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Elections · U.S. House, District 5 · Missouri

Taylor Burks

Republican Not on the November ballot

burksforcongress.com

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The Burks cardThe race card

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 and Rick Brattin are.

Emanuel CleaverDemocrat · $1.3MRick BrattinRepublican · $332K

A primary result is a filed fact about a 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.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

1%from small donors
Small donors
1%$8K
Large donors
11%$123K
PACs
2%$23K
Party
--
Self-funding
87%$1.0M
Other
<1%$0

Separately, $298K 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, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 27 days before the election.

All dates and rules

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, in ballot order, not money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; this page's own row keeps its weight so the comparison stays readable.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$298K
  • Patriotic Fund$282K
  • Show Me Valor PAC$16K

Spending to oppose them

No committee has filed independent spending in this direction.

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 has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.

That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.

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