Tom Cotton

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Tom Cotton

U.S. Senator · Arkansas · R

Senate — AR

Thomas Bryant Cotton (born May 13, 1977) is an American politician and former Army officer serving since 2015 as the junior United States senator from Arkansas. From 2013 to 2015 he served in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Arkansas's 4th congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party. Cotton was elected to the House in 2012 and to the Senate in 2014, defeating incumbent Mark Pryor. [Wikipedia ↗]

FEC receipts · 2012–2026 cycles

$55,394,742 raised

Influence graph
Individual 62%
PAC 12%
Other

Where the $55,394,742 raised came from · FEC · 2012–2026 cycle

$55,394,742
Raised
FEC receipts · 2012–2026 cycle
$6,842,983
PAC receipts
FEC committee contributions · 2012–2026 cycles
$7,941,750
Spent supporting them
outside + direct · 86 sources
Across 2 FEC campaigns
$28,803,281
U.S. House · 2012–2026
$26,591,461
U.S. Senate · 2016–2026

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Top individual donors · 15

Largest itemized individual contributions across their FEC campaign committees (Schedule A), aggregated by donor across cycles. Conduits (ActBlue/WinRed) excluded.

Top industries · donor money

  • Retired$403,616
  • Other / unclassified$142,373
  • Not employed / self$118,732
  • Securities & investment$91,055
  • Health professionals$12,579
  • Tech$11,968
  • Real estate$11,474
  • TV, movies & music$8,547

Classified from donor employer/occupation · heuristic

Top employers · donor money

  • APOLLO MANAGEMENT$25,600
  • APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT$19,800
  • APOLLO$11,600
  • HOMEMAKER$10,424
  • RAGNAR$10,000
  • IHS TOWERS INC$6,600
  • ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT$6,600
  • ULINE$6,600
  • ROYOMARTIN$5,000
  • JA CAPITAL LLC$5,000

Committee assignments · 10

Seats on the panels that write the rules — where a donor industry meets the member it funded.

  • Senate Select Committee on IntelligenceChairman
  • Joint Economic Committee
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services — Airland
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services — Cybersecurity
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services — Emerging Threats and Capabilities
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services — Strategic Forces
  • Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Energy
  • Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Public Lands, Forests, and Mining

Source: @unitedstates/congress-legislators

Legislation sponsored · 93

Bills and resolutions this member introduced in the 119th Congress — what they put their name on, alongside who funds them.

  • S. 4984A bill to amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to ensure workplace choice and opportunity for young adults with disabilities.
  • S. 4939Countering CCP Act· Health
  • S. 4795FREEDOM Act· Energy
  • S. 4760A 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 purposes.· Armed Forces and National Security
  • S. 4764To 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 purposes.· Armed Forces and National Security

Source: govinfo.gov · BILLSTATUS bulk data (sponsor of record)

Top connections · 92 total

People5
Organizations7
PACs / committees80

Connections · explore all 92

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Spent against them

Outside money spent to defeat them (opposition independent expenditures). Not their own funding.

  • —
    The Club for Growth PAC endorsed Tom Cotton in his 2014 Arkansas Senate bid against Mark Pryor, calling him a 'taxpayer hero and a fighter against the Obama agenda' Club for Growth
    source · filingsingle source — not corroborated

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