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Elections · U.S. House, District 1 · Missouri

Cori Bush

Democrat Not on the November ballot

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Raised for this seat

$1.3M

Through July 15, 2026

Cash on hand

$98K

Through July 15, 2026

Not on the November ballot

Bush is not on the November ballot for this seat. Wesley Bell, Paul Berry and Tom Schmitz are.

Wesley BellDemocrat · $3.6M

Who is on the ballot is a filed fact about the contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Bush's campaign finance and record below are still their own record, and their committee may still be filing.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

29%from small donors
Small donors
29%$373K
Large donors
68%$872K
PACs
1%$20K
Party
--
Self-funding
--
Other
2%$22K

Separately, $3.7M in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.

Receipts reported through July 15, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Missouri

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 27 days before the election.

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People
753K
Median household income
$61K
Unemployment
5.6%
Living below the poverty line
17.0%
Without health insurance
8.7%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; this page's own row keeps its weight so the comparison stays readable. A hollow row is a candidate with no finance report on file yet, not one who raised nothing.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$93K
  • Working Families Party PAC$37K
  • Moveon.org Political Action$24K
  • SF Solidarity PAC$20K
  • Unity & Justice Fund$12K
  • The People United PAC$250

Spending to oppose them

$3.6M
  • United Democracy Project$2.4M
    Pro-Israel
  • New Democrat Majority$1.1M
  • Center Forward Committee$94K
How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, through August 1, 2026. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.

In their own words

What Bush's campaign says it would work on.

The priorities Bush's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.

  • “Lower Costs and Expand Opportunities”
  • “Invest in Public Health and Build Safer Communities”
  • “Defend Democracy and Fight Fascism”
  • “Protect Reproductive Freedom”
  • “Stand for Justice in Palestine”

Quoted from coribush.org, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.

Record in office

Bush served in the last Congress and does not hold a seat now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here. That earlier record is not on this page.

That absence is not a position for or against anything.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.

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