️ Cast your ballot and watch KATV’s 1970 election night coverage, with live vote tallies and commentary (but unfortunately no audio in this clip) being broadcast around the state. The big winner of the evening was Dale Bumpers, who won the governorship by defeating incumbent Winthrop Rockefeller. Like what you see? The entire collection of newly digitized KATV clips can be found here: ow.ly/fM3m50BAhic | Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History | Facebook

When was the last snap general election? October 1974, the second general election of that year. Here's Harold Wilson making the announcement on 18th September, 1974. | BBC Radio 4