Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past 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, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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 6IncumbentWon the general election (67.1%)

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$1,960,690.42
Total spent$1,655,930.34
Cash on hand$856,972.96
Debts owed by the campaign$56,584.43
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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: $386,985.04PACs and other committees: $1,547,215.02Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $15,600.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $10,890.36
  • Individual contributions$386,985.0420%
  • PACs and other committees$1,547,215.0279%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$15,600.001%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$10,890.361%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

382 committees reported giving $1,500,539.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Samuel B. Graves Jr.$31.37
  • Independent expenditures opposing Samuel B. Graves Jr.$0.00

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Missouri U.S. House, District 6, 2020 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Samuel B. Graves Jr. (R)$1,960,690.42$856,972.962020-12-31
Henry Martin (D)$29,641.61−$123.002020-12-31
Victor Abundis (D)$21,748.67$0.002019-09-30
Gena L Ross (D)$10,170.21$1,836.172020-11-23
Ramona Farris (D)$9,164.99$0.002020-07-13

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe RJuly 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe RJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoSafe RApril 19, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe RJune 3, 2020
  • RCPSafe RJune 9, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe RJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
YouGovSeptember 24 – October 7, 202098 (LV)–Sam Graves 58% · Gena Ross 36%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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