Tom Cotton — GovTally

Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Civil Rights & Liberties 3 Foreign Policy & Trade 3 Technology & Privacy 3 Criminal Justice & Policing 2 Defense & Military 2 Government Operations & Budget 2 Environment & Energy 1 Healthcare 1 Immigration 1

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
SJRES 138 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain…	Nay	Apr 15, 2026	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 32 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain…	Nay	Apr 15, 2026	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 123 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that…	Nay	Apr 15, 2026	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Christopher R. Wolfe, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas	Yea	Apr 14, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher R. Wolfe to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas	Yea	Apr 14, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Thomas Shepherd, of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas	Yea	Apr 14, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Thomas Shepherd to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas	Yea	Apr 13, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture on Husted Amdt. No. 4732	Yea	Mar 26, 2026	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 103 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Mar 25, 2026	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.	Yea	Mar 25, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 107 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Mar 25, 2026	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 116 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that…	Nay	Mar 24, 2026	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025	Yea	Mar 24, 2026	Motion to Table Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025	Yea	Mar 24, 2026	Motion to Table Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to proceed to Legislative session	Yea	Mar 24, 2026	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Colin McDonald, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General	Yea	Mar 24, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Colin McDonald to be an Assistant Attorney General	Yea	Mar 23, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, to be Secretary of Homeland Security	Yea	Mar 23, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Markwayne Mullin to be Secretary of Homeland Security	Yea	Mar 22, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025	Nay	Mar 21, 2026	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Tuberville Amdt. No. 4421 to the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1383 with Amendment	Yea	Mar 21, 2026	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.	Yea	Mar 20, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 118 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that…	Nay	Mar 18, 2026	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025	Yea	Mar 17, 2026	Motion to Proceed 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.