The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Official candidate list: Arkansas Secretary of State. Not a prediction.
The seat
Tom Cotton
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2013 · Age 49
Discloses no individual stock trades.
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Arkansas
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 30 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 130,683 votes
- Hallie Shoffner Won: 78.3% 102,289
- Ethan Dunbar: 21.7% 28,394
Primary source: Arkansas Secretary of State official primary results data file.
The primary · 281,973 votes
- Tom Cotton Won: 81.6% 230,209
- Micah Ashby: 9.2% 26,040
- Jeb Little: 9.1% 25,724
Primary source: Official election results.
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $16M
- Outside money
- $5.3M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; 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.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Tom Cotton $3.0M.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
6 filed- Micah AshbyRepublican$41K
- Jeb LittleRepublican$93K
- Ethan DunbarDemocrat$17K
- Jonathan PittmanDemocrat-
- James Russell IIIDemocrat$3.1K
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+33 in 2020
- Tom Cotton Won: 66.5%
- Ricky Dale Harrington Jr.: 33.5%
1,193,261 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.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between February 11, 2026 and June 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers each candidate's own campaign: the years since their previous federal election, up to the six their totals cover. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.