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Missouri House race, District 1

Wesley Bell holds this seat and is running to keep it against Paul Berry.

The November ballot

Bell
$3.6M
Berry
-

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Wesley Bell

Democrat · Holds the seat now

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Missouri

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 27 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 141,285 votes

  • Wesley BellWon59.2%83,663
  • Cori Bush36.9%52,083
  • Alissa Murphy2.3%3,250
  • Carl Harris1.1%1,565
  • Carl E. Henderson0.5%724

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$4.9M
Outside money
$140K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Bell$51K
Opposing Bell-
Supporting Berry-
Opposing Berry-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

2%from small donors
Small donors
2%$60K
Large donors
79%$2.8M
Bundled
--
PACs
17%$591K
Other
3%$95K

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 6 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 6 groups

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

7 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
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.

How this seat voted last time

D+58 in 2024

  • Wesley BellWon75.9%
  • Andrew Jones18.4%

307,265 votes for candidates. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.