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Tom Cotton
U.S. Senator (Class 2), AR
Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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Issue areas
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Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senator (Class 2), AR current
Arkansas |
Republican | Jan 3, 2021 | Jan 3, 2027 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 2), AR
Arkansas |
Republican | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2021 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US Senate District Arkansas
United States |
Republican | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2021 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, AR-4
Arkansas |
Republican | Jan 3, 2013 | Jan 3, 2015 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District AR-4
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2013 | Jan 3, 2015 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- Joint Economic Committee unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services — Airland unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services — Cybersecurity unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services — Emerging Threats and Capabilities unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services — Strategic Forces unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Energy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Public Lands, Forests, and Mining unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.578, social dim. 0.201. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (840 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Earl Matthews to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense | Yea | Jul 28, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: David Wright, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission | Yea | Jul 28, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Wright to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission | Yea | Jul 28, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Emil J. Bove III to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit | Yea | Jul 24, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Richard Topping, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs | Yea | Jul 24, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Richard Topping to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs | Yea | Jul 24, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Matthew Lohmeier, of Arizona, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force | Yea | Jul 24, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew Lohmeier to be Under Secretary of the Air Force | Yea | Jul 23, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Aaron Szabo, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | Yea | Jul 23, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Szabo to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | Yea | Jul 23, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Zachary M. Bluestone, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri | Yea | Jul 23, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Zachary M. Bluestone to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri | Yea | Jul 23, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Jul 23, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: John Hurley, of California, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes | Yea | Jul 23, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Arielle Roth, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Communications and Information | Yea | Jul 23, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Bradley Hansell, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security | Yea | Jul 22, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Aaron Lukas, of Arkansas, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence | Yea | Jul 22, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Jul 22, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Jul 22, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Cristian M. Stevens, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri | Yea | Jul 22, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Joshua M. Divine, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri | Yea | Jul 22, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Terrance Cole, of Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement | Yea | Jul 22, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Terrance Cole to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement | Yea | Jul 21, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Hurley to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes | Yea | Jul 17, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Arielle Roth to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information | Yea | Jul 17, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
Campaign funding
1,000 recorded contributions totalling $2,489,780. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 229 of 1000 classified so far.
| Funding type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big donor | 178 | $604,625 | 24% |
| Corporate PAC | 38 | $415,674 | 17% |
| Public financing | 13 | $276,406 | 11% |
| Unclassified | 771 | $1,193,076 | 48% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50,199 | U.S. TREASURY | COTTON FOR SENATE, INC. | Public financing | Nov 15, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $46,004 | U.S. TREASURY | COTTON FOR SENATE, INC. | Public financing | Nov 15, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $42,827 | U.S. TREASURY | COTTON FOR SENATE, INC. | Public financing | May 15, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $33,117 | U.S. TREASURY | COTTON FOR SENATE, INC. | Public financing | Aug 15, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $31,161 | COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE | COTTON FOR SENATE, INC. | Corporate PAC | Dec 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $24,082 | COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE | COTTON FOR SENATE, INC. | Corporate PAC | Dec 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $21,043 | U.S. TREASURY | COTTON FOR SENATE, INC. | Public financing | May 4, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $20,556 | COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE | COTTON FOR SENATE, INC. | Corporate PAC | Sep 28, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $19,911 | COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE | COTTON FOR SENATE, INC. | Corporate PAC | Sep 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $19,388 | COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE | COTTON FOR SENATE, INC. | Corporate PAC | Jun 27, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $18,364 | COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE | COTTON FOR SENATE, INC. | Corporate PAC | Mar 29, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $17,387 | COTTON VICTORY | COTTON FOR SENATE, INC. | Corporate PAC | Dec 31, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $16,117 | COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE | COTTON FOR SENATE, INC. | Corporate PAC | Mar 29, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $13,750 | U.S. TREASURY | COTTON FOR SENATE, INC. | Public financing | Aug 15, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $13,750 | U.S. TREASURY | COTTON FOR SENATE, INC. | Public financing | Feb 15, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.
Sponsored legislation (7 as lead sponsor)
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S 4795
US · Jun 16, 2026
A bill to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to establish enforceable Federal authorization timelines and expedited judicial remedies, to limit Federal actions…
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S 4764
US · Jun 11, 2026
A bill to amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other…
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S 4760
US · Jun 11, 2026
A bill to amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other…
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S 4729
US · Jun 10, 2026
A bill to impose mandatory minimum sentences for conspiracy to smuggle biological agents into the United States and for making false statements to Federal…
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S 4615
US · May 20, 2026
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
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S 4526
US · May 14, 2026
No Safe Haven for Terrorist Families Act
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S 4344
US · May 13, 2026
A bill to extend section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for 3 years.
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