# Jim Dotson

Jim Dotson is a Republican member of the Arkansas Senate for district 34.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas Senate, district 34
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f2259c7e-4c43-41c3-ae29-3aedd5b88eef

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f2259c7e-4c43-41c3-ae29-3aedd5b88eef (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Dotson reported $2,750 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## What Dotson says (AR 2025–26 session)

3 classified statements: 3 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Dotson | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 33.3% | 37.3% | 210 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 33.3% | 15.4% | 37 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

Most discussed policy areas: Commerce 100% (State Senate Republicans 4.5%); Economics and Public Finance 100% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Taxation 100% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.28 (standard error 0.01), from 86 donors and 816 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 74 bills: 72 reached committee, 35 passed one chamber, 31 passed both, 31 became law. Cosponsored 31. 47.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas Senate 60.4%; rank 25 of 31).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1102: AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR. (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HB1102/
- SR 72: REQUESTING THAT SENATOR DOTSON BE AUTHORIZED TO PURSUE THE CONSIDERATION OF SJR 13 AS A THIRD PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. (introduced, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SR72/
- HB 1976: CONCERNING VERTIPORTS; AND TO CREATE THE OPEN ACCESS TO PUBLIC-USE VERTIPORTS ACT. (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1976/
- HB 1936: AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION TO CERTAIN MUNICIPAL OFFICES. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1936/
- HB 1919: TO CREATE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ACCESS AND TRANSPARENCY ACT; AND TO REQUIRE PUBLIC ACCESS TO LEARNING MATERIALS. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1919/
- HB 1929: TO CREATE THE RECOGNIZING JUDEA AND SAMARIA ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT STATE AGENCIES FROM USING THE TERM "WEST BANK" IN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT MATERIALS. (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1929/
- SB 586: TO CREATE THE "PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTION ACT"; AND AMENDING A PORTION OF THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION AS AUTHORIZED BY ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 5, § 1. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB586/
- HB 1918: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPECIE OR LEGAL TENDER; TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF A BULLION DEPOSITORY; AND TO ALLOW FOR A PRECIOUS METALS-BACKED ELECTRONIC SYSTEM. (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1918/
- SB 572: TO CREATE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ACCESS AND TRANSPARENCY ACT; AND TO REQUIRE PUBLIC ACCESS TO LEARNING MATERIALS. (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB572/
- SB 570: TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB570/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,750 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-04-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/JimDotson_/status/2044427182844400015
- 2025-04-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimDotson_/status/1908680399754056131
- 2025-02-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimDotson_/status/1886583307174867315

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.arkansas.gov/senators/jim-dotson/
- X: https://x.com/JimDotson_
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dotsonsenate/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimdotson1/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f2259c7e-4c43-41c3-ae29-3aedd5b88eef