Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Eric Schmitt

Official portrait of Eric Schmitt
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from Missouri (class 3)
Party
Republican
Born
1975
In Congress
Senate since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
FEC filing name
SCHMITT, ERIC
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Missouri with the whole state highlighted

Missouri

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. Senate · MissouriOpen seatWon the general election (55.43%)

FEC candidate ID S2MO00544 · Principal campaign committee: SCHMITT FOR SENATE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Missouri$4,180,607.29Not up for election in 2026; seat is next up in 2028
2021–2022U.S. Senate · Missouri$6,566,085.82Won the general election (55.43%)
Total raised$6,566,085.82
Total spent$6,436,848.26
Cash on hand$132,137.56
Debts owed by the campaign$186,027.40
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $5,273,782.43PACs and other committees: $672,143.00Party committees: $5,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $615,153.39Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $7.00
  • Individual contributions$5,273,782.4380%
  • PACs and other committees$672,143.0010%
  • Party committees$5,000.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$615,153.399%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$7.000%

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

180 committees reported giving $939,650.00 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.

Show all 180 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Eric Schmitt$9,400,939.86
  • Independent expenditures opposing Eric Schmitt$1,882,620.63
  • Electioneering communications naming Eric Schmitt$609,780.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Eric Schmitt$1,126.24

FEC totals for the 2022 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. Senate, 2022 · 24 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Eric Schmitt (R)$6,566,085.82$132,137.562022-12-31
Trudy Busch Valentine (D)$18,322,281.62$294,082.122022-12-31
Lucas Kunce (D)$5,735,055.17$7,282.102022-12-31
Vicky J Hartzler (R)$3,813,033.25$1,482.902022-12-31
Dave Schatz (R)$2,311,160.44$0.002022-12-31
Eric Greitens (R)$2,310,820.40$12,779.472022-12-31
Billy Long (R)$2,205,145.08$22,013.142022-12-31
Billy Long (R)$2,205,145.08$22,013.142022-12-31
Spencer Ross Toder (D)$1,295,878.18$0.002022-12-31
Mark T McCloskey (R)$1,105,913.70$0.002022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Eric Schmitt 52.4% · Trudy Busch Valentine 41.3% (Schmitt +11.0). Averages listed on Wikipedia from RealClearPolitics, FiveThirtyEight, 270towin.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
CiviqsNovember 4–7, 2022746 (LV)± 4.7%Eric Schmitt 55% · Trudy Busch Valentine 40%
The Trafalgar Group (R)October 30 – November 1, 20221,079 (LV)± 2.9%Eric Schmitt 53% · Trudy Busch Valentine 42%
SurveyUSAOctober 27 – November 1, 2022791 (LV)± 4.1%Eric Schmitt 50% · Trudy Busch Valentine 41%
Emerson CollegeOctober 26–28, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%Eric Schmitt 54% · Trudy Busch Valentine 40%
51%39%–4%Eric Schmitt 6%
Remington Research (R)October 24–25, 20221,011 (LV)± 3.0%Eric Schmitt 51% · Trudy Busch Valentine 42%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States Senate election 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: SCHMITT FOR SENATE.
  • 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.

TerraCivic shows public filings without scores, grades or judgments about any candidate.

Federal law prohibits using information copied from FEC reports to solicit contributions or for commercial purposes. Do not use TerraCivic for fundraising, donor prospecting, or contact lists. TerraCivic shows no individual contributor names, addresses, employers or amounts. Data use & privacy