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title: 'Discussion Thread: 2020 General Election Part 5 | 8:30pm (ET) Poll Close (AR)'

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# Discussion Thread: 2020 General Election Part 5 | 8:30pm (ET) Poll Close (AR)

\* Central time zone closures
** Eastern time zone closures

# Introduction
Good evening. We will be posting a discussion thread for each group of states as their polling locations close. [Polls are now closed in the state of Arkansas.](https://preview.redd.it/k5dpfmpogvw51.png?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=04cfd8d2966ae8f2c2193fc8674d0e3884dd010e) Results and forecasts are provided below, along with a list of [US Senate elections](https://cookpolitical.com/ratings/senate-race-ratings), state [governor elections](https://cookpolitical.com/ratings/governor-race-ratings) and [*competitive* US House races](https://cookpolitical.com/ratings/house-race-ratings).

## National Results:

[NPR](https://apps.npr.org/elections20-interactive/#/president)
| [POLITICO](https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/)
| [USA Today / Associated Press](https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2020-11-03/)
| [NY Times](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-president.html)
| [NBC](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-elections/president-results)
| [ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/Elections/2020-us-presidential-election-results-live-map)
| [Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/elections/2020/general-results)
| [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/results/president)

New York Times - [Race Calls: Tracking the News Outlets That Have Called States for Trump or Biden](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/upshot/network-race-call-tracker.html)

### Arkansas 

#### Presidential

*Results* 

[AP / USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2020-11-03/state/arkansas/) |	[NY Times](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-arkansas-president.html) |	[NPR](https://apps.npr.org/elections20-interactive/#/states/AR/P)

*Forecasts*

[FiveThirtyEight](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/arkansas/) | [The Economist](https://projects.economist.com/us-2020-forecast/president/arkansas)

#### US Senate 

*Cook Rating: Solid R*

* Tom Cotton (R) (Incumbent)
* Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. (L)

#### US House

**[AR-02](https://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas%27_2nd_Congressional_District_election,_2020)** *Cook Rating: Lean R*

* French Hill (R) (Incumbent)
* Joyce Elliott (D) 

