2026 United States Senate election in Arkansas

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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. Republican incumbent Tom Cotton is seeking a third term.[1] He is being challenged by Democratic farmer Hallie Shoffner.

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2026 United States Senate election in Arkansas
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November 3, 2026
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Nominee Tom Cotton Hallie Shoffner
Party Republican Democratic
Incumbent U.S. senator

Tom Cotton
Republican


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Democrats have not won a Senate election in Arkansas since 2008.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Jeb Little, state trooper[3]
  • Micah Ashby, activist[3]

Endorsements

Tom Cotton
Executive branch officials
U.S. representatives
Organizations
Newspapers

Fundraising

More information Campaign finance reports as of February 11, 2026, Candidate ...
Campaign finance reports as of February 11, 2026
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Micah Ashby (R) $41,162 $126 $754
Tom Cotton (R) $11,880,970 $8,607,793 $9,670,131
Jeb Little (R) $54,598 $43,830 $10,768
Source: Federal Election Commission[9]
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Results

Results by county
  Cotton
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   90–100%
More information Party, Candidate ...
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Cotton (incumbent) 230,209 81.6
Republican Micah Ashby 26,040 9.2
Republican Jeb Little 25,724 9.1
Total votes 281,973 100.0
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By county

More information County, Cotton ...
Results by county[10]
County Cotton Ashby Little Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Arkansas 1,160 84.36% 85 6.18% 130 9.45% 1,030 74.91% 1,375
Ashley 1,120 89.24% 33 2.63% 102 8.13% 1,018 81.11% 1,255
Baxter 5,927 83.09% 713 10.00% 493 6.91% 5,214 73.09% 7,133
Benton 16,827 83.28% 1,693 8.38% 1,686 8.34% 15,134 74.90% 20,206
Boone 4,633 80.04% 547 9.45% 608 10.50% 4,025 69.54% 5,788
Bradley 665 58.08% 38 3.32% 442 38.60% 223 19.48% 1,145
Calhoun 710 79.33% 72 8.04% 113 12.63% 597 66.70% 895
Carroll 3,139 76.13% 493 11.96% 491 11.91% 2,646 64.17% 4,123
Chicot 135 95.07% 6 4.23% 1 0.70% 129 90.84% 142
Clark 1,413 82.15% 165 9.59% 142 8.26% 1,248 72.56 1,720
Clay 2,006 78.85% 243 9.55% 295 11.60% 1,711 67.25% 2,544
Cleburne 3,572 84.56% 271 6.42% 381 9.02% 3,191 75.54% 4,224
Cleveland 1,467 82.05% 118 6.60% 203 11.35% 1,264 70.70% 1,788
Columbia 1,002 91.59% 41 3.75% 51 4.66% 951 86.93% 1,094
Conway 2,616 80.49% 257 7.91% 377 11.60% 2,239 68.89% 3,250
Craighead 5,888 83.31% 579 8.19% 601 8.50% 5,287 74.81% 7,068
Crawford 5,105 83.16% 545 8.88% 489 7.97% 4,560 74.28% 6,139
Crittenden 995 91.37% 39 3.58% 55 5.05% 940 86.32% 1,089
Cross 1,947 81.43% 201 8.41% 243 10.16% 1,704 71.27% 2,391
Dallas 750 72.12% 181 17.40% 109 10.48% 569 54.72% 1,040
Desha 176 91.19% 11 5.70% 6 3.11% 165 85.49% 193
Drew 1,328 83.68% 110 6.93% 149 9.39% 1,179 74.29% 1,587
Faulkner 8,843 83.65% 886 8.38% 843 7.97% 7,957 75.27% 10,572
Franklin 1,484 74.91% 184 9.29% 313 15.80% 1,171 59.11% 1,981
Fulton 1,671 79.04% 219 10.36% 224 10.60% 1,447 68.44% 2,114
Garland 9,157 83.40% 1,064 9.69% 759 6.91% 8,093 73.71% 10,980
Grant 2,857 79.76% 308 8.60% 417 11.64% 2,440 68.12% 3,582
Greene 4,631 80.47% 712 12.37% 412 7.16% 3,919 68.10% 5,755
Hempstead 1,959 83.97% 226 9.69% 148 6.34% 1,733 74.28% 2,333
Hot Spring 3,332 82.09% 450 11.09% 277 6.82% 2,882 71.00% 4,059
Howard 1,090 86.58% 96 7.63% 73 5.80% 994 78.95% 1,259
Independence 4,018 83.41% 525 10.90% 274 5.69% 3,493 72.51% 4,817
Izard 1,627 85.86% 118 6.23% 150 7.92% 1,477 77.94% 1,895
Jackson 1,620 79.33% 280 13.71% 142 6.95% 1,340 65.62% 2,042
Jefferson 1,534 90.02% 80 4.69% 90 5.28% 1,444 84.74% 1,704
Johnson 2,498 76.56% 378 11.58% 387 11.86% 2,111 64.70% 3,263
Lafayette 601 85.61% 49 6.98% 52 7.41% 549 78.20% 702
Lawrence 1,744 84.54% 176 8.53% 143 6.93% 1,568 76.01% 2,063
Lee 236 87.73% 16 5.95% 17 6.32% 219 81.41% 269
Lincoln 1,009 81.37% 98 7.90% 133 10.73% 876 70.64% 1,240
Little River 1,787 83.19% 215 10.01% 146 6.80% 1,572 73.18% 2,148
Logan 2,687 76.90% 426 12.19% 381 10.90% 2,261 64.71% 3,494
Lonoke 7,618 75.74% 1,060 10.54% 1,380 13.72% 6,238 62.02% 10,058
Madison 2,587 72.81% 548 15.42% 418 11.76% 2,039 57.39% 3,553
Marion 2,286 84.45% 214 7.91% 207 7.65% 2,072 76.54% 2,707
Miller 3,954 86.81% 320 7.03% 281 6.17% 3,634 79.78% 4,555
Mississippi 1,317 89.65% 75 5.11% 77 5.24% 1,240 84.41% 1,469
Monroe 409 85.39% 31 6.47% 39 8.14% 370 77.25% 479
Montgomery 1,443 79.33% 157 8.63% 219 12.04% 1,224 67.29% 1,819
Nevada 616 90.46% 26 3.82% 39 5.73% 577 84.73% 681
Newton 1,150 78.23% 117 7.96% 203 13.81% 947 64.42% 1,470
Ouachita 1,797 79.20% 166 7.32% 306 13.49% 1,491 65.71% 2,269
Perry 1,394 77.96% 216 12.08% 178 9.96% 1,178 65.88% 1,788
Phillips 124 88.57% 9 6.43% 7 5.00% 115 82.14% 140
Pike 1,667 84.19% 180 9.09% 133 6.72% 1,487 75.1% 1,980
Poinsett 1,553 83.4% 140 7.52% 169 9.08% 1,384 74.32% 1,862
Polk 2,223 84.24% 173 6.56% 243 9.21% 1,980 75.03% 2,639
Pope 5,957 82.77% 552 7.67% 688 9.56% 5,269 73.21% 7,197
Prairie 1,320 81.73% 194 12.01% 101 6.25% 1,126 69.72% 1,615
Pulaski 15,965 83.73% 1,526 8.00% 1,577 8.27% 14,388 75.46% 19,068
Randolph 1,909 81.23% 181 7.70% 260 11.06% 1,649 70.17% 2,350
Saline 11,357 81.61% 1,086 7.80% 1,473 10.58% 9,884 71.03% 13,916
Scott 1,166 80.92% 155 10.76% 120 8.33% 1,011 70.16% 1,441
Searcy 1,714 78.41% 241 11.02% 231 10.57% 1,473 67.39% 2,186
Sebastian 8,713 83.10% 946 9.02% 826 7.88% 7,767 74.08% 10,485
Sevier 1,877 79.4% 257 10.87% 230 9.73% 1,620 68.53% 2,364
Sharp 1,803 84.65% 187 8.78% 140 6.57% 1,616 75.87% 2,130
St. Francis 758 87.73% 71 8.22% 35 4.05% 687 79.51% 864
Stone 2,251 77.46% 339 11.67% 316 10.87% 1,912 65.79% 2,906
Union 2,488 87.30% 137 4.81% 225 7.89% 2,263 79.41% 2,850
Van Buren 2,705 80.65% 285 8.50% 364 10.85% 2,341 69.80% 3,354
Washington 13,228 79.15% 1,829 10.94% 1,655 9.90% 11,399 68.21% 16,712
White 7,075 79.58% 1,175 13.22% 640 7.20% 5,900 66.36 8,890
Woodruff 538 68.97% 179 22.95% 63 8.08% 359 46.02% 780
Yell 2,111 77.55% 311 11.43% 300 11.02% 1,800 66.12 2,722
Totals 230,039 81.64% 26,030 9.24% 25,691 9.12% 204,009 72.40% 281,760
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Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Hallie Shoffner, farmer and entrepreneur[11]

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Hallie Shoffner
Newspapers

Fundraising

More information Campaign finance reports as of February 11, 2026, Candidate ...
Campaign finance reports as of February 11, 2026
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Ethan Dunbar (D) $15,956 $17,411 $3,717
Hallie Shoffner (D) $1,237,490 $733,520 $503,970
Source: Federal Election Commission[9]
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Results

Results by county
  Shoffner
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   90–100%
  Dunbar
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   80–90%
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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hallie Shoffner 102,289 78.3
Democratic Ethan Dunbar 28,394 21.7
Total votes 130,683 100.0
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Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Jeff Wadlin, strategy consultant[16]

General election

Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...
Source Ranking As of
Inside Elections[17] Solid R January 12, 2026
The Cook Political Report[18] Solid R January 12, 2026
Sabato's Crystal Ball[19] Safe R January 29, 2026
Race To The WH[20] Safe R February 2, 2026
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Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Tom
Cotton (R)		 Hallie
Shoffner (D)		 Undecided
GrayHouse (R)[21][A] February 7–9, 2026 550 (LV) ± 4.2% 58% 36% 7%
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See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. [A]
    Poll sponsored by America One Policies

References

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