Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Sam Graves

Official portrait of Sam Graves
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Missouri’s 6th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Tarkio, MO
Born
1963
In Congress
House since 2001 · 25 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
GRAVES, SAMUEL B. JR.
Next election
Primary August 4, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Missouri with the current district highlighted

Missouri, District 6

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Missouri District 6IncumbentWithdrawn

FEC candidate ID H0MO06073 · Principal campaign committee: GRAVES FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Missouri District 6$1,824,444.04Withdrawn
2023–2024U.S. House · Missouri District 6$2,787,183.53Won the general election (70.7%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Missouri District 6$2,383,368.94Won the general election (70.3%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Missouri District 6$1,960,690.42Won the general election (67.1%)
Total raised$1,824,444.04
Total spent$1,367,693.52
Cash on hand$2,870,738.59
Debts owed by the campaign$56,784.43
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $403,141.73PACs and other committees: $1,085,743.59Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $224,582.66Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $110,976.06
  • Individual contributions$403,141.7322%
  • PACs and other committees$1,085,743.5960%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$224,582.6612%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$110,976.066%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$13,764.683%
  • Contributions over $200$504,826.3897%
  • Itemized from inside Missouri$115,977.0623%
  • Itemized from other states$389,499.3277%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Texas $74,800.00 · New York $61,541.00 · Virginia $55,200.00 · District of Columbia $36,000.00 · Florida $29,500.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$3.3M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $287,442.13APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $178,917.71JULY QUARTERLY: raised $484,403.62JULY QUARTERLY: spent $168,551.20OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $303,004.76OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $203,035.85YEAR-END: raised $381,128.78YEAR-END: spent $149,048.68APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $307,347.64APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $182,047.28JULY QUARTERLY: raised $43,033.72JULY QUARTERLY: spent $314,385.14OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $18,083.39OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $171,707.662025-032025-092026-032026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea486
Voted nay141
Did not vote47 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored16
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored105

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 9497 Water Resources Development Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 29, 2026 · Latest action Sep 17, 2026: Received in the Senate.
  • H.R. 8870 BUILD America 250 Act
    Introduced May 19, 2026 · Latest action May 22, 2026: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 62 - 2.
  • H.Res. 1254 Recognizing the roles and contributions of elementary and secondary school teachers in building and enhancing the civic, cultural, and economic well-being of the United States.
    Introduced May 4, 2026 · Latest action May 4, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 7613 ALERT Act
    Introduced Feb 20, 2026 · Latest action Apr 15, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • H.R. 7328 Protecting Small Businesses from Predatory Website Lawsuits Act
    Introduced Feb 3, 2026 · Latest action Feb 3, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 6086 Aviation Funding Solvency Act
    Introduced Nov 18, 2025 · Latest action Dec 18, 2025: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  • H.R. 5301 PIPES Act of 2025
    Introduced Sep 11, 2025 · Latest action Sep 17, 2025: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  • H.R. 4924 Rails to Trails Landowner Rights Act
    Introduced Aug 8, 2025 · Latest action Aug 8, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  • H.R. 4669 FEMA Act of 2025
    Introduced Jul 23, 2025 · Latest action Sep 3, 2025: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 57 - 3.
  • H.R. 4275 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
    Introduced Jul 2, 2025 · Latest action Jul 23, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

262 committees reported giving $898,107.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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The race

Missouri U.S. House, District 6, 2026 · 11 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Samuel B. Graves Jr. (R)$1,824,444.04$2,870,738.592026-09-30
Chris Stigall (R)$1,045,323.71$211,004.932026-10-14
Nathan Willett (R)$722,158.10$42,635.112026-09-30
Nathanael Schultz (R)$170,507.30$145,595.292026-07-15
Josh Smead (D)$145,752.57$35,200.812026-10-14
Matthew Levine (D)$53,395.72$385.202026-09-30
Scot Pondelick (D)$50,544.24−$3,626.642026-09-30
James Ronald Ingram (R)$24,599.82$0.002026-08-07
Cody Oshel (R)$7,351.00−$5,000.002026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 15, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: GRAVES FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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