U.S. Representative · MO · District 1
Wesley Bell
DemocratTerm through January 2027
Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle
7% of the money Bell raised came from small donors.
More grassroots-funded than 60% of the House.
Bell raised $5.4M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $434K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.
- Small donors
- 7%$0.4M
- Large donors
- 43%$2.3M
- Bundled
- 45%$2.4M
- PACs
- 5%$0.2M
- Other
- 0%$0.0M
Against the house
How Bell compares to the typical member.
- Small-donor share
- 7%vs 5% house median
- PAC share
- 5%vs 37% house median
Who has a stake in Bell
The organizations behind the money.
Bell's largest organized backing comes from AIPAC. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.
Money organized for Bell
AIPAC›
$2.4M
AIPAC›
$2.4M
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby that both gives directly and bundles individual donations; its super PAC (United Democracy Project) runs large independent campaigns in primaries.
Who it funds, across Congress
59% Democrats · 40% Republicans · $38.7M to 359 members
Outside spending, by party
Spent $13.9M to elect Democrats; $5.0M to defeat Democrats.
National Association Of Realtors›$10K
Who it funds, across Congress
43% Democrats · 57% Republicans · $4.9M to 452 members
Outside spending, by party
Spent $18.9M to elect Republicans.
Midwest Region Laborers' Political League›$10K
Who it funds, across Congress
84% Democrats · 16% Republicans · $189K to 23 members
International Association Of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail And Transportation Workers Political Action League›$10K
The Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) union's political committee.
Who it funds, across Congress
98% Democrats · 2% Republicans · $1.6M to 210 members
Machinists Non Partisan Political League Of The International Association Of Machinists & Aerospace Workers›$10K
The political arm of the Machinists union (IAM), representing aerospace, airline, and manufacturing workers.
Who it funds, across Congress
98% Democrats · 1% Republicans · $2.0M to 230 members
› What is organized money?
An organization reaches a member two ways. Its own PAC writes a direct check. And it bundles: it gathers individual donations from its supporters and routes them through its conduit. Both count here as one “organized” total. The bundled part is already inside the individual giving shown in the funding mix above. Here it is regrouped by the organization that gathered it, so you can see who did the organizing.
The same money, by industry
Which industries have a stake.
The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Bell's backing, not just the individual groups.
Plus $55K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.
The money spent about Bell
Spent for or against.
Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Bell, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Bell.
AIPAC›$3.4M
To help Bell$3.4MTo hurt Bell—The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby that both gives directly and bundles individual donations; its super PAC (United Democracy Project) runs large independent campaigns in primaries.
Justice Democrats PAC$655K
To help Bell—To hurt Bell$655KDMFI PAC$478K
To help Bell$478KTo hurt Bell—Working Families Party PAC$411K
To help Bell—To hurt Bell$411KMainstream Democrats PAC$402K
To help Bell$402KTo hurt Bell—
AIPAC›$3.4M—$3.4M
AIPAC
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby that both gives directly and bundles individual donations; its super PAC (United Democracy Project) runs large independent campaigns in primaries.
Justice Democrats PAC—$655K$655K
DMFI PAC$478K—$478K
Working Families Party PAC›—$411K$411K
Working Families Party PAC
Mainstream Democrats PAC›$402K—$402K
Mainstream Democrats PAC
FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 66 organizations with a stake
About this data
FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2023–2024 cycle. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.
Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.
PAC figures are contributions to Bell's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.
Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.
Where Bell stands