EXCLUSIVE: Tom Cotton makes Arkansas political history

Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) made Arkansas political history with his most recent fundraising report, raising over $1 million in this most recent fundraising quarter, his team exclusively told the Washington Reporter.

Cotton’s haul made Arkansas history — the nearly $10 million cash on hand that Cotton now has across all of his accounts is the most for any Republican in Arkansas history.

While Cotton is unlikely to face a competitive bid for reelection, he nevertheless recently rolled out an endorsement from President Donald Trump, who has carried Arkansas easily in the past three election cycles. Trump called Cotton “a former U.S. Army Ranger [who] bravely served our nation in combat, and brings the same fighting spirit to the U.S. Senate.”

Cotton “is working tirelessly to strengthen our military, provide the best care for our veterans, help secure our now very secure (record-setting) southern border, cut taxes and regulations, ensure American energy dominance, and protect our always under siege Second Amendment,” Trump continued.

When Cotton announced his bid for reelection, he did so “with the support of every Arkansas statewide official, the entire Arkansas congressional delegation, and 108 out of 110 of Arkansas’s Republican State Legislators,” he noted at the time; now, with Trump’s endorsement and almost $10 to spend, he’ll be able to take his case directly to voters all across his state.

He can also use his war chest to help Republicans across America, as he has done in the past. Cotton notably helped now-Sen. Dave McCormick (R., Pa.) in the 2024 election, running ads aimed directly at pro-Israel independents; that ad was first covered by the Reporter at the time.