2026 forecast · Arkansas 4th

Bruce Westerman is all but certain to win Arkansas's 4th District.

James Russell III vs Bruce Westerman. The model has Westerman ahead by 26.8 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe RModel R +26.8Updated October 22, 2026
James Russell III
Democrat
36.6%
90,461 projected votes
Bruce Westerman
Republican
63.4%
156,725 projected votes
100%Westerman
0%III
Westerman all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Westerman wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe R100% chance for Westerman
Model marginR +26.8No polls in the race
80 percent rangeR +17.4 to R +35.82,000 simulations
Projected votes247,186Westerman 63.4%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Arkansas districts

4 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

James Russell IIIDemocrat · 0% to win
36.6%
Bruce WestermanRepublican · 100% to win
63.4%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

247,186 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Bruce Westerman R156,72563.4%
James Russell III D90,46136.6%
Total247,186100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%0% III100% Westerman16 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

The Arkansas governor polling average
30%35%40%45%50%55%Aug 18Aug 25Sep 1Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29Oct 6Oct 1332.8Love50.4Sanders
The line is the On Point average: a robust LOWESS fit through the polls, weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade, refit three times so outliers count for lessDot size is each poll's weight todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
Talk Business & Politics / Hendrix CollegeOct 13 · 709 LV · NR90%Sanders +19.0
J.L. Partners (R)Aug 18 · 803 LV · B+6.5%Sanders +5.0
Talk Business & Politics / Hendrix CollegeAug 12 · 1,217 LV · NR3.4%Sanders +5.0

This is the same On Point polling average as the full average page. The forecast reads the polls through its own Election Day projection, shown as the On Point average in the table below, and blends it with partisan lean and fundamentals.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageNo polls

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Westerman +26.8
Chance of winning
James Russell III0%
Bruce Westerman100%
Simulated vote
James Russell III36.6%
Bruce Westerman63.4%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +40.0
FundamentalsR +26.8
With pollsR +30.8
Early vote turnoutD +4.0
With early voteR +26.8

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Arkansas, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +48R +48Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +40.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +26.8With pollsno pollsR +30.8With early voteturnout so farR +26.8
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.