Jeff Wadlin

Pro-farmer platform: fair markets and predictable rules instead of crisis bailouts; strong crop insurance and a durable Farm Bill giving long-term certainty; right to repair farm equipment; confronting consolidation among seed, fertilizer, meatpacking and processing companies; SNAP nutrition safety net maintained with work expectations but no paperwork traps.

“Arkansas farmers do not need Washington creating crises and then offering bailout checks. They need fair markets, predictable rules, lower input costs, and the freedom to operate their own farms. ... Farmers should have the right to repair the equipment they own.”

jeffwadlin.com·As of August 2026

Supports unwinding Citizens United and related rulings allowing unlimited corporate/wealthy spending in elections, with transparent real-time disclosure of major political spending, anti-coordination rules, and reforms amplifying small donors. Frames both parties as choosing donors over voters.

“I also support unwinding Citizens United and related rulings that allow corporations and extremely wealthy individuals to spend unlimited amounts influencing elections. Freedom of speech must be protected, but concentrated wealth should not purchase disproportionate political access and influence. We need transparent, real-time disclosure of major political spending...”

jeffwadlin.com·As of August 2026

Supports abundant, reliable, affordable energy via an all-of-the-above strategy letting nuclear, natural gas, solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and storage compete on performance and cost; explicitly accepts that climate change is real and human activity contributes to it, especially affecting farmers, while opposing federal micromanagement of the economy; favors grid modernization, permitting speed-up, and reduced dependence on hostile governments for critical minerals.

“Climate change is real, human activity contributes to it, and it's affecting all of us, especially farmers. ... I support an all-of-the-above strategy that allows nuclear power, natural gas, solar, wind, hydroelectric power, geothermal energy, storage, efficiency, and future technologies to compete on performance and cost.”

jeffwadlin.com·As of August 2026

Fiscal discipline platform: a balanced-budget amendment with emergency provisions and multiyear transition, a statutory debt brake limiting spending growth, Fed reform toward price stability with rules-based benchmarks, and cuts beginning with the largest cost systems rather than breaking promises to current retirees.

“The federal government cannot continue borrowing trillions of dollars, inflating the currency, and leaving the bill to our children. I support a balanced-budget amendment with reasonable emergency provisions and a multiyear transition that avoids sudden, indiscriminate cuts. I also support a statutory debt brake that limits spending growth during normal years...”

jeffwadlin.com·As of August 2026

Healthcare reform combining private delivery and consumer choice with universal access: streamline fragmented systems into a regulated public-private partnership (like utilities or crop insurance) with price discipline and catastrophic-cost protection; near-term Medicaid work requirements without paperwork traps, twelve months of postpartum coverage, and rural hub-and-spoke care with expanded telehealth.

“My goal is straightforward: cover everyone, which requires cutting the total cost of healthcare roughly in half over time. ... Like regulated utilities or crop insurance, it should combine private delivery and consumer choice with universal access, clear rules, price discipline, and protection against catastrophic costs.”

jeffwadlin.com·As of August 2026

Pairs enforcement with humanity: supports effective border security, faster asylum decisions, more immigration judges, entry-exit systems and workplace verification, and removal of security risks - while insisting enforcement and cruelty are not the same thing, due process be respected, and legal immigration pathways serve employers and refugees (his in-laws are refugees from Laos; he supports Canopy NWA).

“I support effective border security, faster immigration and asylum decisions, more immigration judges, modern entry-and-exit systems, and reliable workplace verification. ... But enforcement and cruelty are not the same thing. Families should be treated humanely, due process should be respected...”

jeffwadlin.com·As of August 2026