Candidate · November 3, 2026
Jeff Wadlin
On the ballot for U.S. Senate · Arkansas
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $80K
- cash on hand
- $6,291
- issues with public statements
- 31
§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. Senate · Arkansas1, |
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| Party on the ballot | Libertarian1, |
| Status | Challenger |
| Also on the ballot |
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§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.
Jeff Wadlin was born in Richmond, Virginia, and lives in Bentonville, Arkansas.5 He studied aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Virginia and earned an MBA from Northwestern.5 He has worked for Caterpillar and at Capital One's headquarters, co-founded an online auto parts salvage company in Illinois, started a product development company, ran membership nationwide for Sam's Club and later started a consulting business.5 He has run for justice of the peace and city council, and in 2018 sought the Libertarian nomination for the U.S. House.5
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is running because both major parties are failing Arkansans, and that he wants to bring an independent approach focused on governing, rather than partisan conflict, to Washington.6 It says he wants to help build a country where Arkansans can live freely, work hard, raise their families and believe in the future again.5
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitejeffwadlin.com6,
7 - Facebookfacebook.com/JeffWadlinForArkansas6
- Instagraminstagram.com/jeffwadlin6
- X (Twitter)x.com/jeffwadlin6
- Threadsthreads.com/@jeffwadlin6
§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.
Economy, Jobs and Trade
His campaign website says broad tariffs should be eliminated because they raise prices on food, equipment and household goods and invite retaliation against Arkansas farm exports.8
- Lower or remove most tariffs
- Targeted tariffs on some countries or goods
- Broad tariffs on most imports
His campaign website says he supports gradual and predictable minimum wage increases.8
His campaign website says workers should be free to organize and bargain collectively without retaliation.8
His campaign website says the Federal Reserve needs clearer rules and more accountability, with price stability as its main duty and a published rules-based benchmark it must explain any major departure from.8
Housing
His campaign website says federal policy should reduce financing and infrastructure barriers to building homes while leaving zoning mainly to state and local governments.8
Health Care
His campaign website says the goal should be health coverage for everyone, reached by cutting total health care costs roughly in half over time through a public-private system that combines private delivery and consumer choice with universal access.8
His campaign website says Medicaid should enforce reasonable work requirements without paperwork traps, with employment verified automatically where possible.8
- Require work or community activity for adults who are able to work
- Keep the requirement but ease it, such as with wider exemptions or less frequent checks
- No work requirement to keep coverage
Agriculture and Rural Life
His campaign website says he supports strong crop insurance and a long-term Farm Bill, and says aid may be justified when natural disasters or federal policies cause extraordinary losses but repeated bailouts show the system is failing.8
Family and Social Policy
His campaign website says SNAP should prioritize nutritious food over soda and candy and include reasonable work, training or service expectations for able-bodied adults, without paperwork traps for veterans, people experiencing homelessness or young adults leaving foster care.8
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website says he supports a balanced budget amendment with emergency provisions and a multiyear transition, along with a law limiting spending growth in normal years.8
- Add a balanced budget requirement to the Constitution
- No amendment; limit spending by law instead, such as with spending caps
- No constitutional requirement or new spending limits
His campaign website says he supports a simpler, progressive tax system in which those with more wealth contribute more, without special-interest loopholes, and says tax cuts should be matched by spending cuts.8
Immigration
His campaign website says people who pose security risks or commit serious crimes should be removed promptly, and that people in the country illegally can reasonably be expected to be returned home politely, with certain exceptions for people brought here as children.8
His campaign website says he supports faster immigration and asylum decisions and more immigration judges.8
His campaign website says he supports reliable workplace verification and that managers of companies that employ immigrants without legal status should face fines and criminal penalties.8
Energy and Climate
His campaign website says reasonable permitting for energy projects should be sped up, and that local communities should decide which energy installations they accept.8
His campaign website says local communities should decide whether to allow data centers, and that data centers should pay the full cost of the electricity and other infrastructure they need.8
- Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
- Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
- Pause or limit new data centers
Elections and Government Reform
His campaign website says partisan gerrymandering should end, that congressional districts should keep counties and metropolitan areas together where practical, and that state districts should keep towns and neighborhoods together.8
His campaign website says he supports ranked-choice voting, that states and communities should be free to adopt it, and that Arkansas's ban on it should be reversed.8
His campaign website says he supports reasonable term limits for members of Congress and upper age limits for federal elected office, adopted through a constitutional amendment.8
His campaign website says he supports undoing Citizens United and related rulings that allow unlimited election spending, along with real-time disclosure of major political spending.8
- Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
- Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
- Keep current rules
- Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties
His campaign website says he supports the core goal of the SAVE Act that only citizens register and vote, but says any new citizenship-document requirement should be phased in with free documents, checks of existing records and time to fix errors.8
State Government
His campaign website says he supports protecting Arkansas's citizen-initiative process.8
Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties
His campaign website says FISA Section 702 should require a warrant before agencies search its records for Americans' communications.8
- Don't renew it, or replace it with much narrower authority
- Renew it, but require a warrant to search the collected records for Americans' communications
- Renew it without major changes
Guns
His campaign website says semi-automatic firearms should remain legal and rejects bans based on a gun's features.8
Crime, Policing and Prisons
His campaign website says adults should not be jailed for growing or using cannabis in private, and that adult use should be legal and regulated much like alcohol.8
- Keep recreational use against the law
- Reduce penalties for having small amounts, without legal sales
- Let each state decide, with no federal penalties where a state allows it
- Make it legal for adults to buy and use
Foreign Policy and Defense
His campaign website says he supports helping Ukraine defend its sovereignty, with clear objectives, accountability, shared costs with allies and a realistic path to peace.8
His campaign website says Iran must not get a nuclear weapon, but that diplomacy, inspections, targeted sanctions and pressure from allies should be exhausted before war.8
His campaign website says he opposes open-ended military action that Congress has not authorized and wants Congress to restore its constitutional war powers.8
His campaign website says military strength is not measured by spending, and calls for fewer unnecessary overseas bases and more capability for each defense dollar.8
Veterans
His campaign website says veterans should have more freedom to get care outside the VA when it cannot provide timely or appropriate treatment.8
Technology, Privacy and AI
His campaign website says he supports phone-free school policies but opposes broad federal app bans and age checks that require uploading an ID or face scan, and favors parental controls set up through phone carriers.8
§4Money
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, 2026.9
| Raised | $80,063 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $73,772 |
| Cash on hand | $6,291 |
Where the money came from
§5Financial 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.
Senate candidates and senators file with the Senate's own disclosure system, which asks each visitor to agree to its terms before searching, so we can't link straight to a filing. You can search for Jeff Wadlin at efdsearch.senate.gov10.