| Election Name: | 2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Arkansas |
| Flag Year: | 1924 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2006 Arkansas gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Next Election: | 2014 Arkansas gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2010 |
| Image1: | File: MikeBeebe2009 (3x4a).JPG |
| Nominee1: | Mike Beebe |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 503,336 |
| Percentage1: | 64.42% |
| Nominee2: | Jim Keet |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 262,784 |
| Percentage2: | 33.63% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Mike Beebe |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Mike Beebe |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic governor Mike Beebe ran for re-election, and faced former state senator Jim Keet, whom he defeated in a landslide to win a second and final term as governor, despite the year being a Republican midterm wave year and Democratic senator Blanche Lincoln being unseated by a 21-point margin on the same ballot. Beebe's vote percentage and margin of victory was the highest of any Democratic gubernatorial candidate in the country that year.
To date, this alongside several concurrent elections are the last time that Democrats won a statewide election in Arkansas and the last time a candidate of either party carried every county in a contested election. This election marked the last time in which a Democrat won the gubernatorial seat in Arkansas to date and is also the last time that a gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected in Arkansas as well.
| Source | Ranking | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Political Report[1] | October 14, 2010 | ||
| Rothenberg[2] | October 28, 2010 | ||
| RealClearPolitics[3] | November 1, 2010 | ||
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[4] | October 28, 2010 | ||
| CQ Politics[5] | October 28, 2010 |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Mike Beebe (D) | Jim Keet (R) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmussen Reports[6] | October 28, 2010 | align=center | 60% | 38% | |
| CNN/Time Magazine[7] | October 15–19, 2010 | align=center | 62% | 35% | |
| Rasmussen Reports[8] | September 30, 2010 | align=center | 51% | 41% | |
| Mason-Dixon[9] | September 12–14, 2010 | align=center | 54% | 33% | |
| Rasmussen Reports[10] | August 18, 2010 | align=center | 53% | 33% | |
| Rasmussen Reports[11] | July 20, 2010 | align=center | 50% | 40% | |
| Ipsos/Reuters[12] | July 16–18, 2010 | align=center | 57% | 35% | |
| Talk Business[13] | July 17, 2010 | align=center | 50% | 41% | |
| Rasmussen Reports[14] | June 15, 2010 | align=center | 57% | 33% | |
| Rasmussen Reports[15] | May 19, 2010 | align=center | 53% | 38% |
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