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2026 results · Arkansas · Arkansas 4th District

Bruce Westerman, the Republican, wins re-election in Arkansas's 4th District

Donald Trump carried the district by 39.6 points in 2024; this year's count is a 8.7-point move toward the Democrats.

Arkansas 4th District: votes counted for each candidate
CandidateVotesShareShare of the vote
Bruce WestermanRepublican, incumbent131,31065.5%
James RussellDemocrat69,18634.5%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 3, 9:04 PM EST · 92% counted.

About 92% of the expected vote counted200,496 votesCount last changed Nov 7, 9:08 AM EST · checked Nov 7, 4:59 PM ESTSource: the official state and county counts, gathered by civicAPI

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About the seat

Arkansas's 4th District takes in all or part of 33 counties. The Republicans held it before this election. Its voters went R+39.6 for president in 2024. Its move from that vote, 8.7 points toward the Democrats, ranks 4 of 4 among the state's districts, counting from the largest move toward the Democrats.

2024 president
R+39.6
2024 House race, same lines
R+45.8
Move from 2024, rank in state
4 of 4
  1. Garland County15%
  2. Jefferson County8%
  3. Pope County8%
  4. Union County6%
  5. Miller County5%
  6. Hot Spring County4%
  7. Johnson County3%
  8. Pulaski County3%
  9. 25 more46%

Shares are of the votes counted this year. The 2024 House figure is the same district, on the same lines.

What the count shows

Added together, the 33 counties compared moved 8.6 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The counties compared cast 72% as many votes as in 2024, from 91% in Pulaski County to 63% in Polk County.

Sevier County moved most: R+61.2 for president in 2024, R+40.5 this year

The 10 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted, and at least half a percent of the state's 2024 vote. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.

CountyR+70EvenD+70Move
Sevier County3,078 votes20.7 pts → D
Yell County4,484 votes11.4 pts → D
Hempstead County4,021 votes10.8 pts → D
Calhoun County1,361 votes10.7 pts → D
Pope County16,471 votes9.6 pts → D
Lafayette County1,816 votes9.4 pts → D
Union County11,351 votes9.2 pts → D
Johnson County6,581 votes9.1 pts → D
Newton County2,859 votes8.7 pts → D
Hot Spring County8,457 votes8.6 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Garland County added 5,622 net votes for Russell against the 2024 margin, 12% of the district's change

Across the 33 counties compared, the margin moved by 48,442 votes toward Russell: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.

  1. Garland County+5,622 Russell
  2. Pope County+5,344 Russell
  3. Miller County+3,580 Russell
  4. Hot Spring County+2,745 Russell
  5. Polk County+2,510 Russell
  6. Union County+2,445 Russell
  7. Grant County+2,102 Russell
  8. Logan County+1,990 Russell

Arkansas’s ballot

All of Arkansas’s resultsThe state legislatureBallot measures

StatewideRepublicans won 4 of Arkansas's 5 statewide races and lead 1 more.

  1. U.S. SenateTom CottonR+11.9
  2. GovernorSarah Huckabee SandersR+15.3
  3. Commissioner of State LandsCole JesterR+28.2Leads
  4. Lieutenant GovernorLeslie RutledgeR+27.8
  5. Secretary of StateKim HammerR+16.3

U.S. HouseBefore the election R 4–0, now R 4–0

  1. R+34.5Crawford
  2. R+1.7Hill
  3. R+13.4Womack
  4. R+31.0Westerman

won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.

Every count on this page is the official count, from the state and its counties. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes.