Tom Cotton
Bio | Tom Cotton is serving as the U.S. Senator for Arkansas since 2015. He graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced law before enlisting in the U.S Army. |
Status and Position | Current US Senator of Arkansas |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Republican, Arkansas |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 Senate Election Arkansas 1 | Arkansas 1 | Yes | Running | 49.0% |
Campaign Financing | Cotton has contributions from security and investment, retired, real estate, leadership PACs and lawyers and law firms. Major donors are Goldman Sachs, Stephens Inc, McNa Dental Plans, Lockheed Martin and Apollo Global Management. |
Voting Rights | Cotton has made no clear view or stance on this issue. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | Smith opposes federal run health programs. Has opposed obamacare and co-sponsored to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Has stated to be against any federal backed health care. |
| Private Healthcare | For | Has stated that he would like to replace federal run healthcare with free market. |
| LGBT Rights | Against | Smith has opposed LGBT rights. Has stated that marriage is one man and one woman. Voted to protects anti- LGBT speech as free speech and voted against the Violence Against Women Act. |
| Taxes | Against | Is in support of lowering tax rates Voted for the Tax cuts and Jobs act, against the part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act that hikes taxes and |
| Flat Tax Rate | For | Has stated that the idea of a single tax rate system would be ideal. Voted for the Tax cuts and Jobs act, against the part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act that hikes taxes and |
| Abortion | Against | Has a pro-life stance. Co-sponsored the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Act and the Pain Capable Unborn Child Act. |
| Gun Control | Against | Cotton supports the Second Amendment. Voted against the ability to Prohibit the selling of firearms to suspected terrorists, the Fix Gun Check Laws and has openly stated his disapproval of gun restriction laws. |
| Assisted Suicide | Against | Is supported by an organization called "Right To Life" which opposes abortion and euthanization. Also uses his pro-life stance in broader terms. Voted against the ability to Prohibit the selling of firearms to suspected terrorists, the Fix Gun Check Laws and has openly stated his disapproval of gun restriction laws. |
| Government Interference | Against | Given his views on gun control, health care and taxes he is opposed to government interference. |
| Planned Parenthood | Against | Has stated that he supports family planning centers that don't do abortions. Has worked to help defund planned parenthood. |
| Welfare | Nuance | Has a mixed view on this issue. Cotton voted for the Work Requirement for Welfare Programs Act but has made no other stance on this issue. |
| Welfare | Against | Cotton has stated that he is against both stem cell research and human cloning |
| Death Penalty | For | Has promoted use of death penalty. Has stated that killing a police officer should enact death penalty. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | For | Voted against the First Steps Act and voted for the stop Illegal Reentry Act, |
| Military Spending | For | Voted for use of appropriations of funds for military use. Cotton also voted against the withdrawal of troops from middle eastern area. |
| War on Terrorism | For | Cotton voted against the withdrawal of troops from middle eastern area and has supported heavy defense budget spending. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Has a militaristic view on foreign interaction. Aside from voting against withdrawal of military forces and assets from middle eastern areas, has also co-sponsored the Uyghur and Hong Kong Human Rights Acts of 2019. Also voted for Mike Pompeo. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | Though is teaming with patriotism, has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Free Markets | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. N/A |
| Brexit | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Government Spending | For | Has supported the use of government funds for military and defense use. |
| Charter Schools | For | Though has claimed to support choice for education, has made no real effort or votes to promote this. |
| Common Core | Against | Is against common core. Has openly opposed and urged many to denounce common core standards, sticking with his dislike of federal funding for public issues. |
| Clean Energy | Against | Has subtly opposed clean energy. By Signing the No Climate Tax Pledge, this relates to any tax that would promote anything to do with climate change. This could include taxes paying for renewable energy funding. |
| Religious Freedom | For | Supports religious views and opinions. Has stated that "only god knows what's right" in campaign ad about abortion. |
| Separation of Church and State | Against | By stating that God and the bible dictate his views, this means that he lets it affect policy making as well. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Border Control | For | Cotton back border security. Voted for the Secure and Succeed act, Stop Illegal Reentry Act and has stated there is "no earned path to citizenship" for illegal immigrants. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| DACA | For | By voting for the secure and succeed act, he let those who were under 18 when brought to the states earn citizenship. This came with the inability to sponsor family members. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Against | Voted for the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities act. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | For | Has stated that states should have power over legalization and not federal government. |