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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Emanuel Cleaver

Official portrait of Emanuel Cleaver
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Missouri’s 5th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Kansas City, MO
Born
1944
In Congress
House since 2005 · 21 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
CLEAVER II, EMANUEL
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 5

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

DemocraticU.S. House · Missouri District 5IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4MO05234 · Principal campaign committee: CLEAVER FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Missouri District 5$1,681,525.04General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Missouri District 5$1,385,775.60Won the general election (60.2%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Missouri District 5$1,215,785.40Won the general election (61%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Missouri District 5$1,415,880.41Won the general election (58.8%)
Total raised$1,681,525.04
Total spent$1,600,579.36
Cash on hand$970,572.50
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
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: $688,452.46PACs and other committees: $993,057.77Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $14.81
  • Individual contributions$688,452.4641%
  • PACs and other committees$993,057.7759%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$14.810%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$268,949.5348%
  • Contributions over $200$291,336.3352%
  • Itemized from inside Missouri$215,197.9864%
  • Itemized from other states$122,672.1136%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Kansas $17,307.50 · District of Columbia $14,926.00 · California $12,816.67 · Maryland $11,650.00 · Texas $10,830.28. 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

$1.1M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $93,079.31APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $187,644.21JULY QUARTERLY: raised $186,203.51JULY QUARTERLY: spent $164,205.71OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $257,123.95OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $131,865.16YEAR-END: raised $148,283.02YEAR-END: spent $135,284.63APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $206,159.30APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $148,495.04JULY QUARTERLY: raised $407,406.33JULY QUARTERLY: spent $277,332.34PRE-PRIMARY: raised $38,482.22PRE-PRIMARY: spent $38,655.79OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $344,787.40OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $517,096.482025-032025-092026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea278
Voted nay368
Did not vote28 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored23
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored489

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		PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act		PassedNay
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		PassedNay
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		PassedYea
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		PassedNay
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.Res. 1595 Expressing support for the designation of September 2026 as "National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Month", and raising awareness and understanding of polycystic kidney disease.
    Introduced Oct 1, 2026 · Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10426 Backlog Justice Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 9898 Transportation for Reentry Act
    Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Latest action Jul 23, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 9844 CHARTS Act
    Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Latest action Jul 22, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak…
  • H.R. 9048 Celiac Safety Act of 2026
    Introduced May 29, 2026 · Latest action May 29, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.J.Res. 162 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Consumer Protections for Home Sales Financed Under Contracts for Deed".
    Introduced Apr 30, 2026 · Latest action Apr 30, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 8402 Civics Learning Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 21, 2026 · Latest action Apr 21, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 8325 Rehabilitation Through Reading Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 16, 2026 · Latest action Apr 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 8296 Preparing Superfund for Climate Change Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 15, 2026 · Latest action Apr 15, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently dete…
  • H.R. 8002 Fair Wages for Incarcerated Workers Act of 2026
    Introduced Mar 19, 2026 · Latest action Mar 19, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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

239 committees reported giving $933,000.00 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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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Emanuel Cleaver II$10.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Emanuel Cleaver II$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 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 5, 2026 · 12 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Emanuel Cleaver II (D)$1,681,525.04$970,572.502026-09-30
Taylor Burks (R)$1,171,086.59$8,739.002026-09-30
Richard Brattin (R)$457,467.10$359.332026-10-14
Brett Hueffmeier (R)$324,995.23$0.002026-09-30
Sean Smith (R)$234,435.00$0.002026-10-15
Bradley M Patty (R)$8,423.33$0.002026-10-15

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DOctober 1, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DSeptember 11, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DSeptember 10, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DSeptember 10, 2026

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: CLEAVER 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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