Cotton open to spot on ticket with Trump

Published May 11, 2016 3:33pm ET



Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton is not opposed to joining Donald Trump as his running mate in 2016.

Cotton was once considered a dark horse in this cycle’s GOP primary and may already have designs on running for the nation’s highest office in 2020. But in November, he told U.S. News & World Report that he plans to vote for “the nominee,” despite a deleted retweet that was critical of Trump and supportive of a third party.

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