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U.S. Representative for Missouri’s 1st District

Wesley Bell

Democrat 1st term Not yet called

Replaced Cori Bush in 2025

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 5, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$4.0M raised · top PACs: American Israel Public Affairs Committee, International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Ameren Breaks with Democrats most onEducation: broke on 2 of 11 party-line votes (18%; most Democrats: 0%)
98LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
11BipartMed 12
10BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Oversight and Government Reform 15th minority
  • Foreign Affairs 25th minority
  • Armed Services 26th minority
Age
52

2026 election

Election held Nov 3 · Not yet called

On the Nov 3 ballot

  • RPaul Berry III

    No background confirmed yet

    No FEC filing

  • LTom Schmitz

    No background confirmed yet

    No FEC filing

See the full race

Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 6, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date9335053967410

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 →
Armed Forces and National Security 25% 15%
Government Operations and Politics 22% 15%
Emergency Management 10% 12%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Government Operations and Politics and Emergency Management; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and Crime and Law Enforcement.

  • He talks most about: Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Disaster Response (Emergency Management), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment).
  • 34 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberOversight and Government Reform Committee15th minority
MemberForeign Affairs Committee25th minority
MemberArmed Services Committee26th minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 3% of the House, in the minority.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 3% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

15% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

15% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in his party: Norton and Hernández Rivera.

  • 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 26 · expected 19
Action in committee 6 · expected 5
Beyond committee 2 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 265 of 433 in the House

0.48expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

0 of 26 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.48 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • On the move: H.R. 5254 (out of committee), H.R. 5543 (out of committee).
  • 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 −0.46

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: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 98% of party-line votes, breaks 10 times (peer median 10).

  • Position: −0.46, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Education 2 of 11, Finance and Financial Sector 2 of 13, International Affairs 2 of 14.

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

Bell$4.0M raised78%18%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

80% of what he raised came from individuals; 2% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$4.0M raised, 18% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 57.6 points.

66 PACs of the 115 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, Budget/Appropriations and Defense.

  1. American Israel Public Affairs Committee31% D
  2. International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers98% D
  3. Ameren38% 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

207 bills

Bell voted Yea on 23, Nay on 76, did not vote on 3, and sponsored or cosponsored 105 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.