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Wesley Bell

Wesley Bell is a Democratic incumbent in Missouri's 1st district. $3.6M raised, $2.9M spent, $1.1M cash through Jul 15, 2026. On the November ballot

$3.6Mraised
$2.9Mspent
$1.1Mcash on hand
Campaign finance$3.6M raised
Raised$3.6M
Spent$2.9M
Cash on hand$1.1M
Campaign finance
MeasureAmount
Raised (total receipts)$3,561,712
Spent (disbursements)$2,901,538
Cash on hand$1,094,094
Debts owed by campaign$0
Filing covers throughJul 15, 2026

Reported Self-reported to the FEC.

Record in Congressage 51 · 1 term · votes right of 14% of the House
51age on Election Day
1House term (since 2025)
Democratparty in Congress

Voting record

-10+1more liberalmore conservativeBell
Voting record
MeasureValue
DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension)-0.46
Votes more conservative than14% of House members
Democratic median / Republican median-0.40 / +0.53
Roll-call votes counted561

Estimate DW-NOMINATE (Voteview, UCLA) scales members from their roll-call votes in the 119th Congress: negative is more liberal, positive more conservative. It describes voting patterns, not views on any one issue. See the member on Voteview.

Official House website · Official biography (Congress)

Reported Facts from the public congress-legislators dataset, current to 2026-10-15.

Financial disclosureassets $15K to $50K

Annual report for 2025, filed 2026-05-15.

$15K to $50Kreported assets (ranges added up)
$200K to $500Kreported liabilities
none reportedearned income (exact amounts)

Assets minus liabilities: between -$485K and -$150K Estimate

Assets

Largest assets
AssetType codeOwnerValue range
St. Louis County Contributory Retirement PlanPEself$15K to $50K

Liabilities

Liabilities
Liability as filedAmount range
Wells Fargo December 2020 mortgage$100K to $250K
Nelnet August 1998 student loan$100K to $250K

Reported Parsed automatically from the official report; check the PDF for anything that matters. Values are bands, so totals are ranges. A personal residence and personal vehicles are normally not reported, and a spouse’s information is limited. Type codes: legend. Open the official report (PDF)

Public attention4,639 views in 30 days
4,639Wikipedia views, last 30 days
#210 of 461among candidates in the race with an article

Reported Page views of Wesley Bell on English Wikipedia, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13 (Wikimedia). Views show curiosity, not support: long-serving incumbents have older, better-known articles, and many challengers have none.

Where the money comes fromindividuals, PACs, party, self
Individual donors 81%PACs and other committees 17%Other (refunds, transfers, loans) 3%
Funding mix
Source of moneyAmountShare of receipts
Individual donors$2,875,72180.7%
PACs and other committees$590,79616.6%
Other (refunds, transfers, loans)$95,1952.7%
This raceMO-01, rank #1 of 1

Wesley Bell ranks #1 of 1 in reported fundraising in this race.

No other candidates on file.

MO-01 · Missouri · Democratic candidates · House forecasts

Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata · X (Twitter) · links matched through Wikidata and checked against the member or candidate record

Sources and methodFEC

All figures come from the Federal Election Commission and cover each filing period through Jul 15, 2026. FEC ID H4MO01134, committee C00842336. View the official record.

Ballot status: listed as a nominee in Wikipedia's article for this state (CC BY-SA), matched to this FEC record by name.