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Elections · U.S. House, District 4 · Arkansas

James Russell

Democrat On the November ballot

Raised for this seat

$6K

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.

Bruce WestermanRepublican · $2.6MJames Russellthis pageDemocrat · $6K

The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

30%from small donors
Small donors
30%$2K
Large donors
44%$3K
PACs
26%$2K
Party
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Self-funding
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Other
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Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Arkansas

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 30 days before the election.

All dates and rules

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, in ballot order, not money order.

The whole race

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 has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.

That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.

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.