The 1998 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 3, 1998. Incumbent
Democratic Senator
Dale Bumpers chose to retire instead of running for reelection to a fifth term. Making this was the first open seat with no incumbent held in this seat since the
1884 election. Democratic former
U.S. RepresentativeBlanche Lincoln won the open seat against
Republican State Senator
Fay Boozman. At 38, Lincoln was the youngest woman ever elected to the United States Senate. In
2010, Lincoln lost re-election to a third term by Fay Boozman's younger brother
John Boozman.