Home Arkansas Blog Should Tom Cotton be farther ahead in polls? Should Tom Cotton be farther ahead in polls? By Lindsey Millar On November 2, 20141:56 pm Is Tom Cotton running behind where a generic Republican should be against Mark Pryor in 2014? Jay Barth answers. Previously: Everyone keeps saying that this is the election that will finally determine whether Arkansas has joined the South in going full Republican. Are we over-reading one election?Advertisement