Arkansas Senate Election: AP Calls Race for Cotton, Who Wins Re-election
The Associated Press called Arkansas's U.S. Senate race on the evening of November 3 for Republican incumbent Senator Tom Cotton, who defeated Democratic challenger Hallie Shoffner to win re-election. Arkansas is in the southern United States, and its capital is Little Rock.
The AP results page showed 2,740 of the state's 2,768 precincts reporting, about 98.99%, with an estimated 99% of votes counted; Cotton had 462,132 votes to Shoffner's 364,737, followed by Libertarian Jeff Wadlin with 28,146. Counting is continuing; the figures are unofficial and final results are subject to certification by state election officials.
Cotton was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014 and took office in 2015; he is a member of the Senate Republican leadership. Shoffner, a farmer from the Little Rock area, was running for public office for the first time. With Cotton's win, Republicans continue to hold both of Arkansas's U.S. Senate seats.
(Source: Associated Press)
Source: Associated Press
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Photo: 图：位于 Little Rock 的阿肯色州议会大厦。照片：w_lemay，CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock. Photo by w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
