Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle

Wesley Bell

Office
U.S. representative for Missouri’s 1st district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
St. Louis, MO
Born
1974
In Congress
House since 2025 · 1 year in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
BELL, WESLEY
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

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

DemocraticU.S. Senate · MissouriChallengerWithdrawn

FEC candidate ID S4MO00250 · Principal campaign committee: BELLFORMISSOURI

Total raised$5,386,197.60
Total spent$4,952,276.71
Cash on hand$433,920.89
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: $5,136,025.24PACs and other committees: $244,750.00Party committees: $125.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $100.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $5,197.36
  • Individual contributions$5,136,025.2495%
  • PACs and other committees$244,750.005%
  • Party committees$125.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$100.000%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$5,197.360%

Self-funding: $100.00 (0% of money raised): $100.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

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.

The race

Missouri U.S. Senate, 2024 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Wesley Bell (D)$5,386,197.60$433,920.892024-12-31
Joshua David Sen Hawley (R)$13,808,806.06$298,262.882024-12-31
Jared Young (I)$1,004,183.45$0.002024-11-25
Karla May (D)$62,033.39$261.152024-12-31
December L Harmon (D)$18,462.50$1,703.482024-08-19

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Josh Hawley 52% · Lucas Kunce 43.2% (Hawley +8.8%). Averages listed on Wikipedia from FiveThirtyEight, TheHill/DDHQ.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Research Co.November 2–3, 2024450 (LV)± 4.6%Josh Hawley 52% · Lucas Kunce 41%
ActiVoteOctober 6–27, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%Josh Hawley 56% · Lucas Kunce 44%
GQR (D)October 23–26, 2024600 (LV)± 4.0%Josh Hawley 49% · Lucas Kunce 46%
Emerson CollegeOctober 22–23, 2024620 (LV)± 3.9%Josh Hawley 51% · Lucas Kunce 41%
ActiVoteSeptember 1 – October 1, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%Josh Hawley 54% · Lucas Kunce 46%
Emerson CollegeSeptember 12–13, 2024850 (LV)± 3.3%Josh Hawley 51% · Lucas Kunce 40%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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: BELLFORMISSOURI.
  • 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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