Evidently, this is the only strategy Tom Cotton needed to win in Arkansas

Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., soundly defeated his Democratic opponent, incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., adding a second Senate pickup for the GOP tonight.

Cotton, who will be the youngest U.S. senator at just 37-years-old, ran an extraordinarily aggressive campaign against Pryor, placing an extreme emphasis on tying the Democratic incumbent to President Obama, who polls very poorly in the Natural State.