Official portrait of Tom Cotton
U.S. Senate

Tom Cotton

U.S. Senator from Arkansas

Party
Republican
In office since
January 6, 2015
Current term ends
January 3, 2027
Next election
November 2026
2026 election

Running for U.S. Senate in Arkansas

Candidates registered with the FEC for the Arkansas Senate seat in 2026
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Tom CottonIncumbentRepublican$14M$9.9M
Hallie ShoffnerDemocrat$2.3M$864K
Jeb LittleRepublican$93K$127
Micah AshbyRepublican$41K$754
Jeffrey Francis WadlinLibertarian$29K$8,469
Ethan N. Dunbar Sr.Democrat$17K$1,111

From Federal Election Commission filings, reported through June 30, 2026. FEC records show who registered and raised money, not who won a primary or qualified for the ballot. Your state election office publishes the official ballot.

Committee assignments4
  • Senate Select Committee on IntelligenceChairman
  • Joint Economic Committee
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services
    • Airland
    • Strategic Forces
    • Emerging Threats and Capabilities
    • Cybersecurity
  • Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy
    • Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
Earlier in Congress
  • U.S. Representative for Arkansas’s 4th District 2013–2015
Contact
Washington office
326 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510

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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission. Updated September 24, 2026.