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
2026 cycle
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $1,806,360.65
- Total disbursements
- $1,195,985.86
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $1,806,360.65 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle.
Receipt source components are not loaded yet.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
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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
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2026 cycle
- $370,684.00
- Itemized
- $370,684.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 303 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $370,684.00 in the 2026 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | Dollars: $25,950.00;Transactions: 14;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2025 | Dollars: $25,000.00;Transactions: 18;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2025 | Dollars: $12,000.00;Transactions: 8;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2025 | Dollars: $37,958.00;Transactions: 29;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2025 | Dollars: $59,800.00;Transactions: 63;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2025 | Dollars: $33,649.00;Transactions: 29;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2025 | Dollars: $17,525.00;Transactions: 12;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2025 | Dollars: $22,827.00;Transactions: 23;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2025 | Dollars: $21,025.00;Transactions: 16;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2025 | Dollars: $24,225.00;Transactions: 23;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2025 | Dollars: $13,525.00;Transactions: 10;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2025 | Dollars: $10,525.00;Transactions: 11;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2026 | Dollars: $11,025.00;Transactions: 6;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2026 | Dollars: $19,925.00;Transactions: 23;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2026 | Dollars: $35,725.00;Transactions: 18;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $370,684.00 across 303 reported transactions in the 2026 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $425.00;Transactions: 10 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $6,850.00;Transactions: 25 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $32,310.00;Transactions: 61 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $148,249.00;Transactions: 137 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $182,850.00;Transactions: 70 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 6% in district
- District share basis
- $22,525.00 in district and $340,309.00 out of district; $7,850.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $7,850.00 with 7 reported transactions; visible denominator is $370,684.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $22,525.00;Transactions: 36;Denominator: $370,684.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $54,110.00;Transactions: 42;Denominator: $370,684.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $286,199.00;Transactions: 218;Denominator: $370,684.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $7,850.00;Transactions: 7;Denominator: $370,684.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| GREGORIAN, ROUBEN | $7,500.00 | 2 transactions |
| SASS, PAUL | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| LOVENG, JEFF | $5,300.00 | 2 transactions |
| RONEY, MATT | $5,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| STEWARD, DAVID | $5,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| DUININCK, JASON | $4,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| WEBB, RICHARD B | $3,850.00 | 1 transaction |
| BABCOCK, ROBERT | $3,500.00 | 2 transactions |
| SHEA, JOHN | $3,500.00 | 2 transactions |
| BRUNO, PAUL | $3,500.00 | 1 transaction |
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 | $67,150.00 | 52 transactions |
| BNSF RAILWAY | $19,000.00 | 19 transactions |
| AXADVOCACY | $7,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| CASSIDY AND ASSOCIATES | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| WATCO COMPANIES INC | $5,850.00 | 2 transactions |
| KIT BOND STRATEGIES LLP | $5,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| DUININCK | $4,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| MCALISTER ASSETS | $4,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| RIVERWAY GROUP | $4,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| 2040 FOUNDATION | $3,500.00 | 1 transaction |
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 | $58,950.00 | 35 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $58,950.00 and 35 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
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:2022:H0MO06073
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Source record ID: house:G000546
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H0MO06073:2026
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Source record ID: fec_races:H0MO06073:2022
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Source record ID: fec_races:H0MO06073:2024
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Identifiers
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