- See Thomas Cotton's sponsored bills →Thomas CottonRepublicanIncumbent✓ Verified$7.0M raised
- Hallie ShoffnerDemocratic✓ Verified$3.7M raised
- Jeff WadlinLibertarian✓ Verified$79K raised
Where they stand
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Where they differ: Thomas Cotton supports regulatory rollbacks on financial rules and backs securing the border with zero tolerance for illegal immigration, voting yea on the Laken Riley Act 178. Hallie Shoffner supports affordable healthcare by protecting hospitals and lowering drug prices, and wants to reform ICE rather than defund it 59. Jeff Wadlin supports eliminating broad tariffs and breaking up monopolies to create jobs and competition, and advocates for covering everyone with a public-private healthcare partnership that cuts costs roughly in half 26.
AI-written comparison of the sourced entries below. Generated Oct 19, 2026.
| Issue | Thomas CottonRepublican | Hallie ShoffnerDemocratic | Jeff WadlinLibertarian |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Cotton votes yea on disapproving CFPB rules on overdraft lending and digital payment applications, supporting regulatory rollbacks. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Wadlin supports eliminating broad tariffs, breaking up monopolies, enforcing antitrust laws, and encouraging housing supply to create affordability, jobs, and real competition. Wadlin calls for policies that lower costs, raise wages and build pathways into the middle class rather than long-term dependence on government programs. |
| Where they differ on Economy & Jobs: Thomas Cotton votes in favor of disapproving CFPB rules on overdraft lending and digital payment applications, indicating support for regulatory rollbacks 1. Jeff Wadlin supports eliminating broad tariffs, breaking up monopolies, enforcing antitrust laws, and encouraging housing supply to create affordability, jobs, and real competition 2. Wadlin also advocates for policies that lower costs, raise wages, and build pathways into the middle class rather than long-term dependence on government programs 3. | |||
| Healthcare | Cotton fights to protect rural hospitals, expand access, lower prescription drug costs, and opposes government takeovers of healthcare. | Shoffner supports making healthcare affordable and accessible by protecting hospitals, lowering prescription drug prices, strengthening the Affordable Care Act, and holding insurance companies accountable. | Wadlin supports covering everyone by cutting healthcare costs roughly in half through a streamlined public-private partnership and improving rural healthcare access and services. |
| Where they differ on Healthcare: Thomas Cotton fights to protect rural hospitals, expand access, lower prescription drug costs, and opposes government takeovers of healthcare 1. Hallie Shoffner supports making healthcare affordable and accessible by protecting hospitals, lowering prescription drug prices, strengthening the Affordable Care Act, and holding insurance companies accountable 2. Jeff Wadlin supports covering everyone by cutting healthcare costs roughly in half through a streamlined public-private partnership and improving rural healthcare access and services 3. | |||
| Immigration | Cotton supports securing the border, ending catch-and-release, deporting criminal illegal aliens, and zero tolerance for illegal immigration to protect Arkansas families. Cotton votes yea on the Laken Riley Act, supporting the bill's passage. | Shoffner says she wants to reform ICE rather than defund it, clarifying an earlier remark. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Where they differ on Immigration: Thomas Cotton supports securing the border, ending catch-and-release, deporting criminal illegal aliens, and zero tolerance for illegal immigration to protect Arkansas families 1. He voted yea on the Laken Riley Act, supporting the bill's passage 2. Hallie Shoffner wants to reform ICE rather than defund it, clarifying an earlier remark 3. | |||
| Public Safety & Crime | Cotton backs law enforcement 100%, opposes defunding the police, supports tougher penalties for violent criminals, and is endorsed by Arkansas law enforcement. Cotton votes yea on the HALT Fentanyl Act, supporting the bill's passage. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Abortion | Cotton stands up for life and supports policies that protect children and parental rights against radical liberal agendas. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Cotton supports lowering taxes for families and small businesses, helped pass the largest tax cut in American history, and opposes tax hikes and IRS expansion. Cotton votes yea on multiple appropriations and budget resolutions, but nay on one continuing appropriations act. | Shoffner supports cutting taxes for working families while opposing tax breaks for the wealthy and managing taxpayer dollars responsibly. | Wadlin supports lower taxes on labor, gradual minimum wage increases, and benefits that phase out without punishing earnings to promote genuine competition and rising wages. |
| Where they differ on Taxes & Government Spending: Thomas Cotton supports lowering taxes for families and small businesses, helped pass the largest tax cut in American history, and opposes tax hikes and IRS expansion 1. He votes yea on multiple appropriations and budget resolutions, but nay on one continuing appropriations act 2. Hallie Shoffner supports cutting taxes for working families while opposing tax breaks for the wealthy and managing taxpayer dollars responsibly 3. Jeff Wadlin supports lower taxes on labor, gradual minimum wage increases, and benefits that phase out without punishing earnings to promote genuine competition and rising wages 4. | |||
| Energy & Environment | Cotton supports American energy production, opposes Green New Deal regulations, and fights to lower energy costs and create jobs in Arkansas. Cotton votes yea on several joint resolutions disapproving Bureau of Land Management rules related to land and resource management. | Shoffner advocates for conservation, sustainable farming, and regional food production systems to support Arkansas agriculture and rural communities. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Where they differ on Energy & Environment: Thomas Cotton supports American energy production, opposes Green New Deal regulations, and aims to lower energy costs and create jobs in Arkansas 1. He voted yea on several joint resolutions disapproving Bureau of Land Management rules related to land and resource management 2. Hallie Shoffner advocates for conservation, sustainable farming, and regional food production systems to support Arkansas agriculture and rural communities 3. | |||
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Cotton supports strengthening the military, delivering major defense investments in Arkansas, and combating threats from China, Russia, Iran, and terrorists. Cotton votes nay on resolutions directing removal of US forces from Iran and terminating national emergency tariffs, but yea on SEED Act. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |