Arkansas — U.S. Senate

Hallie Shoffner

Supports tax cuts for working families and raising wages

Shoffner advocates for lowering living expenses for working families by cutting taxes, raising the minimum wage, and reducing costs for groceries, housing, and childcare. She criticizes Tom Cotton for voting for tax cuts for billionaires and increasing the federal deficit.

• Proposes cutting taxes for working families while arguing Cotton cut taxes for billionaires
• Calls for raising the minimum wage and expanding workforce training
• Advocates reining in waste and balancing the federal budget to curb deficit growth

“While Tom Cotton cut taxes for billionaires, I will put money back where it belongs, in your pocket.”

Tom Cotton

Supports broad tax cuts and domestic energy production

Cotton emphasizes his votes for historic tax cuts, including eliminating federal taxes on tips and Social Security benefits. He opposes Green New Deal regulations and federal spending, asserting that boosting domestic energy lowers prices for Arkansans.

• Voted for the Working Families Tax Cut and the largest tax cut in American history
• Passed legislation eliminating federal taxes on tips and Social Security benefits
• Opposes Green New Deal regulations to lower energy and consumer prices

“Senator Cotton passed no tax on tips, no tax on social security, and stopped the radical left from raising taxes on every Arkansan.”

Hallie Shoffner

Supports strengthening ACA and protecting Medicare and Medicaid

Shoffner focuses on keeping healthcare and prescription drugs affordable. She pledges to strengthen the Affordable Care Act, protect Medicare and Medicaid, lower prescription drug prices, and address Arkansas' maternal mortality crisis.

• Pledges to strengthen the Affordable Care Act and lower prescription drug prices
• Vows to protect Medicare and Medicaid from federal funding cuts
• Advocates addressing the maternal mortality crisis and ensuring access to emergency medical care for women

“No one should have to choose between groceries and going to the doctor.”

Tom Cotton

Supports market reforms and rural hospital protections

Cotton focuses on protecting rural hospitals and lowering prescription drug costs through market competition rather than government takeovers. He led the repeal of the Obamacare individual mandate tax penalty.

• Ended the Obamacare insurance mandate penalty that fined uninsured Arkansans
• Supports rural hospital protections and lower prescription drug prices through market reforms
• Opposes government-run healthcare systems while protecting care for seniors and veterans

“Senator Cotton is responsible for ending the Obamacare Insurance Mandate that fined tens of thousands of Arkansas families for being unable to afford insurance.”

Hallie Shoffner

Supports protecting benefits and lifting tax caps on wealthy

Shoffner pledges to protect earned Social Security and Medicare benefits from spending cuts. She proposes lifting the payroll contribution cap on the ultra-wealthy to ensure solvency and expand the senior care economy.

• Proposes lifting the Social Security contribution cap on ultra-wealthy earners
• Pledges to reverse cuts and protect earned Social Security and Medicare benefits
• Advocates investing in a local care economy that allows seniors to stay close to home

“Tom Cotton voted for the biggest cuts to Social Security and Medicare while giving massive tax breaks to the wealthy.”

Tom Cotton

Supports ending taxes on Social Security benefits

Cotton highlights passing legislation that eliminates federal taxes on Social Security benefits for seniors. He pledges to protect senior care without expanding federal entitlement spending.

• Passed legislation eliminating federal taxes on Social Security benefits
• Supports protecting care for seniors and veterans in Arkansas

“Senator Cotton passed no tax on tips, no tax on social security, and stopped the radical left from raising taxes on every Arkansan.”

Hallie Shoffner

Supports agricultural diversification and regional food networks

As a sixth-generation farmer, Shoffner promotes expanding agricultural diversification, local food processing, and risk management tools in the Farm Bill. She connects local farmers to school lunch programs and food banks to fight hunger.

• Promotes agricultural diversification and local food processing to keep food dollars in Arkansas
• Advocates for Farm Bill risk management and expanded market access for family farmers
• Connects local farmers to public school meal programs, food banks, and nutrition programs

“We need to give farmers more ways to stay in business. That means expanding agricultural diversification and building regional food systems that create new markets close to home.”

Tom Cotton

Supports traditional agriculture through deregulation and tax relief

Cotton notes his upbringing on his family's cattle farm in Yell County. He supports agriculture through broad tax relief, energy deregulation, and national security protections preventing foreign acquisition of U.S. farmland.

• Emphasizes agricultural background growing up on a Yell County cattle farm
• Supports farmers through lower energy costs, tax reductions, and deregulation

“Tom Cotton was born and raised on his family’s cattle farm in Yell County, Arkansas.”

Hallie Shoffner

Supports funding first responders, community prevention, and union rights

Shoffner advocates for supporting local police and first responders with training, staffing, mental health support, and union protections. She also supports community-based crime prevention, combating human trafficking, and tackling domestic violence.

• Supports local police and first responders with training, staffing, mental health resources, and unions
• Invests in community crime prevention, anti-trafficking, and domestic violence programs
• Opposes corporate monopolies that delay repairs on emergency response vehicles

“Keeping Arkansas safe means supporting local law enforcement and first responders with the training, staffing, mental health support, and strong unions they need to do their jobs safely.”

Tom Cotton

Supports strict law enforcement and tougher criminal penalties

Cotton campaigns as a 'Back the Blue' candidate endorsed by state law enforcement organizations. He opposes soft-on-crime legislation and advocates for stricter penalties for violent offenders, repeat criminals, and drug traffickers.

• Backs law enforcement 100% and opposes efforts to defund the police
• Supports tougher penalties for violent offenders, drug traffickers, and repeat criminals
• Opposes legislation aimed at releasing violent criminals into communities

“Senator Cotton has pushed back against the Left’s soft-on-crime agenda by backing law enforcement, opposing defunding the police, and supporting tougher penalties for violent criminals, drug traffickers, and repeat offenders.”

Hallie Shoffner

Supports veteran services and domestic fiscal balance

Shoffner emphasizes supporting veterans through improved local care options and care economy investments. She advocates reining in wasteful federal spending while making targeted investments in working families.

• Supports strengthening health care access and local care economy infrastructure for veterans
• Advocates reining in federal spending waste while funding domestic working-class priorities

“In the Senate, I will fight to rein in waste, make smart investments in working people, and stop rigging the system so future generations are not stuck with the bill.”

Tom Cotton

Supports strong defense spending and countering China

Cotton highlights his combat record, Senate Intelligence Committee leadership, and Armed Services Committee post. He has secured billions in defense procurement for Arkansas facilities and leads initiatives countering Communist China.

• Secured billions in defense investments for Arkansas facilities like Pine Bluff and Fort Ebbing
• Chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee and serves on the Armed Services Committee
• Leads legislative efforts to counter Chinese espionage, technology theft, and supply chain threats

“As a former Army officer and combat veteran, Cotton has fought to strengthen the military and deliver major investments for Arkansas military installations and defense industries.”

Hallie Shoffner

Supports raising teacher pay and vocational education

Shoffner advocates for increasing wages and benefits for teachers, bus drivers, and school support staff. She prioritizes expanding technical education, apprenticeships, and community college partnerships so students graduate without debt.

• Pledges to increase pay and benefits for teachers and school support staff
• Expands workforce and technical education, apprenticeships, and community college partnerships
• Opposes policies that trap students in educational debt

“That starts with paying teachers and school support staff a wage that reflects their value.”

Tom Cotton

Supports parental rights, school choice, and merit pay

Cotton supports school choice options for parents, local control of education, and keeping Critical Race Theory out of classrooms. He supports higher teacher pay focused on rewarding quality educators.

• Supports school choice to allow parents to pick educational options for their children
• Opposes Critical Race Theory and political indoctrination in public schools
• Advocates local control and higher pay policies that reward top educators

“Senator Cotton has fought for local control of education, parental rights, and keeping radical ideology out of schools.”

Hallie Shoffner

Supports union organizing rights and collective bargaining

Shoffner strongly supports labor unions and workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively. She advocates for federal policies that favor companies respecting worker rights over those that exploit labor.

• Supports protecting workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively
• Opposes legal and political attacks on labor unions
• Favors federal policies rewarding companies that respect worker rights

“I will stand with workers to protect the right to organize, bargain collectively, and be treated with dignity.”

Tom Cotton

Supports American workers via immigration controls and manufacturing

Cotton frames his support for workers through putting American labor first in immigration and trade policy, such as the RAISE Act. He opposes union mandates that he argues restrict business growth.

• Promotes putting American workers first by restricting foreign labor competition
• Supports expanding defense manufacturing jobs across Arkansas

“Cotton authored the RAISE Act to fix our broken legal immigration system by ending chain migration and putting American workers first.”

Hallie Shoffner

Supports treatment, harm reduction, and rehab over criminalization

Shoffner approaches addiction as a public health crisis rather than a moral failure. She advocates expanding rural treatment access, affordable mental healthcare, harm-reduction overdose strategies, holding pharma accountable, and reentry programs.

• Treats addiction as a public health issue and expands rural treatment access
• Supports harm-reduction strategies to prevent fatal overdoses
• Holds pharmaceutical companies accountable and expands reentry programs for former inmates

“Addiction is not a moral failure. It is a public health crisis that has touched nearly every Arkansas family.”

Tom Cotton

Supports strict prosecution of drug traffickers and cartels

Cotton addresses addiction primarily through border enforcement, interdicting fentanyl, and imposing harsh criminal sentences on drug cartels and traffickers.

• Cracks down on drug traffickers and cartels smuggling fentanyl across the border
• Supports tougher criminal penalties for illicit drug offenses

“He has consistently voted to deport criminal illegal aliens and crack down on drug and human trafficking that harms Arkansas communities.”

Hallie Shoffner

Supports paid family leave, childcare, and maternal health

Shoffner focuses her social and family agenda on practical support for parents, including affordable childcare, paid family leave, maternal healthcare, and safe communities.

• Advocates for affordable childcare, paid family leave, and maternal healthcare
• Focuses on social safety net policies for working parents and caregivers

“Supporting mothers means affordable childcare, paid leave, quality healthcare, and safe communities where kids can grow and families can thrive.”

Tom Cotton

Opposes progressive cultural policies and youth trans surgeries

Cotton positions himself against progressive cultural initiatives, supporting state bans on gender-affirming surgeries for minors, defending traditional values, and supporting pro-life policies and religious freedom.

• Supported Arkansas' state ban on trans surgeries for minors
• Opposes Critical Race Theory and progressive cultural initiatives
• Defends traditional family values, pro-life policies, and religious freedom

“When the Arkansas legislature made Arkansas the first state to ban harmful trans surgeries on kids, Senator Cotton stood up for Arkansas against radical liberals that attacked our state.”

Tom Cotton

Supports zero illegal immigration and strict border enforcement

Cotton maintains that the acceptable level of illegal immigration is zero. He authored the RAISE Act to end chain migration, supported the Laken Riley Act to deport criminal illegals, and advocates finishing the border wall and ending catch-and-release.

• Authored the RAISE Act to end chain migration and prioritize American workers
• Supported the Laken Riley Act to require detention and deportation of criminal illegal aliens
• Advocates completing the southern border wall and ending catch-and-release policies

“His position is simple: the right amount of illegal immigration is zero, and Arkansas families should be protected from illegal immigration.”

Tom Cotton

Opposes gun control restrictions and defends Second Amendment

Cotton is a firm defender of Second Amendment rights, endorsed by the National Rifle Association (NRA). He opposes federal gun control restrictions and advocates focusing on strict prosecution of violent criminals.

• Endorsed by the National Rifle Association (NRA)
• Opposes federal gun control restrictions on law-abiding citizens
• Advocates strictly enforcing laws against violent gang offenders and criminal gun users

“The Second Amendment is a God-given right.”