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John Boozman
RepublicanSenator · ARChairman, Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryEx Officio, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry subcommittee on Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and TradeEx Officio, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and BiotechnologyEx Officio, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and ResearchEx Officio, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food SafetyEx Officio, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and CreditChairman, Appropriations subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related AgenciesCurrent term began Jan 2023Files under a joint account
Rules and Administration
Veterans' Affairs
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
2.5 points behind the S&P 500
Copying Boozman's 93 purchases from the day each became public: +4.8%. The S&P over the same days: +7.3%.
Buys only, each purchase counted equally, not what Boozman earned. 18 of the 48 members with five or more priced purchases are ahead of the index. Boozman is not one of them. The typical member trails it by 2.8 points.
- Disclosed trades
- 192
- 96 purchases · 96 sales · made public since January 2026
- Disclosed volume
- $1.9M
- midpoints of the reported ranges, not what Boozman owns
- Made public
- 26 days
- Half of Boozman's trades were made public within 26 days; Congress overall 28; the law allows 45.
- On time
- 81%
- 79% across Congress
John Boozman is Arkansas's senior United States senator and a former optometrist who co-founded a private clinic
John Boozman was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and raised in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He attended the University of Arkansas and graduated from the Southern College of Optometry. He co-founded a private optometry clinic in 1977 and volunteered as an optometrist for low-income families. He served in the House from 2001 to 2011 and has represented Arkansas in the Senate since 2011.
Boozman's optometry practice gives him a professional background in eye care and health services. His committee work covers agriculture, nutrition, forestry, public spending, infrastructure and veterans' affairs.
former optometrist · clinic co-founder
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What the filings show
John Boozman, Arkansas Republican senator, discloses frequent buying and selling spread widely across joint accounts
Boozman's disclosures show frequent purchases and sales of individual stocks, with activity spread widely across holdings. Funds account for most disclosed volume, and Treasury bond funds feature prominently among the leading securities. The trades are filed under joint ownership, with no options disclosed.
What to watch
- Treasury bond funds feature prominently among the leading securities despite frequent trading in individual stocks.
- Joint ownership covers the disclosed activity, leaving the filings unable to establish who directed each trade.
- Filings generally arrive on time, though some miss the deadline; check the trade date before treating a disclosure as fresh.
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Filings that stood out
this member's highest Signal Scores · of 100, how much a filing stands out, not a rating · sorted by score, never by price move
Public information from STOCK Act filings. Amounts are reported in ranges and shown as midpoints, filings arrive after the trades, and no personal profit or loss is disclosed. Not financial advice.