Is Tom Cotton pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does Tom Cotton stand on Israel?

Tom Cotton (Republican, Arkansas) has the 5th most pro-Israel record in the US Senate, with a net score of +104: 9 sponsored bills, 30 cosponsorships, and 17 aligned floor votes on the pro-Israel side, with no recorded activity on the pro-Palestine side.

Net score breakdown

Weights: sponsoring a scored bill 3 points, authoring a scored amendment 3 points, cosponsoring a scored bill 2 points, an aligned floor vote 1 point.

• Pro-Israel activity (additions): 9 sponsored bills × 3 = 27 points; 30 cosponsored bills × 2 = 60 points; 17 aligned floor votes × 1 = 17 points. Subtotal: 104 points pro-Israel.
• Net score: +104 pro-Israel (104 pro-Israel points minus 0 pro-Palestine points).

Campaign finance

2026 cycle, source: FEC, filings through 2026-06-30. Total raised: $6,233,117. Total spent: $3,752,101. Cash on hand: $9,931,885.

Pro-Israel money

Hardline pro-Israel money supporting Cotton: $1,638,393 (2018–2026, 2 PACs, 64 donors, 642 bundled).

Pro-Israel money spent AGAINST Cotton: $0. No tracked pro-Israel money spent against this member.

Where the supporting money comes from

• PAC money: $15,000 (1%, routed + independent expenditures).
• Individual donors: $554,198 (26%, 64 named individuals), of which $135,000 was routed through conduits and is counted once, under bundled.
• Bundled / earmarked: $1,204,195 (73%, 642 conduit donors).

How the buckets add up to $1,638,393: PAC money $15,000, plus named individual donors $554,198, minus $135,000 routed through conduits by 35 of those donors (counted once under bundled), plus bundled / earmarked $1,204,195, equals $1,638,393 hardline pro-Israel money supporting Cotton.

Full committee and donor lists: Israel/Palestine campaign finance.

Scoring and classification: VoteLog methodology.