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Arkansas House race, District 4

Bruce Westerman holds this seat and is running to keep it against James Russell.

The November ballot

Westerman
$2.6M
Russell
$6K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Bruce Westerman

Republican · Holds the seat now

213
Trades disclosed
$1.9M
Estimated volume
49
Committee overlaps
Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Arkansas

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 30 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

Democratic primary

The primary · 24,708 votes

  • James RussellWon53%13,092
  • Steven O'Donnell47%11,616

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

Where each candidate's money comes from

1%$38KSmall donors$1.8K30%
32%$826KLarge donors$2.6K44%
41%$1.1MPACs$1.5K26%
25%$645KOther--

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Not on the November ballot

1 filed

None of these has campaign money on file with the FEC.

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

R+46 in 2024

  • Bruce WestermanWon72.9%
  • Risie Howard27.1%

270,253 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
748K
Median household income
$53K
Unemployment
5.6%
Living below the poverty line
18.8%
Without health insurance
8.7%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.