Senate Update: GOP Picks Up Seats In Arkansas And West Virginia

HUFFPOST ALERT Tom Cotton Election Results Tom Williams via Getty Images Rep. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) defeated Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) in one of the country's most competitive Senate races Tuesday. Leading up to Nov. 4, Cotton's campaign had targeted Pryor as one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents and had worked to tie him to President Barack Obama. In response, Pryor tried to make Cotton vulnerable over his votes against the farm bill, federal disaster aid and funding pediatric research at Arkansas Children's Hospital. Cotton was first elected to Congress in 2012. Below, a liveblog of more election news: Read the whole story Follow HuffPost on Facebook and Twitter Know something we don't? Email us at breakingnews@huffingtonpost.com Unsubscribe | Forward | Manage your notification preferences 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003