French Hill

French Hill's Arkansas family roots reach back nine generations, and his interests include the outdoors, Scouting, historic preservation and the arts.¹ He and his wife, Martha, have a daughter and a son and live in Little Rock.¹ He studied economics at Vanderbilt before building a career in investments and banking.¹

His early public service included work for Senator John Tower and the Senate Banking Committee.¹ In President George H.W. Bush's administration, he served at the Treasury Department and then as executive secretary of the president's Economic Policy Council.¹ He later founded Delta Trust & Banking Corporation and led it until its 2014 sale.¹

Hill entered Congress in January 2015 and now chairs the House Financial Services Committee.¹ He previously chaired its subcommittee overseeing digital assets and financial technology.¹ His local civic work has included leadership in the Little Rock Rotary Club and regional chamber of commerce.¹

On healthcare, Hill favors competition, medical innovation, malpractice reform and health savings accounts, and supports community health centers.² He backed the 2025 Republican tax law and argues that its standard deduction and child tax credit provisions benefit Arkansas families.³ He faces Democrat Chris Jones, a former gubernatorial nominee emphasizing affordability and a different direction for federal spending.³