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U.S. Representative for Arkansas’s 4th District

Bruce Westerman

Republican 6th term Up 2026 Chair · Natural Resources

Replaced Tom Cotton in 2015

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$3.0M raised · top PACs: American Council of Engineering Companies, American Crystal Sugar Compay, American Sportfishing Association Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 9 of 50 party-line votes (18%; most Republicans: 7%)
97LoyaltyMed 98
100AttendMed 98
14BipartMed 12
12BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2015–now
11 years in CongressMore senior than 66% of the House
Committees
  • Natural Resources Chair
  • Transportation and Infrastructure 9th majority
Age
58

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date6014110467412
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1631661,23527

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 38% no bills
Public Lands and Natural Resources 8% 23%
Crime and Law Enforcement no statements 23%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Labor and Employment and Transportation and Public Works; bills go to Crime and Law Enforcement and Education.

  • He talks most about: Ecosystem Restoration (Public Lands and Natural Resources), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Water Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Tribal Land Rights (Native Americans).
  • 13 bills sponsored, most on Crime and Law Enforcement.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairNatural Resources CommitteeFull committee
MemberTransportation and Infrastructure Committee9th majority

Chair of the Natural Resources Committee, more senior than 66% of the House, in the majority.

  • 11 years in Congress: more senior than 66% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

11% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Westerman.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

11% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Johnson and Aderholt.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 9 · expected 27
Action in committee 5 · expected 7
Beyond committee 4 · expected 4
Passed House 1 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 189 of 433 in the House

0.77expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

1 of 9 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.77 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 10136 (out of committee), H.R. 9250 (out of committee), H.R. 1897 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.54

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 97% of party-line votes, breaks 12 times (peer median 7).

  • Position: +0.54, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 9 of 50, Armed Forces & National Security 2 of 38, Environmental Protection 1 of 26.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Westerman$3.0M raised31%42%25%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

33% of what he raised came from individuals; 2% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$3.0M raised, 42% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 45.8 points.

100 PACs of the 208 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Transportation.

  1. American Council of Engineering Companies40% D
  2. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% D
  3. American Sportfishing Association32% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

124 bills

Westerman voted Yea on 78, Nay on 5, and sponsored or cosponsored 41 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.