据Decision Desk HQ报道，阿肯色州参议员汤姆·棉花（共和党-阿肯色州）赢得了连任竞选，将在参议院获得第三个任期。此前许多民调预测棉花将击败他的对手、民主党人哈莉·舒夫纳。
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) won his reelection campaign in Arkansas, securing a third term in the Senate, according to Decision Desk HQ. The outcome comes after many polls predicted Cotton would overcome his opponent, Democrat Hallie Shoffner.
亨德里克斯学院的一项民调曾一度引起关注，因为它显示舒夫纳在这一深红州领先，但这位阿肯色州第六代农民未能获胜。
One poll from Hendrix College did turn some heads after it put Shoffner ahead in the deep-red state, but the sixth-generation Arkansas farmer was not able to prevail.
尽管Decision Desk HQ将这场竞选标记为对共和党“安全”的，但棉花的竞选支出远超对手数百万美元。棉花于2015年首次当选参议员，此前曾在军队服役。
Despite the race being labeled as "safe" for the Republican by Decision Desk HQ, Cotton vastly outspent his opponent by millions of dollars. Cotton was first elected to the Senate in 2015 after previously serving in the military.
他在参议院中逐步晋升，成为共和党内排名第三的人物，并担任参议院情报特别委员会主席。
He has worked his way up in the Senate to the No. 3 position among Republicans and serves as chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence.
棉花以对非法移民采取强硬立场和推动减税而闻名，并且总体上与总统保持一致。
Cotton is known for his tough stance on illegal immigration and pushing for tax cuts, and he has generally aligned himself with the president.
棉花与特朗普总统在参议员竞选期间曾因棉花反对永久实行夏令时而发生争执，特朗普一直强烈倡导永久实行夏令时。
Cotton and President Trump had a battle during the senator's time on the campaign trail due to Cotton's opposition to permanent daylight saving time, which Trump has strongly advocated for.
“没有人喜欢调整时钟，包括我自己，但国会此前多次实行永久夏令时，并在美国人每次在冬季经历极其迟到的日出后都将其废除，”棉花在社交媒体上发帖称。
“No one likes changing the clock, me included, but Congress has enacted permanent Daylight Savings Time multiple times before and repealed it each time once Americans experienced absurdly late sunrises in the winter,” Cotton posted on social media.
“阿肯色州居民不希望他们的孩子在漆黑中上学，我将永远把阿肯色州放在首位。”
“Arkansans don’t want their kids going to school in the pitch dark, and I’ll always put Arkansas first.”