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U.S. House, District 1: who gets your vote?

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Wesley Bell

Wesley Bell

U.S. House · Missouri District 1

NationalDemocrat

Candidate
Paul Berry III

Paul Berry III

Running for U.S. House · Missouri District 1

NationalRepublican

Wesley BellCurrent repPaul Berry IIIChallenger

Job fit

Wesley Bell

Offices held

  • member of the Ferguson, Mo., city council, 2015-2018; 1

Other work

  • faculty member, St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley, Ferguson, Mo., 2011-2018; 1

Education

  • J.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.; 1

Paul Berry III

Other work

  • A bail bondsman and business consultant by trade 2

Top issues

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How they voted on top issues

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Who pays them

Wesley Bell

Where the campaign money came from3

small donorslarge donorscompanieslabor unionsother politiciansOther kinds of donors
small donors$60Klarge donors$2.8Mcompanies$254Klabor unions$97Kotherpoliticians$72KOther kinds ofdonors$146K$3.8M raised
$59,8643Small individual donors
$2,815,8583Large individual donors

Paul Berry III

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Checks

Wesley Bell

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Paul Berry III

No voting record to check yet

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Wesley Bell — house history bioguide · checked 2026-10-15 used in: Experience
  2. Paul Berry III — kbia biography 2026 10 20 · checked 2018-08-13 used in: Experience
  3. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Paul Berry III
Candidate A

Paul Berry III

RepublicanShown above

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Paul Berry III — kbia biography 2026 10 20 · checked 2018-08-13

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Tom Schmitz
Candidate B

Tom Schmitz

Libertarian

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Tom Schmitz — campaign about · checked 2026-10-15

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Wesley Bell
Candidate C

Wesley Bell

DemocratShown above

🚩 $3.8M raised, 75% from large donors, 16% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $590,795.68 (16% of $3,750,138.46 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $568,445.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Sources

1 Background: Wesley Bell — house history bioguide · checked 2026-10-15

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

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