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Arkansas’s 4th District

U.S. House · AR-4

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of November 2, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 34.3 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 67.1%

    Bruce Westerman, incumbent

  • Democrat 32.9%

    James Russell

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

Orbit, our experimental model, picks the same favourite as our main forecast: the Republican, with a > 99% chance (> 99% according to Harfang des neiges).

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesRepublican> 99%
OrbitRepublican> 99%
50/50 blendRepublican> 99%

Figures as of November 2, 2026. The blend averages the two chances; in replays of the 2018 and 2022 Quebec elections, it beat our main forecast on its own.

Every race according to Orbit

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
AR-4 67.1%32.9%
National averageUnited States 43.9%+23.3 54.9%−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 34.3 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-2Democrat55%5.7-point gap
  2. VA-1Republican55%5.7-point gap
  3. MI-4Republican56%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated