Graves, Sam
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Samuel Bruce Graves Jr. (born November 7, 1963) is an American politician who is currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for Missouri's 6th congressional district, with him being the dean of Missouri's congressional delegation upon the retirement of Senator Roy Blunt in 2023, and having held office since 2001. The aforementioned district stretches across most of the northern third of the state, with it including territory from the Kansas border to the Illinois border. The bulk of its population lives in the northern part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Graves is a member of the Republican Party. He has notably served as the Chair in charge of the influential Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the U.S. House for multiple years, with him being able to exceed the system of American term limits normally enforced by the Republican leadership. The Center for Effective Lawmaking, at Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia, ranked him as the most effective House Republican in the 118th Congress (2023–25). On March 27, 2026, Graves announced he would not seek re-election in 2026.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Graves, Sam
- First name
- Sam
- Last name
- Graves
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Missouri 6th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
- Missouri 6th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 REP C
- Missouri 6th Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $2,787,183.53
- Total disbursements
- $1,752,968.85
- Cash on hand
- $2,413,988.07
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $56,784.43
Receipt components disclose $2,787,183.53 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $865,694.71;Share: 31.1%;Denominator: $2,787,183.53 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $1,761,739.68;Share: 63.2%;Denominator: $2,787,183.53 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $2,787,183.53 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $2,787,183.53 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $18,467.52;Share: 0.7%;Denominator: $2,787,183.53 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $141,281.62;Share: 5.1%;Denominator: $2,787,183.53 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $760,500.00
- Itemized
- $760,500.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 708 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $760,500.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $28,450.00;Transactions: 30;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $19,350.00;Transactions: 18;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $84,500.00;Transactions: 64;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $47,400.00;Transactions: 49;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $60,625.00;Transactions: 63;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $75,031.00;Transactions: 57;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $36,625.00;Transactions: 32;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $11,625.00;Transactions: 18;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $72,975.00;Transactions: 56;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $38,025.00;Transactions: 29;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $12,575.00;Transactions: 12;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $39,875.00;Transactions: 35;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $13,750.00;Transactions: 12;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $21,750.00;Transactions: 16;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $45,700.00;Transactions: 34;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $4,350.00;Transactions: 5;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $15,350.00;Transactions: 18;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $47,783.00;Transactions: 52;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $28,486.00;Transactions: 41;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $10,200.00;Transactions: 10;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $13,150.00;Transactions: 23;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $20,050.00;Transactions: 22;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $2,775.00;Transactions: 6;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $10,100.00;Transactions: 6;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $760,500.00 across 708 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $3,136.00;Transactions: 43 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $28,836.00;Transactions: 96 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $115,650.00;Transactions: 222 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $252,858.00;Transactions: 225 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $360,020.00;Transactions: 122 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 12% in district
- District share basis
- $84,381.00 in district and $642,583.00 out of district; $33,536.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $33,536.00 with 24 reported transactions; visible denominator is $760,500.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $84,381.00;Transactions: 97;Denominator: $760,500.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $79,208.00;Transactions: 70;Denominator: $760,500.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $563,375.00;Transactions: 517;Denominator: $760,500.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $33,536.00;Transactions: 24;Denominator: $760,500.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| GONZALEZ, RENE | $16,500.00 | 5 transactions |
| SASS, PAUL | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| ARISON, MADELEINE | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| ARISON, MICKY | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| BUCHEGER, RAYMOND | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| GONZALEZ, ANNIET | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| HARDY, LEE | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| HECKLER, ALEXANDER | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| JAFFE JR, MORRIS | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| LAGER, BRAD | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $111,186.00 | 118 transactions |
| HERZOG LLC | $20,300.00 | 8 transactions |
| SOUTHWEST AIRLINES | $19,000.00 | 26 transactions |
| DELTA AIR LINES | $16,900.00 | 8 transactions |
| BOEING | $13,350.00 | 23 transactions |
| THE BOEING COMPANY | $12,500.00 | 18 transactions |
| HOMEMAKER | $9,900.00 | 4 transactions |
| DELTA AIR LINES, INC. | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| JETLAW, LLC | $8,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| GE AEROSPACE | $8,500.00 | 11 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $49,900.00 | 41 transactions |
| Transportation | $45,800.00 | 37 transactions |
| Aerospace and Defense | $13,350.00 | 23 transactions |
Classified: $59,150.00 and 60 transactions out of $109,050.00 and 101 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
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Source and freshness
Last pulled: 6 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H0MO06073
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Source record ID: cn:2026:H0MO06073
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H0MO06073
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:G000546
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H0MO06073:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H0MO06073:2022
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Source record ID: fec_races:H0MO06073:2024
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
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