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U.S. Representative for Missouri’s 6th District

Sam Graves

Republican 13th term Not running · open seat Chair · Transportation and Infrastructure

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.8M raised · top PACs: Herzog, Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, American Concrete Pipe Association Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 3 of 50 party-line votes (6%; most Republicans: 7%)
99LoyaltyMed 98
93AttendMed 98
12BipartMed 12
3BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2001–now
25 years in CongressMore senior than 92% of the House
Committees
  • Transportation and Infrastructure Chair
  • Armed Services 6th majority
Age
62

2026 election

Not on the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

On the ballot for this seat

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date501631056743
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2171271,23549

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Health 11% 6%
Transportation and Public Works 34% 38%
Government Operations and Politics 9% 13%

StatementsBills

Words go to Transportation and Public Works, Armed Forces and National Security and Health; bills go to Transportation and Public Works and Education.

  • He talks most about: Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Water Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Rural Health Care (Health), Government Shutdown (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 16 bills sponsored, most on Transportation and Public Works.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairTransportation and Infrastructure CommitteeFull committee
MemberArmed Services Committee6th majority

Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, more senior than 92% of the House, in the majority.

  • 25 years in Congress: more senior than 92% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

14% · peer median 13%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Graves.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

14% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 13%); closest in his party: Johnson and McClain.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 13 · expected 17.5
Action in committee 7 · expected 6
Beyond committee 7 · expected 4.5
Passed House 3 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 84 of 433 in the House

1.57expected 1.16 · average member 1.00

3 of 13 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.57 against a peer median of 1.16.

  • On the move: H.R. 9497 (passed a chamber), H.R. 8870 (out of committee), H.R. 7613 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.45

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 99% of party-line votes, breaks 3 times (peer median 11).

  • Position: +0.45, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 3 of 50.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Graves$1.8M raised21%60%18%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

22% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.8M raised, 60% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 43.8 points.

115 PACs of the 212 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Transportation and Budget/Appropriations.

  1. Herzog47% D
  2. Southwest Airlines Pilots Association46% D
  3. American Concrete Pipe Association26% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

122 bills

Graves voted Yea on 72, Nay on 4, did not vote on 4, and sponsored or cosponsored 42 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.