
J. French Hill
- Republican · US Representative, Arkansas District 2 · On the Nov 3 ballot for re-election · vs. Chris Jones (D)
- Background
- Banking or finance · Businessperson
- Raised
- $5.3M
- Cash on hand
- $1.5M
- Years in Congress
- 11
- Age
- 69
- Races
- Won 6 of 6
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2024 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Method and limits
Published score 0.975 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 1,603 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
US House, Arkansas District 2
- Newest poll
- Hill 52, Jones 48 · Emerson College, Oct 14, 2026 · Polls updated Oct 31, 8:30 p.m. ET, from VoteHub
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US House, AR-02 | Won | 58.9% | |
| 2022 | US House, AR-02 | Won · primary won 58.5% | 60% | |
| 2020 | US House, AR-02 | Won · primary won 100% | 55.4% | |
| 2018 | US House, AR-02 | Won · primary won 100% | 52.1% | |
| 2016 | US House, AR-02 | Won · primary won 84.5% | 58.3% | |
| 2014 | US House, AR-02 | Won · primary won 55.1% | 51.9% |
About this list
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $5.2M · Debts owed $0
Where the money came from
- Individuals$2.2M
- PACs and other committees$1.8M
- Party committees$6K
- Candidate’s own money$0
- Loans from the candidate$0
- Transfers from the candidate’s other committees$1.2M
As the campaign reported to the FEC through Oct 14, 2026. Bars compare these lines. Some money has no line here, so they may not add up to the total raised. Source: FEC candidate summary.
Committees giving to this campaign
310 committees reported giving $1.6M.
- Mortgage Bankers Association PAC (MORPAC)PAC$16,000
- American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC)PAC$10,000
- National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Political Action CommPAC$10,000
- America's Credit Unions PACPAC$10,000
- Citigroup Inc. PAC - Federal (Citi PAC - Federal)PAC$10,000
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- Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. PAC (ABC PAC)PAC$10,000
- UBS Americas Inc. PAC (UBS PAC)PAC$10,000
- American Land Title Association Title Industry PAC (TIPAC)PAC$10,000
- National Association of Realtors PACPAC$10,000
- Independent Community Bankers of America PAC (ICBA PAC)PAC$10,000
- The Real Estate Roundtable PAC (REALPAC)PAC$10,000
- Aflac PAC (Aflac PAC)PAC$10,000
- The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers PACPAC$10,000
- Allstate Insurance Company PACPAC$10,000
- Metlife Inc. Employees' Political Participation Fund aPAC$10,000
- American Property Casualty Insurance Association PAC (Insuring America PAC)PAC$10,000
- Cme Group Inc. PACPAC$10,000
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants PACPAC$10,000
- Honeywell International Inc. Technologies Public Affairs Council (HONPAC)PAC$10,000
- L3harris Technologies, Inc. PACPAC$10,000
The largest 20 are listed. Refunds the committees reported are taken out. Independent spending isn’t included. These figures come from the committees’ own reports, so they can differ from the campaign’s lines above, sometimes by a lot. Source: FEC committee-to-candidate file, dated Oct 25, 2026.
Reports through Oct 14, 2026.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Raised $5,264,024. Cash on hand $1,488,431. Spent $5,151,945. Debts owed $0. Individuals $2,206,419. PACs and other committees $1,793,867. Party committees $5,500. Candidate’s own money $0. Loans from the candidate $0. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $1,249,580. Main committee: French Hill for Arkansas. No individual donor names are shown.
House votes
119th Congress, through Sept 16, 2026676 roll calls. Yea 511, Nay 154, Present 2, Not voting 8.
- Roll calls missed
- 1.2%
- Voted with own party when parties split
- 96.8%
How these are counted
Missed is Not Voting divided by every roll call the member was listed on, including quorum calls and procedural votes. It covers any absence, including illness and leave.
Party split: a roll call counts when the Democratic majority and the Republican majority voted opposite ways. That was 467 roll calls, and the member matched their own party on 452. We pick no votes ourselves.
Showing the newest 3 of 676
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 314
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 401 to 14
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 313
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H R 9497
Water Resources Development Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 415 to 9
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 312
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H R 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 417 to 3
Legislation
119th Congress, congress.gov, as of Oct 30, 2026Sponsored 27 bills and 6 resolutions. Cosponsored 94 bills and 33 resolutions. Amendments are not counted.
Latest bills J. French Hill sponsored
- Revising SSDI Disability Classifications ActH.R. 10496, introduced Sep 17, 2026
- Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2026H.R. 10477, introduced Sep 17, 2026
- To require the Ronald A. Robinson Post Office in Little Rock, Arkansas, to replace certain exterior signage, and for other purposes.H.R. 10442, introduced Sep 16, 2026
- Scipio Jones House Assessment ActH.R. 9148, introduced Jun 4, 2026
- IGNITE HBCU Excellence ActH.R. 8791, introduced May 13, 2026
More about J. French Hill
Offices held (6 terms and offices)
- 2015 to nowUS House, Arkansas District 2Republican
Committees (4 assignments)
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- National Intelligence Enterprise subcommittee
- National Security Agency and Cyber subcommittee
House Committee on Financial Services, Chair
Background
- Banking or finance
- Businessperson
Source: Wikidata
Official pages (7 links)
Sources (13 sources)
Ballot listing, arkansas.tally-enr.com
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026.
unitedstates/congress-legislators (current)
Office, terms, committees, official links, age. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0.
Compiled by the @unitedstates project volunteers (rosters from official congressional sources) from official returns. Not an official source.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
FEC bulk data 2025-2026: contributions from committees to candidates (pas226)
Federal 2026 candidates: committees giving to each candidate (web/data/people/money-types). Bulk file, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Committee totals only; the individual contributions file is not used.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Clerk of the House: roll call votes, 119th Congress
House roll calls. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work.
Congress.gov API: sponsored and cosponsored legislation, nominations
Bills and resolutions. Retrieved Oct 30, 2026. License: US government work.
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
unitedstates/congress-legislators
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- Age: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), official birthday field, counted to Nov 3, 2026. We show the age, never the birth date.
- Took office in Congress 2015-01-06. Basis: congress-legislators terms (CC0).
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
DataDownload votes (JSON)Sources: FEC, House Clerk, congress.gov, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits