BENTON COUNTY — On election night, most Benton County voters chose Republican Asa Hutchinson over Democrat Mike Beebe and two other candidates for governor, even as Beebe defeated all three candidates statewide.

“ We have offered a choice and the people have spoken. … I accept the verdict...

Written by Seth Blomeley, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Attorney General Mike Beebe beat Republican Asa Hutchinson in Tuesday’s election, retaking the Governor’s Mansion for the Democrats after more than 10 years in GOP hands.
   “A governor is a governor for all the people,” said Beebe, speaking to a cheering crowd in Little Rock about 11 p.m. “From this point forward there are no Democrats, no Republicans, no independents....