Arkansas — 2nd District

Chris Jones

Lowering costs and expanding local opportunities

Chris Jones focuses on addressing the cost of living for Arkansas families by expanding job opportunities, raising wages, and supporting small businesses. He advocates for investments in local infrastructure, high-speed internet access, and Main Street revitalization to lift every community across the district. Additionally, he highlights economic development focused on high-wage jobs and homegrown business growth.

• Focus economic development on creating high-wage jobs and boosting local small businesses
• Expand affordable, high-speed broadband internet to every home and rural business
• Invest in local business infrastructure and Main Street revitalization

“Making life more affordable for Arkansas families by addressing the cost of living.”

“We can build an economy that lifts every community.”

French Hill

Cutting taxes and fighting inflation

French Hill emphasizes tax relief, deregulation, and curbing inflation through market-driven growth and spending restraint. He helped pass the Working Families Tax Cut, introduced the Price Stability Act to target essential costs like groceries and fuel, and supported housing legislation to increase affordability. He also advocates for small business capital access, capping long-term capital gains taxes at 15 percent, and supporting digital asset innovation.

• Supported the Working Families Tax Cut to eliminate taxes on tips and overtime pay
• Introduced the Price Stability Act to lower essential expenses like groceries and gasoline
• Championed the 21st Century Housing Bill and passed the INVEST Act to expand capital for small businesses

“French has delivered real results for Arkansas families by cutting taxes and lowering costs.”

“To fight inflation and reduce everyday expenses, French introduced the Price Stability Act to lower costs on essentials like groceries and gasoline and to force the government to focus on reducing inflation.”

Chris Jones

Expanding healthcare access and lowering costs

Chris Jones treats healthcare as a fundamental requirement for thriving communities, advocating for accessible, high-quality medical care across Arkansas. His platform emphasizes comprehensive maternal health support, addiction recovery resources, affordable prescription drugs, and keeping rural hospitals open. He also supports expanding telehealth services and eldercare nursing resources.

• Expand comprehensive maternal health support and addiction recovery services
• Work to make prescription drugs more affordable and keep rural hospitals open
• Enhance resources for mental health care and nursing home eldercare

“Every family deserves the chance to thrive. Stronger schools, a full range of comprehensive maternal health support, addiction support and recovery, and food security must be part of the foundation for healthy communities.”

French Hill

Lowering premiums through market reforms

French Hill supports replacing the Affordable Care Act with market-driven reforms that lower healthcare costs while preserving coverage for pre-existing conditions. He backed the Lower Healthcare Premiums for All Americans Act and supports expanding Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and telehealth access. He also consistently votes to reauthorize funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and community health centers.

• Backed the Lower Healthcare Premiums for All Americans Act to lower insurance expenses
• Expanded Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) through tax legislation
• Supported reauthorizations for CHIP and funding for community health centers

“He also backed the Lower Healthcare Premiums for All Americans Act to reduce insurance costs and make healthcare more affordable for working families.”

Chris Jones

Investing in pre-K, trades, and teachers

Chris Jones advocates for universal preschool for all Arkansas families and targeted intervention measures to ensure students read on grade level by third grade. He emphasizes expanding technical, trade, and community college programs to train workers for high-paying jobs without crippling debt. He also supports protecting teacher salaries, classroom resources, and retirement benefits to solve teacher shortages.

• Expand high-quality preschool access to all families in Arkansas
• Support low-to-no cost community college degrees and trade school training scholarships
• Increase competitive salaries and resources to attract and retain qualified teachers

“Early childhood education, hands-on apprenticeships, and training in both technology and the trades will prepare our children and our workforce for tomorrow.”

French Hill

Promoting vocational training and local flexibility

French Hill focuses on vocational training, career apprenticeships, and local educational flexibility rather than federal mandates. He co-founded the Congressional Skilled American Workforce Caucus to promote skills training for high school graduates and mid-career workers. He also serves as Co-Chair of the HBCU Caucus, leading initiatives to direct federal support to historically Black colleges and universities.

• Co-founded the Congressional Skilled American Workforce Caucus for technical and career training
• Serves as Co-Chair of the HBCU Caucus supporting historically Black colleges and universities
• Supported the Every Student Succeeds Act to shift educational control back to states and local districts

“French serves as the Co-Chairman of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Caucus (there are three HCBUs in Greater Little Rock).”

Chris Jones

Protecting women's reproductive rights

Chris Jones supports protecting women's rights and reproductive healthcare choices as fundamental civil rights. In his public statements, he emphasizes standing up for women's rights and personal autonomy. He opposes government overreach that restricts reproductive freedom and access to healthcare.

• Pledges to protect women's rights and reproductive health choices
• Opposes legislative restrictions that infringe on personal freedom and civil rights

“My family worked this land before Arkansas was a state; my election as governor will be a history-making event that will be symbolic of much needed change and some who will protect voting rights and women’s rights.”

French Hill

Opposing abortion and protecting unborn

French Hill strongly opposes abortion and maintains a pro-life stance across his legislative record. He holds an A+ rating on the National Pro-Life Scorecard and has received endorsements from Arkansas Right to Life and anti-abortion organizations. He also emphasizes protecting religious freedom and traditional conservative family values.

• Earned an A+ rating on the National Pro-Life Scorecard
• Endorsed by Arkansas Right to Life
• Pledges to protect the unborn and defend religious liberty

“French believes in protecting the unborn.”

Chris Jones

Ensuring fiscal responsibility and steward tax dollars

Chris Jones emphasizes fiscal responsibility, stating that government should avoid running up excessive debt and burdening future generations. He commits to acting as a responsible steward of tax dollars while ensuring essential investments are made in infrastructure, healthcare, and education. He supports public-private partnerships to maximize economic efficiency.

• Committed to fiscal responsibility and avoiding unnecessary public debt
• Pledges responsible stewardship of state and federal tax dollars
• Leverage public-private partnerships to optimize public investments

“Government should never be about running up bills and creating debt. As governor, Chris Jones will be committed to being a responsible steward of our tax dollars and resources.”

French Hill

Balancing the budget and curbing waste

French Hill advocates for strictly limiting federal spending, reforming mandatory entitlement programs, and reducing national debt. He regularly awards the 'Golden Fleece Award' to highlight examples of federal bureaucratic waste. Furthermore, he has repeatedly sponsored balanced budget amendments to the U.S. Constitution to force the federal government to balance its expenditures.

• Sponsored two Balanced Budget Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
• Awards the monthly Golden Fleece Award to expose wasteful federal spending
• Calls for structural reforms to federal mandatory spending programs

“French has sponsored two balanced budget amendments to the U.S. Constitution, believing that the federal government needs to live within its means like Arkansas families do.”

Chris Jones

Supporting eldercare and senior health resources

Chris Jones addresses senior issues primarily through healthcare and eldercare support. He advocates for helping families find resources to care for aging relatives and ensuring high staffing standards and care quality in nursing homes. He also supports reducing prescription drug costs for elderly Arkansans.

• Support higher staffing and quality care standards in nursing homes
• Assist families in securing resources for eldercare
• Lower prescription medicine costs for seniors

“Arkansas has an aging population. Chris Jones plans to help families find the resources they need to care for their loved ones and to ensure high standards of care and excellent staffing at nursing homes”

French Hill

Protecting Social Security and reducing senior taxes

French Hill supports protecting Social Security benefits while implementing reforms to ensure long-term trust fund solvency. He sponsored the Social Security Fairness Act to end benefit reductions for public pensioners and supported tax deductions to lower tax burdens on Social Security income. He also authored the Ticket to Work Advertisement Act to help disabled benefit recipients rejoin the workforce.

• Sponsored the Social Security Fairness Act signed into law by President Trump
• Supported tax deductions reducing tax liability on Social Security income for seniors
• Authored the Ticket to Work Advertisement Act for disability beneficiaries

“French sponsored the Social Security Fairness Act, which ended benefit reductions for public pensioners, and the Act was signed into law by President Trump.”

Chris Jones

Promoting solar energy and clean water

Chris Jones emphasizes environmental protection alongside economic development, supporting clean water infrastructure and solar technology. He advocates for federal investments in water systems for municipal drinking, duck hunting, and field irrigation. He also supports solar energy industry expansion and environmental justice initiatives for communities near industrial facilities.

• Support growth and competitive technology in Arkansas' solar energy sector
• Invest federal infrastructure funds into clean drinking water and irrigation systems
• Advocate for environmental justice to protect residential areas from industrial impacts

“Arkansas is home to some of the most cutting-edge technology in solar energy. We need a governor that uplifts and supports this industry so that Arkansas stays competitive.”

French Hill

Expanding wilderness areas and water conservation

French Hill highlights his conservation record as an outdoorsman, authoring legislation to expand public lands in Arkansas. He introduced the Flatside Wilderness Act, signed into law by President Trump, to expand protected wilderness in Perry County and add thousands of national forest acres. He also secured funding for Corps of Engineers programs along the Little Red River.

• Authored the Flatside Wilderness Act to expand protected wilderness in Perry County
• Passed legislation adding 2,200 national forest acres to Flatside Wilderness
• Secured funding for the Army Corps of Engineers' Sustainable Rivers Program on the Little Red River

“French introduced the Flatside Wilderness Act to set aside wilderness in Perry County, to make the area more accessible to visitors, and to ensure the Flatside Wilderness remains an integral part of what makes Arkansas the 'Natural State'. President Trump signed the Flatside Wilderness Act into law on January 10, 2019.”

Chris Jones

Balancing gun safety and constitutional rights

Chris Jones supports a balanced approach to gun safety that addresses gun violence as a public health issue while respecting constitutional rights. He advocates for common-sense measures to reduce unnecessary violence and gun-related deaths. At the same time, he explicitly affirms support for the constitutional right to own firearms.

• Treat gun violence prevention as a major public health issue
• Support common-sense gun safety measures to reduce violence
• Protect the constitutional right of citizens to own guns

“Chris Jones values the need for a measured and productive discussion that addresses the issues the need to address a major public health issue and need for common sense measures to reduce unnecessary violence, while protecting the constitutional right to own guns.”

French Hill

Defending Second Amendment rights

French Hill strongly opposes new gun control restrictions and defends constitutional Second Amendment rights. He holds an A+ rating from the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) and consistently opposes federal gun restrictions.

• Defends Second Amendment rights against new gun control measures
• Earned an A+ rating from the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF)

“He defends our Second Amendment rights.”

French Hill

Strengthening border security and enforcement

French Hill advocates for rigorous border security, physical barriers, and increased customs and law enforcement resources after visiting the southern border multiple times. He supported the Secure the Border Act, the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, and the Laken Riley Act to require mandatory detention of criminal undocumented immigrants. He has also sponsored legislation targeting fentanyl trafficking and foreign cartel financing.

• Supported the Secure the Border Act and No Sanctuary for Criminals Act
• Backed the Laken Riley Act mandating detention for criminal undocumented immigrants charged with property or violent crimes
• Sponsored the Fentanyl Sanctions Act and Preventing Overdoses and Saving Lives Act 2.0

“After eight trips to the border in nine years, French knows firsthand the struggles of border security and the incursion of illicit drugs.”

French Hill

Expanding benefits and constituent casework assistance

French Hill highlights his record of veterans' advocacy, including opening the Fisher House facility at the Little Rock VA Hospital to provide free lodging for families during medical care. His district constituent team has closed 2,000 cases and recovered over $93 million in back pay and earned benefits for central Arkansas veterans. In Congress, he co-sponsored legislation expanding DoD retirement pay, combat disability coverage, and tax-free benefits.

• Championed the establishment of Fisher House on the VA Hospital campus for cost-free family lodging
• Recovered over $93 million in back pay and benefits for 2,000 central Arkansas veterans
• Co-sponsored the Major Richard Star Act of 2025 and Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2025

“French’s veterans’ team has closed 2,000 cases for central Arkansas veterans and has recovered over $93 million in back pay and earned benefits.”

Chris Jones

Protecting voting rights and fair maps

Chris Jones makes protecting democracy, expanding voter access, and promoting government transparency central to his platform. He advocates for fair redistricting maps, secure and accessible elections, and policies to reverse low voter registration and turnout rates in Arkansas. He also commits to strict veto use against any legislation that restricts voting rights.

• Promote fair electoral maps and secure, accessible elections
• Increase voter registration and turnout across Arkansas communities
• Commit to vetoing legislation that violates voting rights

“Fair maps, secure and accessible elections, a government you can trust, and leaders who listen are the guardrails that protect our voice and our future.”