2026 United States Senate election in Arkansas

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2026 United States Senate election in Arkansas
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Party Republican Democratic
Incumbent U.S. senator

Tom Cotton
Republican



The 2026 United States Senate election in Arkansas will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Arkansas. Primary elections will be held on March 3, 2026, with a run-off election held on March 31 if no candidate gets a majority in the primary. Incumbent Republican senator Tom Cotton, who was first elected in 2014, is running for re-election. [1] Arkansas has been represented in the U.S. Senate exclusively by Republicans since 2015.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Micah Ashby [2]

Endorsements

Tom Cotton
U.S. presidents
Organizations

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Tom Cotton (R)$10,746,981$7,768,374$9,375,559
Source: Federal Election Commission [6]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Ethan Dunbar, mayor of Lewisville (2019–present) [7]
  • Hallie Shoffner, farmer and entrepreneur [8]

Withdrawn

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Hallie Shoffner (D)$663,452$204,808$458,643
Source: Federal Election Commission [6]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Inside Elections [11] Solid RAugust 12, 2025
The Cook Political Report [12] Solid ROctober 14, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball [13] Safe RAugust 12, 2025
Race To The WH [14] Safe RSeptember 4, 2025

See also

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Julia (February 27, 2025). "Top Intel Republican Tom Cotton seeking re-election to Senate in 2026". Fox News . Retrieved February 27, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Search Candidate Filings". Arkansas Secretary of State.
  3. ↑ "FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1619668". docquery.fec.gov. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  4. ↑ "- Trump endorses Senator Tom Cotton's re-election bid".
  5. ↑ "- AIPAC Political Portal". candidates.aipacpac.org. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "2026 Election United States Senate - Arkansas". fec.gov. Federal Election Commission . Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  7. ↑ K8 Newsdesk (September 10, 2025). "Ethan Dunbar announces run for U.S. Senate". KAIT . Retrieved September 11, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Jared, George (May 13, 2025). "Hallie Shoffner running for US Senate to challenge Cotton". Talk Business & Politics. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  9. ↑ Vrbin, Tess (August 27, 2025). "James Russell III of Little Rock joins Democratic primary effort to unseat U.S. Sen. Cotton in 2026". Arkansas Advocate . Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  10. ↑ Earley, Neal (October 22, 2025). "Arkansas candidate for U.S. Senate withdraws, will seek another office instead". The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Retrieved October 27, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Senate Ratings". Inside Elections. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  12. ↑ "2026 CPR Senate Race Ratings". Cook Political Report. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  13. ↑ "2026 Senate ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  14. ↑ "2026 Senate Forecast". Race to the WH. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
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