant" of the state at the time of the election.  He could pretty easily move to Arkansas before the election.

It's the same reason Rocky de la Fuente could run for Senate in nine different states.  If he won one of the primaries, he could just move to that state before the general election.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

2002 was a referendum on impeachment. Pryor won because he was indep of the Clintons. No, Bill wouldnt have won, Hilary had won in 2000 for NY senate, just like Gore, he was seen as a liberal after presidency

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

2002 was a referendum on impeachment. Pryor won because he was indep of the Clintons. No, Bill wouldnt have won, Hilary had won in 2000 for NY senate, just like Gore, he was seen as a liberal after presidency

Did a Markov chain generator escape onto the internet?

[adrac]

2002 was a referendum on impeachment. Pryor won because he was indep of the Clintons. No, Bill wouldnt have won, Hilary had won in 2000 for NY senate, just like Gore, he was seen as a liberal after presidency

Did a Markov chain generator escape onto the internet?

That's a very good description of their posting style, actually.

[GMantis]

2002 was a referendum on impeachment. Pryor won because he was indep of the Clintons. No, Bill wouldnt have won, Hilary had won in 2000 for NY senate, just like Gore, he was seen as a liberal after presidency

If the 2002 election in Arkansas was a referendum on impeachment, it was one the Republicans lost.

[ElectionsGuy]

Hypothetically it would be fascinating to see a Bill Clinton vs Asa Hutchinson matchup. But the answer here would be probably/likely yes. But not after 2008.