Federal candidate · 2023–2024 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
Primary March 5, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (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 (58.9%)

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$3,802,050.59
Total spent$3,306,363.41
Cash on hand$1,376,352.19
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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: $1,757,301.56PACs and other committees: $1,690,250.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $350,404.98Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $4,094.05
  • Individual contributions$1,757,301.5646%
  • PACs and other committees$1,690,250.0044%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$350,404.989%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$4,094.050%

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

323 committees reported giving $1,657,806.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. 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$156,348.58
  • Independent expenditures opposing James French Hill$0.00
  • Company and union communications to members about James French Hill$3,425.76

FEC totals for the 2024 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, 2024 · 2 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
James French Hill (R)$3,802,050.59$1,376,352.192024-12-31
Marcus Jones (D)$476,872.35$3,549.662024-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RJuly 28, 2023
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RJuly 28, 2023
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJune 8, 2023
  • Elections DailySafe RJune 8, 2023
  • CNalysisSolid RNovember 16, 2023
  • Decision Desk HQSolid RJune 1, 2024

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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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