U.S. Senator · AR
Tom Cotton
RepublicanSenate Class 2Term through January 2027
Funding profile · 2015–2020 term
30% of the money Cotton raised came from small donors.
More grassroots-funded than 69% of the Senate.
Cotton raised $13.0M across the full six-year Senate term (2015–2020), and ended the period with $6.4M cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.
- Small donors
- 30%$3.9M
- Large donors
- 32%$4.2M
- Bundled
- 1%$0.1M
- PACs
- 14%$1.8M
- Other
- 24%$3.1M
Against the senate
How Cotton compares to the typical member.
- Small-donor share
- 30%vs 19% senate median
- PAC share
- 14%vs 14% senate median
Who has a stake in Cotton
The organizations behind the money.
Cotton's largest organized backing comes from Pro-Israel America PAC. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.
› $1.7M in PAC money not itemized by group
Cotton collected $1.7M of PAC money through a joint fundraising committee, which pools contributions and transfers them as a lump sum. It is counted in the organized total above, but FEC filings do not itemize which PACs it came from at the campaign level, so it is not attributed to a named organization here.
Money organized for Cotton
Pro-Israel America PAC›
$34K
Pro-Israel America PAC›
$34K
Who it funds, across Congress
26% Democrats · 74% Republicans · $693K to 19 members
NORPAC›$24K
A pro-Israel political action committee that bundles individual donations to candidates it judges supportive of the U.S. relationship with Israel.
Who it funds, across Congress
40% Democrats · 59% Republicans · $2.2M to 82 members
Senate Conservatives Fund›$7K
The Senate Conservatives Fund, a hard-right super PAC that backs insurgent Republicans against the party establishment.
Who it funds, across Congress
0% Democrats · 100% Republicans · $2.2M to 18 members
Outside spending, by party
Spent $8.5M to elect Republicans; $375K to defeat Democrats.
Bancorpsouth Bank PAC›$5K
Who it funds, across Congress
6% Democrats · 94% Republicans · $81K to 18 members
Club For Growth›$4K
Club for Growth's PAC and super PAC, backing anti-tax, small-government conservatives, often against Republican incumbents in primaries.
Who it funds, across Congress
0% Democrats · 100% Republicans · $2.7M to 39 members
Outside spending, by party
Spent $15.9M to elect Republicans; $27.5M to defeat Democrats.
› What is organized money?
An organization reaches a member two ways. Its own PAC writes a direct check. And it bundles: it gathers individual donations from its supporters and routes them through its conduit. Both count here as one “organized” total. The bundled part is already inside the individual giving shown in the funding mix above. Here it is regrouped by the organization that gathered it, so you can see who did the organizing.
The same money, by industry
Which industries have a stake.
The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Cotton's backing, not just the individual groups.
Plus $13K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.
The money spent about Cotton
Spent for or against.
Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Cotton, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Cotton.
National Rifle Association Of America Political Victory Fund›$2K
To help Cotton$2KTo hurt Cotton—The National Rifle Association's Political Victory Fund, its candidate-giving arm.
Senate Conservatives Fund›$335
To help Cotton$335To hurt Cotton—The Senate Conservatives Fund, a hard-right super PAC that backs insurgent Republicans against the party establishment.
National Rifle Association Of America Political Victory Fund›$2K—$2K
National Rifle Association Of America Political Victory Fund
The National Rifle Association's Political Victory Fund, its candidate-giving arm.
Senate Conservatives Fund›$335—$335
Senate Conservatives Fund
The Senate Conservatives Fund, a hard-right super PAC that backs insurgent Republicans against the party establishment.
FEC filings, 2015–2020 term · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 16 organizations with a stake
About this data
FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2015–2020 term. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.
Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.
Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.
Where Cotton stands