Elections · U.S. House, District 5 · Missouri
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Raised for this seat
$1.2M
Through July 15, 2026
Cash on hand
$719K
Through July 15, 2026
Not on the November ballot
Burks is not on the November ballot for this seat. Emanuel Cleaver, Rick Brattin and Randall (Randy) Langkraehr are.
Who is on the ballot is a filed fact about the contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Burks's campaign finance and record below are still their own record, and their committee may still be filing.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- <1%$7.8K
- Large donors
- 11%$123K
- PACs
- 2%$23K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- 86%$1.0M
- Other
- --
Separately, $1.9M 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.
The district they want to represent
- People
- 772K
- Median household income
- $68K
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
- Living below the poverty line
- 14.2%
- Without health insurance
- 11.1%
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.
- Emanuel Cleaver$1.3M
- Rick Brattin$332K
- Taylor Burksthis page$1.2M
- Brett Hueffmeier$325K
- Randall (Randy) Langkraehr-
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.
Spending to support them
$478K- Patriotic Fund$282K
- Show Me Valor PAC$196K
Spending to oppose them
$1.5M- Win It Back PAC$1.4MClub for Growth-affiliated conservativeClub for Growth-affiliated conservative
- Strong PAC$93K
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. 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 Burks's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Burks's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Election Integrity”
- “Winning the AI Race Innovation, Security, and American Leadership”
- “Protecting Life”
- “Fiscal Responsibility”
- “Supporting Our Troops”
- “National Readiness”
- “Preserving Our Freedoms”
- “Infrastructure”
- “Agriculture”
Quoted from burksforcongress.com, 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
Burks does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.
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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