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Bruce Westerman

Republican · AR-4 · U.S. House

On the ballot in 2026

AR-4 — U.S. House

Safe R 99%

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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
11.7 years
First took office
2015 (6 terms)
Seniority
128 of 439 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

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.81
Healthcare
R+0.70
Immigration & Border
R+0.90
Guns
R+1.00
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.91
Environment & Energy
R+0.81
Crime & Policing
R+0.88
Defense & Veterans
R+0.66
Economy & Labor
R+0.83
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.58
Civil Rights & Social
R+0.32
Education
R+0.83
Government & Democracy
R+0.88
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+0.78

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.

Republican Party
92%
Libertarian Party
65%
Democratic Party
29%
Green Party
20%
Democratic Socialists (DSA)
16%
Communist Party USA
14%

On the political map

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

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightWesterman
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

Committees

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.

Most aligned

Glenn Grothman
R · WI-6 · House
+100%
Adrian Smith
R · NE-3 · House
+100%
Barry Loudermilk
R · GA-11 · House
+100%
Jason Smith
R · MO-8 · House
+100%
Jim Jordan
R · OH-4 · House
+100%

Least aligned

Adelita S. Grijalva
D · AZ-7 · House
−98%
Laura Friedman
D · CA-30 · House
−98%
Cleo Fields
D · LA-6 · House
−98%
Greg Casar
D · TX-35 · House
−98%
Delia C. Ramirez
D · IL-3 · House
−97%

Recent notable votes

YEA
SEED Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Education
YEA
Retire through Ownership Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Ratepayer Protection Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
Water Resources Development Act of 2026
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Retire through Ownership Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
NAY
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Crime & Policing
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 210) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 213) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education
NAY
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy

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