John Boozman
Republican · AR · U.S. Senate
Bio
John Nichols Boozman is an American politician and former optometrist serving as the senior United States senator from Arkansas, a seat he has held since 2011. From 2001 to 2011, he served as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, Boozman has been the dean of Arkansas's congressional delegation since 2013.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 24.7 years
- Chambers
- House 9.1y, Senate 15.6y
- First took office
- 2001 (8 terms)
- Seniority
- 19 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 75
- Senate class
- 3 · senior senator
- El Dorado, AR · 870-863-4641
- Fort Smith, AR · 479-573-0189
- Jonesboro, AR · 870-268-6925
- Little Rock, AR · 501-372-7153
- Lowell, AR · 479-725-0400
- Mountain Home, AR · 870-424-0129
- Stuttgart, AR · 870-672-6941
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $2.2M – $5.8M
- Liabilities
- $450k – $1.0M
- Net worth
- $1.2M – $5.3M
- Since 2023
- +$587k
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
John Boozman's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
John Boozman (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Boozmansits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Committees
- Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europecenter · 9 members
- Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade (Ex Officio)Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology (Ex Officio)Rural Development, Energy, and Credit (Ex Officio)Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research (Ex Officio)Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety (Ex Officio)
- Senate Committee on Appropriationscenter · 29 membersFinancial Services and General GovernmentDepartments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related AgenciesMilitary Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (Chairman)State, Foreign Operations, and Related ProgramsTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related AgenciesDepartment of Defense
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Workscenter · 19 members
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administrationcenter · 17 members
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairscenter · 19 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Boozman's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
Senate Republicans' farm bill fails over SNAP stalemateSenate Agriculture Committee Democrats rejected a GOP-led farm bill Thursday in a vote that highlights deep partisan divisions over nutrition aid cuts and leaves Congress without a clear path toward reauthorizing the long-overdue bill. Chair John Boozman rec…
Biztoc.com · August 6, 2026
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Raw Story · July 31, 2026
'Unconscionable': Outrage as GOP Farm Bill Omits Plan to Delay Looming Food Aid DisasterSenate Republicans unveiled annual farm legislation this week that would do nothing to address the worsening nationwide hunger crisis spurred by President Donald Trump and the GOP's unprecedented assault on federal food aid.The draft bill introduced Tuesday b…
Common Dreams · June 24, 2026
Recent Report Shows That Sen. John Boozman Sold Up to $310K Worth of iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF StockAn official report on June 16, 2026 reveals Senator John Boozman's recent sale of iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEI) stock, valued between $64,015 and $310,000. The transaction took place on May 13, 2026, as per the June filing. At this time, iSh…
Biztoc.com · June 17, 2026
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