Jeff Wadlin (L) – Arkansas Senate 2026

About

Jeff Wadlin is the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in Arkansas in 2026. His campaign biography describes him as a Bentonville-based businessman who studied aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Virginia, earned an MBA from Northwestern University, worked at Caterpillar and Capital One, and led nationwide membership at Sam's Club before starting a consulting business.

Biography sources 6

Positions on Key Issues

Positions of Jeff Wadlin on key issues
Issue	Stance	Sources
Economy	Wadlin says his economic priorities are affordability, competition, and broad-based prosperity. He proposes eliminating broad tariffs that raise consumer and farm-input costs; stronger antitrust enforcement against monopoly power and concentrated industries; more housing supply and reduced financing and infrastructure barriers; lower taxes on labor, predictable minimum-wage increases, and easier paths into skilled careers; and balanced-budget and debt-brake measures to address deficits while protecting current retirees. In a July 2026 interview, he also linked the Iran war to government deficits and debt.	Issues - Jeff Wadlin For U.S. Senate Arkansas' U.S. Senate candidates on the issues - KHBS
Healthcare	Jeff Wadlin says healthcare should cover everyone while cutting total costs roughly in half over time. He proposes a regulated public-private partnership combining private delivery and consumer choice with universal access, price discipline, and protection against catastrophic costs; in the nearer term, he supports Medicaid eligibility enforcement and reasonable work requirements without paperwork traps, 12 months of postpartum coverage, and expanded telehealth and hub-and-spoke care for rural Arkansas.	Issues – Jeff Wadlin For U.S. Senate Former Sam’s Club exec, Libertarian Jeff Wadlin, seeks to replace Cotton
Climate/Energy	Wadlin says climate change is real, human activity contributes to it, and its effects are felt by Arkansans, particularly farmers. He supports an all-of-the-above energy strategy—including nuclear, natural gas, solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, storage, and efficiency—along with grid modernization and faster reasonable permitting; he opposes using climate policy to micromanage the economy or favor particular technologies.	Issues - Jeff Wadlin for U.S. Senate
Abortion & Reproductive Health	Jeff Wadlin says he is not focused on abortion and other culture-war issues, views abortion policy as primarily a state concern after the Supreme Court’s decision, and believes a U.S. senator is unlikely to have much impact on it. His public comments do not substantiate a specific position opposing abortion bans or endorsing a particular federal abortion policy.	Issues - Jeff Wadlin For U.S. Senate Former Sam’s Club exec, Libertarian Jeff Wadlin, seeks to replace Cotton
Education	Jeff Wadlin says schools should remain focused on education rather than culture-war disputes. He also supports reducing education costs to expand access and opportunity for Arkansans, consistent with his broader affordability focus.	Issues - Jeff Wadlin For U.S. Senate Arkansas U.S. Senate candidates on the issues - KHBS
Local Issues	Jeff Wadlin emphasizes solving Arkansas problems through local control and pragmatic, community-focused policy. His platform supports directing government and resources closer to residents while addressing local priorities including affordable housing, rural healthcare, agriculture, infrastructure, energy costs, and opportunities for working families.	Issues - Jeff Wadlin For U.S. Senate Jeff Wadlin campaign website Libertarian Party - Jeff Wadlin candidate page
Firearms & Second Amendment	Wadlin says gun ownership and carrying firearms are human rights, and his campaign frames this position as part of its commitment to personal liberty and constitutional government.	Issues - Jeff Wadlin for U.S. Senate
Foreign Policy	Wadlin supports peaceful relations and opposes wars of aggression and foreign entanglements, which he says cost lives, add to debt, and increase energy and supply costs. He also opposes broad tariffs, arguing that they raise consumer prices and invite retaliation against U.S. exports.	Issues - Jeff Wadlin for U.S. Senate
Immigration	Wadlin supports border security, quicker immigration and asylum decisions, more immigration judges, modern entry-and-exit systems, and workplace verification. He supports due process and humane treatment, limited exceptions for people brought to the United States as children, and accountability for employers that hire undocumented workers.	Issues - Jeff Wadlin for U.S. Senate
Civil Rights & Equality	Wadlin’s campaign frames civil rights and equality through personal freedom and individual rights: it says government should protect individual rights, enforce fair rules, and otherwise leave families and communities room to live their own lives. He also says candidates should stop using culture-war issues to divide people, but the campaign page does not specify positions on particular civil-rights protections or discrimination laws.	Issues \| Jeff Wadlin For U.S. Senate Former Sam’s Club exec, Libertarian Jeff Wadlin, seeks to replace Cotton
Election Policy	Jeff Wadlin supports fair districting, easier ballot access for independent and third-party candidates, protection of Arkansas’s citizen-initiative process, and stronger open-records and political-spending disclosure rules. He supports allowing ranked-choice voting, reasonable congressional term and upper-age limits through constitutional amendment, unwinding Citizens United-related rules, accepting lawful election results, and protecting peaceful transfers of power; he opposes political gerrymandering, government censorship, and political retaliation.	Democracy and Constitutional Government \| Local Candidates Issues \| Jeff Wadlin For U.S. Senate

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Economy

Wadlin says his economic priorities are affordability, competition, and broad-based prosperity. He proposes eliminating broad tariffs that raise consumer and farm-input costs; stronger antitrust enforcement against monopoly power and concentrated industries; more housing supply and reduced financing and infrastructure barriers; lower taxes on labor, predictable minimum-wage increases, and easier paths into skilled careers; and balanced-budget and debt-brake measures to address deficits while protecting current retirees. In a July 2026 interview, he also linked the Iran war to government deficits and debt.

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Issues - Jeff Wadlin For U.S. Senate

Arkansas' U.S. Senate candidates on the issues - KHBS

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Background

Career History

Founder 2022 – Present

Wadlin Consulting

Consulting business focused on membership strategies and marketing. Founded after leaving Sam's Club in 2022.

Membership leader 2015 – 2022

Sam's Club

Campaign biography says he ran Membership nationwide at Sam’s Club in Bentonville.

Strategy roles

Capital One

Worked at Capital One's headquarters in Virginia.

Engineer

Caterpillar

Worked for Caterpillar after graduating from the University of Virginia.

Co-Founder

Online salvage auto parts company (co-founded)

Co-founded a company in Illinois that became the largest online salvage yard for auto parts in the country.

Education

University of Virginia Bachelor's degree in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Northwestern University MBA

Top Donors

Federal Election Commission records show Wadlin's campaign reported $28,778 in total receipts through June 30, 2026. Of that amount, $21,029 came from the candidate and $7,749 from individual contributions; the campaign reported $20,309.37 in spending and $8,468.63 cash on hand.

Sources

WADLIN, JEFFREY FRANCIS — Candidate overview Jeff Wadlin For U.S. Senate United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2026

Voting Record

Wadlin is a non-legislator and has no public legislative voting record. His campaign biography says he previously ran for Justice of the Peace, City Council, and the Libertarian nomination for U.S. House in 2018, without winning those races; the biography also describes his governing philosophy as limiting government intervention unless someone is harming another person physically or financially.

Sources

View full voting record U.S. Senate candidates making their cases to Arkansas voters Jeff Wadlin

About this research

Data compiled from public sources and analyzed using AI. Last updated October 5, 2026. Visit candidate websites for the most current information.