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Emanuel Cleaver

U.S. House · Missouri
On the ballot · Nov 3
$1.3M

Raised, 2025–26

  • Individuals$487k36%
  • PACs$850k64%
  • Transfers & other$15<1%

30% of the individual money came from small donors ($200 or less).

Top PAC industries

$932k
Office
PartyDemocrat
ChamberU.S. House
SeatMissouri, district 5
Up for electionNov 3, 2026
District
MO-3 · Robert F. Onder, Jr.MO-7 · Eric BurlisonMO-1 · Wesley BellMO-4 · Mark AlfordMO-6 · Sam GravesMO-2 · Ann WagnerMO-8 · Jason SmithMO-5 · Emanuel Cleaver
MO-5 · Missouri
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On the ballot · Missouri House, district 5 · Nov 395% party to win· vs. Brattin ↓
The campaign · in their words
cleaver4congress.com · read Oct 19, 2026 ↗Page titles and first lines from the campaign’s own site, unedited

Where They Stand

Position from 622 bills and votes and 8 statements, starting from a reputation prior of Left 29 — click any issue to see the reputation, the record and the shift.

Solo viewvs. Brattin · 2026vs. pick…
Cleaver (you're viewing)
Overall
29
Left
LeftCenterRight
Track is neutral — only the dot's position and distance-from-center number carry meaning.

The 2026 Race

MO-5 race page →
Odds · party to winOct 27
Cleaver (D)95%
Brattin (R)3%
The race · MO-5
Emanuel CleaverDemocrat · incumbent · Left 29 on the record95%
Rick BrattinRepublican · challenger · Right 40 from statements3%
4029
69 points apart · hollow = estimate, solid = record
Brattin's page →
Money · raised, FEC to Sep 30
Emanuel Cleaver$1.7M
$688k from individuals · $443k itemized
Rick Brattin$457k
$371k from individuals · $360k itemized
The FEC doesn't name donors who give under $200, so their gifts count in Raised but not Itemized.
Odds are a market close, not a poll

What They Care About

How this is measured

Bubble size = how much of Emanuel Cleaver's sponsored bills, cosponsorships, campaign statements and tweets go to each domain. Votes are left out because they follow committee seats; domains a member's committees handle are discounted a little. Anything from the last 6 months counts double, so a topic they are on about right now grows. Darker = they have broken with their own party more often on that topic: the share of party-line votes since 2009 where they voted against their party's majority (gray = fewer than 8 such votes). Based on 11 sponsored, 339 cosponsored, 43 statements, 566 topical tweets. Click a bubble to open what they support and the bills and tweets behind it; click it again to close.

Health care · 17% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 3 sponsored · 64 cosponsored · 7 statements · 140 tweets · broke with their party on 4 of 118 party-line votesHealth care 17%Business, finance and labor · 12% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 1 sponsored · 42 cosponsored · 2 statements · 317 tweets · broke with their party on 7 of 315 party-line votesBusiness 12%Federal budget, taxes and spending · 12% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 0 sponsored · 42 cosponsored · 3 statements · 319 tweets · broke with their party on 57 of 1262 party-line votesFederal budget 12%Housing, transportation, technology and vice · 11% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 3 sponsored · 21 cosponsored · 16 statements · 19 tweets · broke with their party on 5 of 198 party-line votesHousing 11%Elections, representation and accountability · 8% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 0 sponsored · 26 cosponsored · 10 statements · 6 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 31 party-line votesElections 8%Federal power and civil liberties · 7% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 0 sponsored · 19 cosponsored · 1 statements · 142 tweets · broke with their party on 6 of 282 party-line votesFederal power 7%Energy, environment, land and agriculture · 6% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 1 sponsored · 28 cosponsored · 0 statements · 36 tweets · broke with their party on 23 of 820 party-line votesEnergy 6%Civil rights, gender and religion · 6% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 0 sponsored · 18 cosponsored · 0 statements · 84 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 49 party-line votesCivil rights 6%Foreign policy, trade and defense · 5% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 0 sponsored · 15 cosponsored · 1 statements · 81 tweets · broke with their party on 26 of 583 party-line votesForeign policy 5%Crime and justice · 5% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 1 sponsored · 19 cosponsored · 1 statements · 74 tweets · broke with their party on 1 of 159 party-line votesCrime 5%Education · 4% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 2 sponsored · 15 cosponsored · 0 statements · 27 tweets · broke with their party on 1 of 74 party-line votesEducation 4%Immigration · 3% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 0 sponsored · 7 cosponsored · 2 statements · 27 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 55 party-line votesImmigration 3%Trade and industrial policy · 3% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 0 sponsored · 5 cosponsored · 0 statements · 65 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 15 party-line votesTrade 3%Guns · 3% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 0 sponsored · 18 cosponsored · 0 statements · 6 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 18 party-line votesGuns 3%
Rarely breaksOften breaks

Emanuel Cleaver

● Democrat · U.S. House · Missouri
Raised
$1.3M
2025–26 cycle
Top sector
$292k
finance & insurance
Overall
Left
29pt left
Actions
1,231
votes, bills, tweets
On the ballot · Nov 395% · vs. Brattin ↓
The campaign · in their words
Housing ↗“His bipartisan efforts in Congress enabled the passage of the largest housing reform law in modern history.”Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid ↗“He has and will continue to fight for the investments needed to maintain these programs for our seniors.”Health Care ↗“A priority for Congressman Cleaver is ensuring that Missourians have access to affordable, quality health coverage.”
From cleaver4congress.com, unedited

Where They Stand

Overall
Left, 29 points from center
Dot = distance from center · band = 90% range

The 2026 Race

Race page →
Odds · party to winOct 27
Cleaver (D)95%
Brattin (R)3%
The race · MO-5
Emanuel CleaverDemocrat · incumbent · Left 29 on the record95%
Rick BrattinRepublican · challenger · Right 40 from statements3%
4029
69 points apart · hollow = estimate, solid = record
Brattin's page →
Money · raised, FEC to Sep 30
Emanuel Cleaver$1.7M
$688k from individuals · $443k itemized
Rick Brattin$457k
$371k from individuals · $360k itemized
The FEC doesn't name donors who give under $200, so their gifts count in Raised but not Itemized.
Odds are a market close, not a poll

What They Care About

Health care · 17% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 3 sponsored · 64 cosponsored · 7 statements · 140 tweets · broke with their party on 4 of 118 party-line votesHealth care 17%Business, finance and labor · 12% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 1 sponsored · 42 cosponsored · 2 statements · 317 tweets · broke with their party on 7 of 315 party-line votesBusiness and labor 12%Federal budget, taxes and spending · 12% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 0 sponsored · 42 cosponsored · 3 statements · 319 tweets · broke with their party on 57 of 1262 party-line votesBudget and taxes 12%Housing, transportation, technology and vice · 11% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 3 sponsored · 21 cosponsored · 16 statements · 19 tweets · broke with their party on 5 of 198 party-line votesHousing and tech 11%Elections, representation and accountability · 8% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 0 sponsored · 26 cosponsored · 10 statements · 6 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 31 party-line votes8%Federal power and civil liberties · 7% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 0 sponsored · 19 cosponsored · 1 statements · 142 tweets · broke with their party on 6 of 282 party-line votes7%Energy, environment, land and agriculture · 6% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 1 sponsored · 28 cosponsored · 0 statements · 36 tweets · broke with their party on 23 of 820 party-line votes6%Civil rights, gender and religion · 6% of Emanuel Cleaver's priorities · 0 sponsored · 18 cosponsored · 0 statements · 84 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 49 party-line votes6%
8% Elections7% Federal power6% Energy and land6% Civil rights
RarelyOften breaks

Who Pays

PAC money · 2025–26
SectorPACsAmountShare
Finance & insurance70$292k
Retail & business32$147k
Labor unions29$144k
Other politicians31$92k
Real estate15$79k
Health care12$39k
Issue groups14$35k
Tech, media & telecom7$31k
Everything else29$75k
Raised $1.3M · 36% individuals · 64% pacs