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Arkansas’s 4th District

U.S. House · AR-4

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 35.1 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 67.5%

    Bruce Westerman, incumbent

  • Democrat 32.5%

    James Russell

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
AR-4 67.5%32.5%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+23.3 54.5%−22.0

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over4.2% (± 0.2)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Bruce Westerman · Republican

Primary results

Held March 3, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary James Russell 53.0% 13,092 votes
Republican primary Bruce Westerman 0.0%

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Bruce Westerman

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    James Russell

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 45.8 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 35.1 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • AR-2 Republican, toss-up
  • AR-3 Republican, safe seat
  • AR-1 Republican, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated