Race context
Bruce Westerman is indexed in the OppIntell public candidate file as a Republican profile for Arkansas, U.S. House, 04. Cycle year on file: 2026.
Race name on file: 2026 U.S. House - Arkansas 04.
Race status on file: discovered.
Election system on file: other.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is incumbent.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-07 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.
Other indexed profiles returned for this same field are listed below. The list is limited to the race query for this page.
James Richard Russell III (Democratic), Steven Layne O'Donnell (Democratic).
Source posture
Published claim kinds on file: 27 background claims; 2 positions claims; 33 statements claims; 26 media claims; 2 finance claims; 626 votes claims; 1 controversies claim; 835 other sourced notes claims; 2 ideology claims.
Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-10-06.
Filings and votes on file
The profile record reports 626 vote claims. Claim text for that kind was not in the rows returned for this page.
Finance claims on file: 2. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: H4AR04048.
Indexed field reading
Bruce Westerman is carried in the OppIntell public index as a Republican profile for Arkansas, U.S. House, 04. The party label, office, and state on this page are the values stored on the profile. Empty fields are left off rather than filled with a guess.
The cycle year 2026 is stored for Bruce Westerman, and the candidate status stored on the profile is Active candidate. This page uses that status label and does not invent a ballot position from it.
The race title stored for Bruce Westerman is 2026 U.S. House - Arkansas 04. The race status stored beside that title is discovered. Both are indexed fields from the profile record.
The election system value stored for this profile is other. It is shown because that value is present on the record.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is incumbent for Bruce Westerman. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.
The FEC candidate id stored for Bruce Westerman is H4AR04048.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-07 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.
The route record for Bruce Westerman reports 1781 public claims, 1781 valid citations, and 1781 primary-source references, and the latest attached source timestamp on that record is 2026-10-06. Those figures are counts from the route. Claim wording is added on this page only when a published row was returned for the profile.
Published claim kinds with a count above zero for Bruce Westerman: background (27), positions (2), statements (33), media (26), finance (2), votes (626), controversies (1), other sourced notes (835), ideology (2). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.
The same-field query for Bruce Westerman returned 2 other indexed profiles: James Richard Russell III (Democratic), Steven Layne O'Donnell (Democratic). That set is the bounded query result for this page, not a certified full ballot.
Cross-reference identifiers stored for Bruce Westerman: FEC H4AR04048; Other voteview:119:21563; GovTrack W000821; Wikidata Q16197421; Vote Smart 119120; Wikipedia Bruce Westerman; Grokipedia Bruce Westerman; Ballotpedia Bruce Westerman.
Social handles stored for Bruce Westerman: X RepWesterman (last polled 2026-06-30).
Profile questions
What office is Bruce Westerman indexed for?
Bruce Westerman is indexed for Arkansas, U.S. House, 04. The race name on file is 2026 U.S. House - Arkansas 04. The election system on file is other. The cycle year on file is 2026. The office, district, and state above are the indexed profile fields.
What party is on file for Bruce Westerman?
The party label on file for Bruce Westerman is Republican.
What is Bruce Westerman's candidate status?
Bruce Westerman is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.
Which committee or filing id is listed for Bruce Westerman?
FEC candidate id on file: H4AR04048.
How many public claims are attached to Bruce Westerman?
The route record reports 1781 public claims, 1781 valid citations, and 1781 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 27, Positions 2, Statements 33, Media 26, Finance 2, Votes 626, Controversies 1, Other Sourced Notes 835, Ideology 2. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.
Is Bruce Westerman indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is incumbent.
Who else is indexed in Bruce Westerman's race field?
Other indexed profiles returned for this field include James Richard Russell III (Democratic), Steven Layne O'Donnell (Democratic). That list is the bounded race query for this page, not a certified full ballot.