The AR Democrat party is finally collapsing, which should’ve occurred a decade ago, but thanks to Huckster’s incompetence, he gave it a second wind. The Dems are only a few seats away from losing the legislature as it is, and when any seat comes open (unless it’s in a Black district or White urban liberal one), virtually any Republican with a pulse carries it (and in districts where they haven’t won anything since Reconstruction).
Until 2010, there were almost no Republicans in the legislature that came from districts outside the Little Rock suburbs or the NW corner/Ozarks (the latter being the traditional source of GOP strength in AR since the 1960s). So rapid is the realignment that after the 2014 elections, it’s likely there won’t be a single Democrat holding a statewide or federal office.