Tom Cotton

Republican · Senator, AR

Raised, 2021–2026
$29M
From PACs & committees
$580K
Top sector
Party & Candidate Committees
Outside spending for
$754.7K
Outside spending against
$8.5K

Committees

Where the money came from

  • Individuals
  • PACs
  • Party, self & other
2025–26
$14.3M
2023–24
$5M
2021–22
$9.8M
Money raised by cycle
CycleIndividualsPACsParty, self & otherTotal
2026$7,179,725$2,649,000$4,470,562$14,299,287
2024$3,074,998$363,000$1,539,930$4,977,928
2022$6,713,586$244,000$2,800,351$9,757,937

Totals from the FEC's candidate summaries.H2AR04083, S4AR00103

PAC money by sector

  1. $446.5K
  2. $279K
  3. $185.5K
  4. $152.5K
  5. $132K
  6. $120.5K
  7. $118.5K
  8. $112K
  9. $100K
  10. $63.1K
  11. $9K
  12. $7.5K
  13. $6K
  14. $5K

Individual donors by sector

Estimated from the employer and occupation on 40,860 itemized donations ($4.2M). Donations of $200 or less aren't itemized.

  1. Retired
    $1.7M
  2. Unknown
    $1.3M
  3. $609.7K
  4. $162.6K
  5. Not employed
    $155.8K
  6. $106K
  7. $54.5K
  8. $31.2K
  9. $29.2K
  10. $25.2K
  11. $24.2K
  12. $18.1K
  13. $17.5K
  14. $9.8K
  15. $4K

Top employers of donors

Itemized donations from people who listed each employer.

  1. Blackstone
    $34.6K
  2. Entrepreneur
    $30.5K
  3. $30.1K
  4. Apollo
    $29.1K
  5. Anthropic
    $28K
  6. Apollo Global Management
    $25.8K
  7. Apollo Management
    $25.6K
  8. $14.5K
  9. $14K
  10. Rees-Jones Holdings
    $14K
  11. $13.3K
  12. Kirkland and Ellis
    $13K
  13. Fierce Government Relations
    $10.8K
  14. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP
    $10.5K
  15. Runway Group LLC
    $10.5K

Outside spending

Super PACs and other groups can spend unlimited amounts on ads for or against a candidate, as long as they don't coordinate with the campaign. This money doesn't go to Tom Cotton.

SpenderSupportingOpposing
America One
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$665.4K–
Law Enforcement for a Safer America PAC
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$50.5K–
Honoring American Law Enforcement PAC
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$38.9K–
The Lincoln Project
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$8.5K

Top contributors

Each organization's PAC plus donations from its employees, the way OpenSecrets counted.

  1. NrscPAC $62K
    $62K
  2. Blackstoneemployees $34.6K
    $34.6K
  3. $34.5K
  4. Entrepreneuremployees $30.5K
    $30.5K
  5. Stephens Groupemployees $30.1K
    $30.1K
  6. Apolloemployees $29.1K
    $29.1K
  7. Anthropicemployees $28K
    $28K
  8. Apollo Global Managementemployees $25.8K
    $25.8K
  9. Apollo Managementemployees $25.6K
    $25.6K
  10. Goldman SachsPAC $10K · employees $14.5K
    $24.5K
  11. GooglePAC $10K · employees $7K
    $17K
  12. $14K
  13. Rees-Jones Holdingsemployees $14K
    $14K
  14. $13.3K
  15. Kirkland and Ellisemployees $13K
    $13K

Top PACs

  1. NrscParty committee
    $62K
  2. $34.5K
  3. $12.5K
  4. $11K
  5. $10K
  6. $10K
  7. $10K
  8. $10K
  9. $10K
  10. $10K
  11. $10K
  12. $10K
  13. $10K
  14. $10K
  15. $10K