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Arkansas District 2 · U.S. House · 2026

Seat U.S. House, Arkansas District 2

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U.S. House, Arkansas District 2 · Incumbent running
DEMNominee
Chris Jones
19%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
REPNominee
French Hill incumbent
81%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
IncumbentFrench Hill

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026
81% French Hill · RepublicanChance to win, between the two named candidates
REP French Hill 81%
DEM Chris Jones 19%
  • Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Latest poll Hill 52.0% · Jones 48.0% Emerson College / Poll Vault · 2026-10-14
Seat lean (Hume PVI) R+9 as of cycle 2020
Prior result, this seat REP 58.9% 2024 general · margin 17.9%

Side by side

2 candidates · 5 measures
FEC summary through 2026-10-14
MeasureDEMJonesREPHill
Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees
Chris Jones$1,959,018.06
French Hill$5,264,024.47
Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date
Chris Jones$1,684,839.35
French Hill$5,151,945.46
Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period
Chris Jones$274,178.71
French Hill$1,488,431.20
Latest pollpercent, as stored
Chris Jones48.0%Emerson College · 2026-10-14
French Hill52.0%Emerson College · 2026-10-14
Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate
Chris JonesR+9seat-level
French HillR+9seat-level
Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

2 listed · newest first
Newest field end 2026-10-14
Pollster / sponsorField datesSampleJonesHillOthers
Emerson College2026-10-12 to 2026-10-14LV · n=38348.0%52.0%none
Hendrix College2026-08-12 to 2026-08-13LV · n=1,11248.0%44.0%none
Polling data CC BY 4.0 (FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub).

    Seat lean · Hume PVI

    as of cycle 2020
    R+9
    Lean (D minus R, points)
    -9.059

    Hume PVI is Hidden Levers' own two-party presidential-lean index for the district, computed on the district's current lines, not the Cook PVI.

    Prior result, this seat

    election returns

    2024 general

    CandidatePartyVotes% of total
    French HillREP180,50958.93%
    Marcus A. JonesDEM125,77741.07%

    Total votes 306,286 · winning margin 17.87% of total (margin computed here from the cited vote counts)

    Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Polls: FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub (CC BY 4.0) · Prior result: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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