Bruce Westerman

Republican · AR-4 · U.S. House

Bio

Bruce Eugene Westerman is an American forester and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district. Previously, he served as member and the majority leader of the Arkansas House of Representatives. He is a member of the Republican Party.

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Record of service

In office: 11.6 years
First took office: 2015 (6 terms)
Seniority: 128 of 437 by time served
Age: 58

District offices

El Dorado, AR · 501-609-9796
Hot Springs, AR · 501-609-9796
Pine Bluff, AR · 501-609-9796
Russellville, AR · 501-609-9796

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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

2019

$539k

2020

$573k

2021

$907k

2022

$727k

2023

$796k

2024

$1.0M

2025

$985k

Most recent filing (2025)

Assets: $487k – $1.5M
Liabilities: $0 – $0
Net worth: $487k – $1.5M
Since 2019: +$446k

Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 33 assets reported

Fisher IRA ⇒ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (QQQ)$100k – $250k

Discover Savings Account$50k – $100k

Fisher IRA ⇒ Vanguard FTSEEuropean ETF (VGK)$50k – $100k

Morgan Stanley IRA ⇒ iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA)$50k – $100k

Fisher IRA ⇒ iShares Global Energy ETF (IXC)$15k – $50k

Fisher IRA ⇒ iShares Global Healthcare ETF (IXJ)$15k – $50k

Fisher IRA ⇒ iShares Global Tech ETF (IXN)$15k – $50k

Fisher IRA ⇒ iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF (EUFN)$15k – $50k

Fisher IRA ⇒ iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF (EZU)$15k – $50k

Fisher IRA ⇒ iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (EWJ)$15k – $50k

Fisher IRA ⇒ iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF (IAI)$15k – $50k

Fisher IRA ⇒ iShares U.S. Financial ETF (IYF)$15k – $50k

Fisher IRA ⇒ State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLI)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley IRA ⇒ Eaton Vance Short Duration Income ETF (EVSD)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley IRA ⇒ Eaton Vance Total Return Bond ETF (EVTR)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley IRA ⇒ First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF (LMBS)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley IRA ⇒ iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley IRA ⇒ iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (IUSG)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley IRA ⇒ iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF (IUSV)$15k – $50k

Fisher IRA ⇒ Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary Index ETF (FDIS)$1k – $15k

Fisher IRA ⇒ Invesco KBW Bank ETF (KBWB)$1k – $15k

Fisher IRA ⇒ Invesco Nasdaq Internet ETF (PNQI)$1k – $15k

Fisher IRA ⇒ iShares MSCI Global Select Metals & Mining Producers Fund (PICK)$1k – $15k

Fisher IRA ⇒ iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF (EWL)$1k – $15k

Fisher IRA ⇒ iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU)$1k – $15k

Fisher IRA ⇒ Schwab Government Money Fund - Investor Shares (SNVXX)$1k – $15k

Fisher IRA ⇒ State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP)$1k – $15k

Morgan Stanley IRA ⇒ iShares Russell 2000 Growth Fund (IWO)$1k – $15k

Morgan Stanley IRA ⇒ iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF (IWN)$1k – $15k

Morgan Stanley IRA ⇒ iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF (IWS)$1k – $15k

Morgan Stanley IRA ⇒ iShares Russell Midcap Growth ETF (IWP)$1k – $15k

Fisher IRA ⇒ U.S. Brokerage Account$1 – $1k

Morgan Stanley IRA ⇒ Morgan Stanley Private Bank$1 – $1k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

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)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

Taxes & Fiscal

R+0.78

Healthcare

R+0.69

Immigration & Border

R+0.95

Guns

R+0.94

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

R+0.99

Environment & Energy

R+0.81

Crime & Policing

R+0.85

Defense & Veterans

R+0.74

Economy & Labor

R+0.82

Foreign Policy & Trade

R+0.71

Civil Rights & Social

R+0.24

Education

R+0.79

Government & Democracy

R+0.87

Judicial & Executive Nominations

R+1.00

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

Bruce Westerman's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

91%Closest

64%

28%

19%

Democratic Socialists (DSA)

15%

Communist Party USA

13%

On the political map

Bruce Westerman (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Caucuses & committees

Where Westermansits 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.

Caucuses

Republican Study Committeestrongly right · 139 members

Committees

House Committee on Natural ResourcesChaircenter · 45 members
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructurecenter · 66 members
Highways and Transit Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Water Resources and Environment

Most and least aligned members

Treating Westerman'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.