明日之星：未来的40位40岁以下商界精英

汤姆•科顿

• 年龄：36岁

• 头衔：美国阿肯色州议员

还有谁的政治履历能比他更出色：他是哈佛（Harvard）培训出来的律师，伊拉克和阿富汗战争屡获殊荣的老兵，麦肯锡（McKinsey）的顾问，后来放弃一切回到家族奶牛场工作。这些经历也解释了为何这位保守的共和党人在进入美国众议院不到一年时间内就迅速登上美国的政治舞台，也解释了他凭什么与连任两届的现任民主党人竞争，争夺一个参议院席位。科顿获胜的机会很大。他很受媒体欢迎，也是募集资金的高手，这些特质为他赢得了机构的支持，因为右翼人士对他抱有信心。——特洛伊•纽梅尔 

Tom Cotton

• Age: 36

• Title: U.S. Congressman, Arkansas

Try to imagine a better political resume: a Harvard-trained lawyer, decorated veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and McKinsey consultant who left all that behind to go back to work on the family cattle farm. That background helps explain how this conservative Republican has rocketed onto the national political stage less than a year into his freshman term in the U.S. House — and why he's already jumped into the race for a Senate seat against a two-term incumbent Democrat. Cotton has a good chance to win. He's media-friendly and a fundraising powerhouse, traits that have earned him establishment support as he keeps the faith among right-wing activists. -Tory Newmyer