2020 United States Senate election in Arkansas

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2020 United States Senate election in Arkansas
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Nominee Tom Cotton Ricky Harrington Jr
Party Republican Libertarian
Incumbent U.S. senator

Tom Cotton
Republican


Template:Elections in Arkansas The 2020 United States Senate election in Arkansas will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Arkansas, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Senator Tom Cotton is running for reelection to a second term in office.

Republican primary

Cotton was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Candidates

Nominee

Libertarian Party

Nominee

  • Ricky Harrington Jr., Christian missionary and prison chaplain[2]

Withdrawn candidates

Democratic Party

Josh Mahony was the only candidate to file for the Democratic primary, however he dropped out on November 12, 2019.[3] Because he dropped out after the filing deadline, the Democratic Party of Arkansas can only nominate a replacement if the candidate dies, becomes seriously ill, leaves the state, or files for another office. Alex Gray, an Arkansas attorney who works on state election issues, believes this means the Democratic Party of Arkansas will not be able to fill the vacancy.[4] The Arkansas Democratic Party announced on November 25, 2019, that they would not be able to field a new candidate to replace Mahony. A memo from the Cotton campaign to supporters details a strategy of sitting on opposition research regarding Mahony's employment history until after the filing deadline had passed.[5]

Withdrawn

Declined

Independents

  • Dan Whitfield, progressive activist. On June 25, 2020, Whitfield's petition to run was denied for failing to gain enough signatures, an effort that was complicated by COVID-19 pandemic. Whitfield has filed an appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in an attempt to overturn this ruling. The case (20–2309) is pending judgement.[7]

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[8] Safe R August 17, 2020
Inside Elections[9] Safe R September 18, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[10] Safe R August 5, 2020
Daily Kos[11] Safe R August 31, 2020
Politico[12] Safe R September 9, 2020
RCP[13] Safe R September 17, 2020
Niskanen[14] Safe R September 15, 2020
DDHQ[15] Safe R September 16, 2020
538[16] Safe R September 18, 2020

Results

United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Tom Cotton (incumbent) {{{change}}}
Libertarian Ricky Harrington Jr {{{change}}}
Total votes 100.0%

Notes

Partisan clients

References

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External links

Official campaign websites
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