Candidate · November 3, 2026

French Hill

On the ballot for U.S. House · Arkansas's 2nd District

RepublicanIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$5.3M
cash on hand
$1.5M
issues with public statements
11
outside spending for or against
$3.2M

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Arkansas's 2nd District1,2,3,4
Party on the ballotRepublican1,2
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Arkansas's 2nd District in the U.S. House.5
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

French Hill, a ninth-generation Arkansan from Little Rock, graduated magna cum laude in economics from Vanderbilt University.6 He worked for U.S. Sen. John Tower and the Senate Banking Committee, and from 1989 to 1991 was a deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury, before President George H.W. Bush named him executive secretary of the White House Economic Policy Council.6 He was a senior executive at Regions Bank of Little Rock and in 1999 founded Delta Trust & Banking Corp., where he was chairman and chief executive.6 He has represented Arkansas's 2nd District in the U.S. House since January 2015, chairs the House Financial Services Committee, and serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.6,7

Why they say they're running

His campaign website presents him as a conservative voice for Arkansas in Congress and points to his record of keeping the promises he has made.6

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, AR-25
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, AR-25

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Taxes and Budget

Taxes on tips and overtime

His campaign website says he helped pass the Working Families Tax Cut, which ended taxes on tips and overtime pay.6

Federal income tax rates

His campaign website says he introduced legislation to cap the federal tax rate on long-term capital gains at 15%.6

Balanced budget amendment

His campaign website says he has sponsored two balanced budget amendments to the U.S. Constitution.6

  1. Add a balanced budget requirement to the Constitution
  2. No amendment; limit spending by law instead, such as with spending caps
  3. No constitutional requirement or new spending limits
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Social Security and Medicare

Income tax on Social Security benefits

His campaign website says he helped pass a new tax deduction for seniors that lowers their taxes, including on Social Security income.6

Economy, Jobs and Trade

Cryptocurrency rules

His campaign website says he helped set up the first federal framework for regulating stablecoins and wrote the Clarity Act, a framework for digital assets that passed the House.6

  1. Write separate federal rules for crypto, as the House-passed bill would, with most tokens overseen as commodities rather than securities
  2. Write separate crypto rules, but with stricter protections than the House-passed bill, such as tougher anti-money-laundering rules or ethics limits on senior officials' crypto businesses
  3. Apply the same rules that already cover stocks, banks and other financial products
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Banking and investment rules

His campaign website says he passed the INVEST Act to cut red tape and expand access to capital for small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs.6

  1. Strengthen rules and consumer protections, such as limits on overdraft fees and tougher oversight of large banks
  2. Keep current rules
  3. Ease rules on how companies raise money from investors, and let more people invest in private companies
  4. Ease rules further, including closing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Immigration

State and local role in immigration enforcement

His campaign website says he backed the Secure the Border Act and the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act.6

Immigration enforcement inside the country

His campaign website says he supported the Laken Riley Act, which requires detention of immigrants in the country illegally who are charged with property or violent crimes.6

Veterans

Veterans' disability and survivor benefits

His campaign website says he co-sponsored the Major Richard Star Act of 2025 to give combat-injured veterans both their military retirement pay and full VA disability compensation.6

  1. Let all military retirees with service-connected disabilities collect both payments in full
  2. Expand benefits for some groups, such as combat-injured retirees with under 20 years of service and surviving spouses who remarry
  3. Keep current rules, which already pay both in full to some retirees, such as those with 20 or more years of service and a disability rating of at least 50%
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Environment and Public Lands

Conservation and development on federal lands

His campaign website says he introduced the Flatside Wilderness Act, signed into law in 2019, and that this Congress added 2,200 acres of national forest to the Flatside Wilderness.6

Abortion and Reproductive Health

Abortion law

His campaign website says he opposes abortion.6

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While French Hill served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. French Hill sponsored or cosponsored 18 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

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§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.61

Raised$5,264,024
Spent$5,151,945
Cash on hand$1,488,431

Where the money came from

Individual donors$2.2M · 42%
PACs and other political committees$1.8M · 34%
Political party committees$5,500 · 0%
Transfers from the candidate's other committees$1.2M · 24%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$8,658 · 0%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $1,644,925 supporting and $1,550,229 opposing French Hill this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 22, 2026.62

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
Ready for the Fight—$1,548,849
Fairshake$1,019,964—
DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS$418,058—
Conservatives for America$100,000—
National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee$39,237—
SAVE AMERICAN FREEDOM$35,534—
American Liberty Foundation PAC$32,131—
Science Victory Fund—$1,380

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.