- Cotton been been informing donors, supporters and senior Republicans over the few days about his plans, two people familiar with his deliberations told Politico.
- Cotton is saying a national campaign would take him away too much from his two young sons, a 5- and 7-year-old boys.
- He has spent much of the past two years campaigning across the country for Republican midterm candidates, and took trips to first-in-the-nation balloting states Iowa and New Hampshire.
