Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past 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, EMANUEL II
Next election
Primary August 6, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Missouri with the current district highlighted

Missouri, District 5

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

DemocraticU.S. House · Missouri District 5IncumbentWon the general election (60.2%)

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$1,385,775.60
Total spent$1,457,206.59
Cash on hand$889,626.82
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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: $462,883.30PACs and other committees: $922,892.30
  • Individual contributions$462,883.3033%
  • PACs and other committees$922,892.3067%

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

224 committees reported giving $926,866.00 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
  • Company and union communications to members about Emanuel Cleaver II$6,115.11

FEC totals for the 2024 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, 2024 · 2 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Emanuel Cleaver II (D)$1,385,775.60$889,626.822024-12-31
Sean Smith (R)$167,517.17$1,995.002024-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 2, 2023
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 10, 2023
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DFebruary 23, 2023
  • Elections DailySafe DOctober 26, 2023
  • CNalysisSolid DNovember 16, 2023
  • Decision Desk HQSolid DJune 1, 2024

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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: CLEAVER 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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