Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Bruce Westerman

Official portrait of Bruce Westerman
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Arkansas’s 4th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Hot Springs, AR
Born
1967
In Congress
House since 2015 · 11 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
WESTERMAN, BRUCE
Next election
Primary March 3, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Arkansas with the current district highlighted

Arkansas, District 4

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

RepublicanU.S. House · Arkansas District 4IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4AR04048 · Principal campaign committee: WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Arkansas District 4$2,975,232.54General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Arkansas District 4$2,736,566.95Won the general election (72.9%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Arkansas District 4$1,944,291.45General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Arkansas District 4$1,428,508.39Won the general election (69.7%)
Total raised$2,975,232.54
Total spent$1,506,970.43
Cash on hand$4,501,822.51
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, 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: $975,573.25PACs and other committees: $1,259,300.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $590,084.51Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $150,274.78
  • Individual contributions$975,573.2533%
  • PACs and other committees$1,259,300.0042%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$590,084.5120%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$150,274.785%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$48,272.773%
  • Contributions over $200$1,396,231.5297%
  • Itemized from inside Arkansas$392,645.0028%
  • Itemized from other states$1,012,604.3772%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Texas $351,635.09 · California $106,124.99 · Oklahoma $66,050.00 · Florida $64,803.00 · District of Columbia $54,300.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$4.8M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $436,529.55APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $163,102.26JULY QUARTERLY: raised $540,936.67JULY QUARTERLY: spent $92,783.72OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $417,754.15OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $138,713.65YEAR-END: raised $345,240.55YEAR-END: spent $264,827.29PRE-PRIMARY: raised $107,969.37PRE-PRIMARY: spent $39,892.62APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $349,437.73APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $74,138.22JULY QUARTERLY: raised $365,105.34JULY QUARTERLY: spent $154,629.44OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $396,131.17OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $286,954.912025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea520
Voted nay151
Did not vote3 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored14
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored103

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10906 To strengthen American wood, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Oct 22, 2026 · Latest action Oct 22, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Gover…
  • H.Res. 1623 Expressing support for the recognition of October 2026, as "National Dyslexia Awareness Month".
    Introduced Oct 9, 2026 · Latest action Oct 9, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 10136 Crossett Experimental Forest Act of 2026
    Introduced Aug 20, 2026 · Latest action Sep 15, 2026: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
  • H.R. 9250 Great American Outdoors Act 250
    Introduced Jun 10, 2026 · Latest action Jun 24, 2026: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  • H.R. 8840 Fair Care Act of 2026
    Introduced May 14, 2026 · Latest action May 14, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Workforce, the Judiciary, Oversight and …
  • H.Res. 1173 Expressing support for the designation of April 2026 as "Second Chance Month".
    Introduced Apr 14, 2026 · Latest action Apr 14, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 7081 Sara’s Law and the Preventing Unfair Sentencing Act of 2026
    Introduced Jan 14, 2026 · Latest action Jan 14, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.Res. 821 Expressing support for the recognition of October 2025 as "National Dyslexia Awareness Month".
    Introduced Oct 17, 2025 · Latest action Oct 17, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 4776 SPEED Act
    Introduced Jul 25, 2025 · Latest action Dec 18, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  • H.Res. 289 Expressing support for the designation of April 2025 as "Second Chance Month".
    Introduced Apr 1, 2025 · Latest action Apr 1, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

275 committees reported giving $1,159,919.00 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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The race

Arkansas U.S. House, District 4, 2026 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Bruce Westerman (R)$2,975,232.54$4,501,822.512026-10-14
James Richard Russell III (D)$21,553.80$4,545.602026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RApril 10, 2025
  • The EconomistSafe RMay 6, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas (retrieved October 22, 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: WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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