Arkansas · U.S. Senate · 2026

Arkansas Senate race

General election in 51 days · Nov 3, 2026

The read · Arkansas Senate race

Tom Cotton has raised more than 2 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the Arkansas Senate race, 2026 report raising $7.3M between them. Tom Cotton reports $4.9M and Hallie Shoffner reports $2.3M, a gap of $2.6M. Of what Tom Cotton reports, 65% came from individuals and 23% from PACs. Outside groups spent for COTTON, THOMAS ($590,800).

Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.

Every candidate on file

Ranked by money raised. Each row shows the campaign money mix and a plain-English read.

Tom Cotton

RIncumbent

R · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 23% from PACs and 65% from individuals.

65% individuals23% PACs12% other

$4.9M

raised

Hallie Shoffner

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 99% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

99% individuals0% PACs1% other

$2.3M

raised

Jeb Little

R · challenger

9% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 91% from other sources.

9% individuals0% PACs91% other

$93K

raised

Micah Ashby

R · challenger

0% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 100% from other sources.

0% individuals0% PACs100% other

$41K

raised

Jeffrey Wadlin

L · challenger

27% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 73% from other sources.

27% individuals0% PACs73% other

$29K

raised

Ethan Dunbar

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 97% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

97% individuals0% PACs3% other

$17K

raised

James Russell

D · challenger

68% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 32% from other sources.

68% individuals0% PACs32% other

$3K

raised

Daniel Whitfield

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 100% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

100% individuals0% PACs0% other

$353

raised

Where the money came from

$591K in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Ideological / Leadership$621K

Small donors & unclassified$70K

Party Committee$62K

Health & Pharma$10K

Tech & Telecom$10K

Transportation$10K

Retail & Consumer$10K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

AMERICA ONE · super pac$591K
NRSC · pac$62K
ALTRIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC) · pac$10K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC · pac$10K
BIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PAC · pac$10K
BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
COMMON SENSE FOR AMERICA PAC · pac$10K
DAKOTA PAC · pac$10K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

16%75%

16% PACs75% individuals9% other

The incumbent's record

Tom Cotton is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2025)

−$2.4M

−$4.7M - −$30K. down $2.8M since 2019.

Stock trades

None on file

No disclosed individual stock transactions.

Committees

Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence · Chairman
Joint Economic Committee
Senate Committee on Armed Services
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Who funds them

This is the incumbent's own funding by donor sector for the cycle.

Ideological / Leadership$621K

Small donors & unclassified$70K

Party Committee$62K

Health & Pharma$10K

Tech & Telecom$10K

Transportation$10K

Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.

Tom Cotton R · incumbent	vs	Hallie Shoffner D · challenger
$4.9M	Raised	$2.3M
$9.9M	Cash on hand	$864K
23%	From PACs	0%
65%	From individuals	99%
Ideological / Leadership	Top donor sector	Too few to rank
Yes	Incumbent	No