Tom Cotton
RRepublicanAR · Senator
62
/ 100
Average
Attendance98
Avg: 98
Independence65
Avg: 55
Bipartisan Tone20
Avg: 15
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency3
Avg: 47
Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.
Methodology
Tom Cotton
RepublicanAR · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.578)
Tom Cotton is a Republican Senator from AR. He has served 13 years in Congress across 3 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as conservative, voting with his party 34.9% of the time.
13
Years in Office
3
Terms Served
119
Current Congress
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Report Card
Performance metrics for the current Congress
34.9%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
207 votes against party
1.9%
Missed Votesⓘ
324 total votes
42
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
1 enacted
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How Tom Compares
vs. the average Senator
Party Loyalty-11.2% vs avg
34.9%
Avg: 46.1%
Missed Votes-0.4% vs avg
1.9%
Avg: 2.3%
Bills Sponsored+12.3 vs avg
42
Avg: 29.7
Committee Assignments
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31
$9,787,086
Cash on Handⓘ
$5,406,040
Total Receiptsⓘ
$3,069,824
Disbursementsⓘ
$2,747,248
Individual Donors
$1,010,500
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ
Service History
2013–2015House · AR-4 · Republican
2015–PresentSenate · AR · RepublicanCurrent
State Demographics
AR · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.
3,032,651
Population
$59,348
Median Income
38.0
Median Age
25.2%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 70.9%Black 15.0%Hispanic 8.7%Asian 1.6%