Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

J. French Hill

Official portrait of J. French Hill
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Arkansas’s 2nd district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Little Rock, AR
Born
1956
In Congress
House since 2015 · 11 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
HILL, JAMES FRENCH
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Arkansas with the current district highlighted

Arkansas, District 2

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Arkansas District 2IncumbentWon the general election (55.4%)

FEC candidate ID H4AR02141 · Principal campaign committee: FRENCH HILL FOR ARKANSAS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Arkansas District 2$5,264,024.47General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Arkansas District 2$3,802,050.59Won the general election (58.9%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Arkansas District 2$3,396,282.37Won the general election (60%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Arkansas District 2$3,423,234.37Won the general election (55.4%)
Total raised$3,423,234.37
Total spent$3,059,235.64
Cash on hand$410,779.36
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,700,705.98PACs and other committees: $1,531,281.60Party committees: $8,400.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $144,152.08Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $38,694.71
  • Individual contributions$1,700,705.9850%
  • PACs and other committees$1,531,281.6045%
  • Party committees$8,400.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$144,152.084%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$38,694.711%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

380 committees reported giving $1,521,517.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting James French Hill$164,953.47
  • Independent expenditures opposing James French Hill$2,488,114.37
  • Company and union communications to members about James French Hill$23,895.90

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Arkansas U.S. House, District 2, 2020 · 2 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
James French Hill (R)$3,423,234.37$410,779.362020-12-31
Joyce Ann Senator Elliott (D)$3,543,886.52$3,729.852020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean RNovember 2, 2020
  • PoliticoLean RNovember 2, 2020
  • RCPLean RNovember 2, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Change ResearchOctober 29 – November 2, 2020586 (LV)± 4.5%French Hill 48% · Joyce Elliott 48%
ALG Research (D)October 16–21, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%French Hill 47% · Joyce Elliott 47%
Hendrix CollegeOctober 11–13, 2020644 (LV)± 4.9%French Hill 46% · Joyce Elliott 46%
ALG Research (D)September 27–29, 2020511 (LV)± 4.4%French Hill 48% · Joyce Elliott 48%
Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies (D)September 10–16, 2020605 (LV)–French Hill 46% · Joyce Elliott 48%
ALG Research (D)September 9–13, 2020511 (LV)–French Hill 50% · Joyce Elliott 46%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: FRENCH HILL FOR ARKANSAS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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