Walmart's corporate headquarters are located in this district in Bentonville. The
University of Arkansas is located in Fayetteville. Springdale is the home of
Tyson Foods. The district swung Republican long before the rest of the state. It has been in Republican hands continuously since the election of
John Paul Hammerschmidt in 1966. However, conservative Democrats continued to hold most state and local offices well into the 1990s.
George W. Bush received 62% of the vote in this district in
2004.
John McCain swept the district in
2008 with 64.16% of the vote while
Barack Obama received 33.45% of the vote. It was McCain's best and Obama's worst performance in Arkansas. == Composition ==