The 1982 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1982. Former Democratic Governor Bill Clinton regained the position after having narrowly been defeated by Republican candidate Frank D. White at the previous election. Clinton held the position from January 1983 until he resigned after being elected president in 1992.
Clinton, one of the youngest ex-governors in the nation at the age of 36,[citation needed] was aiming to regain the governorship, having lost the 1980 Arkansas gubernatorial election. Frank White, who had won that election, easily won renomination from the Republican party.
White was hurt politically due to several unpopular decisions that he made, and Clinton ran an aggressive campaign.[2]