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Arkansas Senate
📅 General: November 3, 2026
Last updated: Nov 01, 2026 06:45 PM
Poll Leader
No polls
0 candidates polled
Total Money in Race
$11.4M
Combined fundraising
Outside Spending
$7.9M
Independent expenditures
Corporate Influence
$8.2M
19 lobbying clients
🧠 Race Intelligence
📈 Cotton: Net IE: +1.2M
📉 Shoffner: Net IE: -846K
🏛️ Super PAC Activity in This Race
FREEDOM PROJECT USA
Opposing Shoffner
$45K
🏛️ Corporate Influence Pipeline
Companies spending $23.5M lobbying Congress are simultaneously directing $8.2M in campaign spending in this race.
Lobbying Issues Connected to This Race
🏭 Trade & Manufacturing
💰 Finance & Banking
🛡️ Defense & Security
⚡ Energy & Utilities
Company
Lobbying $
Campaign $
Candidate
Source: Senate LDA filings + FEC data via Hammerhead Intelligence.
Lobbying $ = annual reported federal lobbying expenditures (company-wide).
Campaign $ = IE spending directed at candidates in this specific race.
🏢 Donor Employer Groups — FEC Schedule A
Individual contributions aggregated by employer. Contributions are from employees, not the companies themselves.
COTTON (REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Top employer groups (8 also lobby Congress)
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$16K
(15)
SHOFFNER (DEMOCRATIC PARTY)
Top employer groups (2 also lobby Congress)
LITTLE (REPUBLICAN PARTY)
Top employer groups
PRESTONWOOD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
$500
(1)
TUTTIES MACHINE AND SUPPLY
$104
(1)
Source: FEC Schedule A (2026 cycle) via Hammerhead Intelligence
Federal Spending Context (statewide)
Federal awards flowing into this jurisdiction · Source: USAspending.gov
Top Industries & Recipients ▾
Ammunition (except Small Arms) · $401.9M
Other Heavy and Civil Engineer · $262.9M
Commercial and Institutional B · $191.7M
All Other Support Services · $52.7M
Engineering Services · $47.0M
Other Aircraft Parts and Auxil · $42.5M
Recipient
Amount
HUMAN SERVICES, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF
$10.9B
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ARKANSAS
$1.6B
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
$1.1B
ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
$1.1B
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
$274.5M
ARKANSAS DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALI
$219.0M
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF ARKANSA
$208.8M
Candidate Comparison
Cotton (R)
—
$7.1M
$5.1M
18%
132%
$1.3M
—
Shoffner (D)
—
$4.0M
$757K
34%
81%
$45K
$6.6M
Little (R)
—
$93K
$127
15%
100%
—
—
Wadlin (L)
—
$80K
$6K
16%
92%
—
—
Financial Breakdown
Individual Contributions
$3,589,862
PAC Contributions
$1,324,500
Individual Contributions
$3,952,722
PAC Contributions
$68,510
Individual Contributions
$8,262
Individual Contributions
$8,969