Senator · Arkansas
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton is a Republican senator from Arkansas, in Congress since 2013. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 14, and cast 827 of 829 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- Senate
- Current
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2013
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2027
Record by Congress
Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119th CongressSenate | 915 | 1.5%14 of 915 · rank 60 of 101 | 100%827 of 829 · rank 24 of 101 | 971 became law | 13%26 of 195 |
| 118th CongressSenate | 691 | 5.1%35 of 691 · rank 34 of 101 | 97%502 of 515 · rank 57 of 101 | 720 became law | 19%51 of 273 |
| 117th CongressSenate | 949 | 1.8%17 of 949 · rank 63 of 100 | 98%738 of 753 · rank 52 of 100 | 710 became law | 17%43 of 258 |
Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)
Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Liberal −1+0.58+1 Conservative
Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Votes against their party
The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.
- Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 34–62· Against party
- Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
- Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 28–67· Against party
- Mar 7, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 69–30· Against party
- Jul 19, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 39–60· Against party
- Mar 28, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 33–62· Against party
- Sep 29, 2022· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 72–25· Against party
- Mar 10, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 35–64· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
- Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
- Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
- Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
- Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
- Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
- Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
240 sponsored · 1 became law
How far they got
- Introduced23498%
- Reported by committee41.7%
- Passed one chamber10.4%
- Became law10.4%
Policy areas
- International Affairs43
- Crime and Law Enforcement32
- Armed Forces and National Security24
- Immigration22
- Health18
- Taxation14
- Education13
- Energy12
Latest activity
- S. 5458 Supply Relief and Domestic Production Cost Reduction ActIntroduced· Sep 22, 2026
- S. 5454 Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2026Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Sep 22, 2026
- S. 5422 Arkansas Delta National Heritage Area ActIntroduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 17, 2026
- S. 4615 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Reported by committee· Armed Forces and National Security· Aug 5, 2026
- S. 5083 Fiscal Sponsorship Transparency Act of 2026Introduced· Taxation· Jul 22, 2026
- S. 4984 Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities ActIntroduced· Labor and Employment· Jul 15, 2026
- S. 4939 Countering CCP ActIntroduced· Health· Jun 24, 2026
- S. 4795 FREEDOM ActIntroduced· Energy· Jun 16, 2026
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
Campaign money
What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.
2026 cycle
- Raised
- $6.2M
- through Jun 30, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $9.9M
- From committees
- $1.3M
- 259 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $341.5K
- 74 PACs · 26% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| national restaurant associationnational restaurant association pac (restaurant pac) | $10K | NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONAI match · 93% · of one corporate family | $2M |
| american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac) | $10K | AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| general electric companygeneral electric company aerospace employee political action committee (ge aerospace pac) | $10K | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYAI match · 98% · the same organization | $636.3M |
| american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee | $10K | AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| eli lilly and companyeli lilly and company political action committee | $10K | ELI LILLY AND COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization | $286.4K |
| northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac | $10K | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $1.1B |
| honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac) | $10K | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $260.5M |
| american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac | $10K | AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization | $1.2M |
| bank of america corporationbank of america corporation federal pac | $10K | BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · of one corporate family | — |
| google llcgoogle llc netpac | $10K | GOOGLE LLCAI match · 94% · the same organization | $9.1M |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $6.2M | $1.3M | $341.5K74 PACs · 26% of committee money |
| 2024 | $2.5M | $246.5K | $48K16 PACs · 19% of committee money |
| 2022 | $4.9M | $121.9K | $44.5K17 PACs · 36% of committee money |
Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.
Terms
Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.
- Senate · ArkansasJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2027
- Senate · ArkansasJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2021
- House · Arkansas's 4th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- www.cotton.senate.gov
- Phone
- 202-224-2353
- Office
- 326 Russell Senate Office Building
- Contact form
- Contact form
Identifiers
The same member in other public records.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.