2026 elections · Arkansas

Arkansas U.S. House, district 2

General election Nov. 3, 2026. 2 candidates listed, alphabetically by last name.

Rating: Likely R (Cook: Solid R; Sabato: Likely R; Inside Elections: Solid R; DDHQ: Likely R; The Economist: Solid R; silver: Likely R). Ratings are each forecaster’s own judgment.

Ballot list from the state's own certified list of candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election; not yet checked against the state’s own list.

The field

Republican Incumbent

J. French Hill

Raised
$5,011,741
From individuals
$2,040,636
From PACs and other committees
$1,707,367
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$0
Cash on hand
$1,652,497
Debts
$0

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $1,438,022 to support and $1,037,632 to oppose.

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 13, 2026.

PAC and committee money

307 committees reported giving $1,579,183 in all.

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Tracked networks
  • Tech, AI and cryptoPAC checks $1K · spent to help $418K
  • Companies controlled from outside the U.S.PAC checks $20K
  • Defense contractorsPAC checks $18K

Which committees belong to each network is Network groupings matched to FEC committee IDs. Amounts are from FEC files. Bundled (earmarked) money is not counted here.

Democrat

Chris Jones

Raised
$1,765,803
From individuals
$1,701,524
From PACs and other committees
$45,750
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$0
Cash on hand
$280,894
Debts
$0

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $11,928 to support and $1,031,317 to oppose.

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 13, 2026.

PAC and committee money

9 committees reported giving $35,000 in all.

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Money in this race (FEC)
J. French HillRepublican$5,011,741$1,652,497$1,438,022$1,037,632
Chris JonesDemocrat$1,765,803$280,894$11,928$1,031,317

Raised and cash on hand are the campaign’s own totals; outside spending is by groups the campaign does not control. They are separate measures and are not added together.

Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2026 cycle: candidate summaries (weball26), committee-to-candidate contributions (pas226) and independent expenditures, downloaded Oct. 16, 2026.

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