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U.S. Senator · Arkansas
Tom Cotton
RepublicanState R+15119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score28#87 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Tom Cotton’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office326 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 1 signal
- WeakBacks 1 Democratic-led tracked billSponsor or active cosponsor of 1 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: S. 315.
Keeps them with Republicans · 3 signals
- MediumVotes with Senate RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.577 (party median +0.558; rank 29 of 53 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 81 (avg 88); LCV 3 (avg 3).
- MediumSafe Republican state: Arkansas is R+15Arkansas has a partisan lean of R+15 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
- Weak
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2027
- Senate class
- Class 2
- Seniority
- Junior senator
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 13.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Select Committee on IntelligenceChairmanMajority · 1st in seniority
- Joint Economic CommitteeMajority · 2nd in seniority
- Senate Committee on Armed ServicesMajority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Airland
- Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Cotton← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.577 is 0.02 to the right of the Senate Republican median (+0.558).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Republican average- 119th Congress81Senate Republican average: 88 (n=53)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 845 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 5284Claiming Age Clarity ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the House | 44
| Middle |
| H.R. 5348Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov |