Elections · U.S. House, District 4 · Arkansas
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Raised for this seat
$5.9K
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$907
Through June 30, 2026
On the November ballot
Russell faces Bruce Westerman for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The general-election ballot as recorded October 12, 2026, not a prediction. Official candidate list: Arkansas Secretary of State. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 30%$1.8K
- Large donors
- 44%$2.6K
- PACs
- 26%$1.5K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
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Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in Arkansas
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 30 days before the election.
The district they want to represent
- 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.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.
- Bruce Westerman$2.6M
- James Russellthis page$5.9K
In their own words
What Russell's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Russell's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Putting People First”
- “Economic Fairness”
- “Fighting Corruption”
- “Better Healthcare and Prescription Coverage”
- “Education and Job Training”
- “Equal Rights And Opportunities for All”
- “Fix the Housing Crisis”
- “Protecting Our Environment and Natural Resources”
Quoted from russellforar.com, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.
Record in office
Russell does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.
That absence is not a position for or against anything.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Campaign photo, campaign's own youtube account, linked from the FEC-filed campaign site (reference use, public og:image). Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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