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U.S. House, District 6: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
Chris Stigall

Chris Stigall

Running for U.S. House · Missouri District 6

NationalRepublican

Candidate
Josh Smead

Josh Smead

Running for U.S. House · Missouri District 6

NationalDemocrat

Chris StigallCandidateJosh SmeadChallenger

Job fit

Chris Stigall

Other work

  • serving in Congressman Sam Graves' office as a Field Representative and Deputy Communications Director 1

Education

  • he attended Northwest Missouri State University to obtain his degree in broadcasting. 1

Josh Smead

Other work

  • work as an architect 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

Chris Stigall

  • Health care costsBoth address this
    Stigall says rural hospitals are struggling under 'federal mandates' and pledges to 'reduce red tape' rather than expand government programs, to strengthen rural healthcare access. 3
  • Cost of living & jobsBoth address this
    Stigall wants to make Trump's tax cuts permanent, saying families, farmers, and small businesses 'deserve tax relief, not bigger government,' because lower taxes mean more jobs and growth. 3
  • ImmigrationBoth address this
    Stigall backs securing the border, finishing the wall, ending catch-and-release, and deporting 'dangerous criminal illegal immigrants,' calling border security fundamental to the federal government's job. 3
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Josh Smead

  • Health care costsBoth address this
    Smead opposes Medicaid cuts, saying 'we need to strengthen Medicaid, not slash it' and invest in rural healthcare so 'healthcare access shouldn't depend on your ZIP code.' 4
  • Cost of living & jobsBoth address this
    Smead says Congress should stop 'protecting the powerful' and start 'investing in the people,' criticizing tax breaks for billionaires and tariffs that burden working families and farmers. 4
  • ImmigrationBoth address this
    Smead says immigration enforcement 'should be lawful, transparent, and centered on due process, with resources focused on courts instead of mass detention centers.' 5

No public stance found on: Guns, Crime & safety

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How they voted on top issues

We haven't found votes on top issues for either candidate yet.

Who pays them

Chris Stigall

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donorsother politicianscompaniesindustry associationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$19Klarge donors$505Kotherpoliticians$18Kcompanies$15Kindustryassociations$7KOther kinds ofdonors$4K$667K raised
$18,6996Small individual donors
$504,6376Large individual donors

Josh Smead

Where the campaign money came from7

small donorslarge donors
small donors$32Klarge donors$32K$72K raised
$31,8687Small individual donors
$31,7297Large individual donors

Checks

Chris Stigall

No voting record to check yet

Josh Smead

No voting record to check yet

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Sources

  1. Chris Stigall — campaign live 2026 10 20 · checked 2026-10-20 used in: Experience
  2. Josh Smead — campaign about · checked 2026-10-15 used in: Experience
  3. stigallforcongress.com used in: Top issues
  4. votesmead.com used in: Top issues
  5. votesmead.com used in: Top issues
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  7. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Andy Maidment
Candidate A

Andy Maidment

Libertarian

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

Sources

1 Background: Andy Maidment — campaign about · checked 2026-10-15

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Chris Stigall
Candidate B

Chris Stigall

RepublicanShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $667K raised, 76% from large donors, 11% 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: $76,000.00 (11% of $667,136.00 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $43,500.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Says they are for: leaving health care to the market, lower taxes and fewer rules on business, protecting the right to own and carry guns.

Sources

1 Background: Chris Stigall — campaign live 2026 10 20 · checked 2026-10-20

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 leaving health care to the market: Candidate statement

4 lower taxes and fewer rules on business: Candidate statement

5 protecting the right to own and carry guns: Candidate statement

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Josh Smead
Candidate C

Josh Smead

DemocratShown above

No federal record yet. Campaign money: $72K raised, 44% from large donors, organized-interest share unavailable.

Says they are for: government paying more of the bill, government spending and worker protections, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here.

Sources

1 Background: Josh Smead — campaign about · checked 2026-10-15

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 government paying more of the bill: Candidate statement

4 government spending and worker protections: Candidate statement

5 more legal ways in, and protection for people already here: Candidate statement

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