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Tom Cotton

Republican · US Senator, Arkansas · On the Nov 3 ballot for re-election
Served
US House AR-04, 2013 to 2015
Background
Served in the Army · Attorney · Farmer
Raised
$7.1M
Cash on hand
$5.1M
Years in Congress
13
Age
49
Races
Won 3 of 3

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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 1.280 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 9,775 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 Senate, Arkansas · Tue, Nov 3

    Tom Cotton Republican (inc.)Hallie Shoffner DemocraticJeff Wadlin Libertarian

    Newest poll
    Cotton 55, Shoffner 39, Wadlin 4 · GrayHouse, Oct 28, 2026 · polls as of Oct 30, 2026, from VoteHub

Career

YearRaceResultShareLost to, or other round
2020US Senate, ARWon · primary won 100%66.5%
2014US Senate, ARWon · primary won 100%56.5%
2012US House, AR-04Won · primary won 57.6%59.5%

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, 2026

Spent $9.5M · Debts owed $105K

Where the money came from

  • Individuals$3.6M
  • PACs and other committees$1.3M
  • Party committees$62K
  • Candidate’s own money$0
  • Loans from the candidate$0
  • Transfers from the candidate’s other committees$1.6M

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

263 committees reported giving $1.3M.

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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, not the six-year figures fec.gov shows for senators. Raised $7,149,643. Cash on hand $5,129,928. Spent $9,470,585. Debts owed $104,891. Individuals $3,589,862. PACs and other committees $1,324,500. Party committees $62,000. Candidate’s own money $0. Loans from the candidate $0. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $1,591,355. Main committee: Cotton for Senate, Inc.. No individual donor names are shown.

Senate votes

119th Congress, through Sept 30, 2026

915 roll calls. Yea 666, Nay 235, Not voting 14.

Roll calls missed
1.5%
Voted with own party when parties split
99.8%
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 829 roll calls, and the member matched their own party on 827. We pick no votes ourselves.

Senate votes come from Voteview. Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Showing the newest 8 of 915

  1. Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 256

    On the Nomination · PN1129

    Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor

    Vote: YeaNomination Confirmed, 47 to 41

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  2. Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 255

    On the Cloture Motion · PN1129

    Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor

    Vote: YeaCloture Motion Agreed to, 53 to 47

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  3. Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 254

    On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR9340

    A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.

    Vote: YeaCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected, 57 to 43

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  4. Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 253

    On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR7008

    A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.

    Vote: YeaCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected, 53 to 47

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  5. Sep 29, 2026 · Senate roll call 252

    On the Motion to Discharge · SRES852

    A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

    Vote: NayMotion to Discharge Rejected, 47 to 51

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  6. Sep 29, 2026 · Senate roll call 251

    On the Motion to Proceed · SJRES197

    A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program".

    Vote: NayMotion to Proceed Rejected, 48 to 51

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  7. Sep 28, 2026 · Senate roll call 250

    On Passage of the Bill · S4668

    A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.

    Vote: YeaBill Passed, 77 to 22

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  8. Sep 28, 2026 · Senate roll call 249

    On the Amendment · S4668

    To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.

    Vote: NayAmendment Rejected, 47 to 52

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

Legislation

119th Congress, congress.gov, as of Oct 30, 2026

Sponsored 93 bills and 4 resolutions. Cosponsored 145 bills and 50 resolutions. Amendments are not counted.

Latest bills Tom Cotton sponsored

More about Tom Cotton

Offices held (3 terms and offices)

  • 2015 to nowUS SenateRepublican
  • 2013 to 2014US House, Arkansas District 4Republican

Committees (10 assignments)

  • Senate Committee on Armed Services

    • Airland subcommittee
    • Cybersecurity subcommittee
    • Emerging Threats and Capabilities subcommittee
    • Strategic Forces subcommittee

  • Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

    • Energy subcommittee
    • Public Lands, Forests, and Mining subcommittee

  • Joint Economic Committee

  • Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Chairman

Background

  • Served in the Army
  • Attorney
  • Farmer

Sources: Campaign site, Wikidata

Sources (14 sources)

  • 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 2013-01-03. 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, Voteview, congress.gov, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits