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==Defeating four Republicans==
==Defeating four Republicans==
Bryant was elected to seven two-year terms as secretary of state, the principal record-keeping agency which processes election returns. Usually the office attracts little attention from the public or the [[media]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/kelly-bryant-11802/|title=Bryant, Kelly|publisher=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|accessdate=October 23, 2019}}</ref>
Bryant was elected to seven two-year terms as secretary of state, the principal record-keeping agency which processes election returns. Usually the office attracts little attention from the public or the [[media]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/kelly-bryant-11802/|title=Bryant, Kelly|publisher=''The Encyclopedia of Arkansas''|accessdate=October 23, 2019}}</ref>
In 1964, when [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and Governor [[Orval E. Faubus]] were elected, Bryant defeated the little-known [[Republican Party|Republican]] challenger, Charles R. Watson of Arkadelphia in Clark County in south Arkansas. Bryant received 389,295 votes (73.1 percent) to Watson's 143,263 (26.9 percent). Watson won only in often Republican-leaning Searcy County in the northwestern portion of the state.
In 1964, when [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and Governor [[Orval E. Faubus]] were elected, Bryant defeated the little-known [[Republican Party|Republican]] challenger, Charles R. Watson of Arkadelphia in Clark County in south Arkansas. Bryant received 389,295 votes (73.1 percent) to Watson's 143,263 (26.9 percent). Watson won only in often Republican-leaning Searcy County in the northwestern portion of the state.