– Six years after being elected in an expensive and heated race, Republican Sen. Tom Cotton is on the ballot again and he's campaigning hard — just not in Arkansas.
Cotton insists his focus has been on helping fellow Republicans and the president, not on any future plans.
“The campaigning I've been doing this year across the country is laying the groundwork for a Republican majority in the Senate and hopefully the president's reelection," Cotton said.
Cotton has also lent his support to a proposal going before Arkansas voters that would impose new restrictions on ballot initiatives.
While he's a Trump loyalist, Cotton and Trump have split on some issues, including saying he would have urged the public to wear masks earlier in the coronavirus pandemic.