Bell, Wesley
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Wesley Jonell-Cleavon Bell is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 1st congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as prosecuting attorney for St. Louis County, Missouri, from 2019 to 2025.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Bell, Wesley
- First name
- Wesley
- Last name
- Bell
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Missouri 1st Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- Missouri 1st Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
- Missouri U.S. Senate — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM P
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $5,386,197.60
- Total disbursements
- $4,952,276.71
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $5,386,197.60 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Receipt source components are not loaded yet.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals cannot be reconciled to 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
- $4,708,402.00
- Itemized
- $4,708,402.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 5392 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $4,708,402.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $147,080.00;Transactions: 123;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $22,880.00;Transactions: 37;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $31,196.00;Transactions: 58;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $38,320.00;Transactions: 71;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $24,362.00;Transactions: 52;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $91,581.00;Transactions: 115;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $323,150.00;Transactions: 286;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $120,088.00;Transactions: 124;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $217,423.00;Transactions: 257;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $534,407.00;Transactions: 672;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $286,336.00;Transactions: 304;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $1,099,380.00;Transactions: 913;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $836,017.00;Transactions: 1,119;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $801,917.00;Transactions: 982;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $80,736.00;Transactions: 137;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $16,694.00;Transactions: 47;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $27,986.00;Transactions: 71;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $4,049.00;Transactions: 20;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $4,800.00;Transactions: 4;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $4,708,402.00 across 5,392 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $50,468.00;Transactions: 652 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $367,643.00;Transactions: 1,397 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $707,252.00;Transactions: 1,352 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $1,363,989.00;Transactions: 1,241 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $2,219,050.00;Transactions: 750 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 11% in district
- District share basis
- $488,983.00 in district and $4,166,769.00 out of district; $52,650.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $52,650.00 with 55 reported transactions; visible denominator is $4,708,402.00.
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: $488,983.00;Transactions: 726;Denominator: $4,708,402.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $400,537.00;Transactions: 592;Denominator: $4,708,402.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $3,766,232.00;Transactions: 4,019;Denominator: $4,708,402.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $52,650.00;Transactions: 55;Denominator: $4,708,402.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| WINN, DAVID | $13,200.00 | 3 transactions |
| RHODES, JASON | $7,300.00 | 4 transactions |
| ALBRECHT, DOUG | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| KURTZMAN, ERIC S | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| NOBLE, TRAVIS | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| NORTON, GLENN | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| CHERN, ERIC | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| FRANK, TENA | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| NEAL, MARY | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| OVADIA, JULIE | $6,600.00 | 3 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 | $2,018,186.00 | 2503 transactions |
| NOT | $17,900.00 | 12 transactions |
| FIVEW CAPITAL | $13,200.00 | 3 transactions |
| EMPLOYED | $12,550.00 | 15 transactions |
| WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | $12,500.00 | 21 transactions |
| KIRKLAND & ELLIS | $12,400.00 | 7 transactions |
| KELLER POSTMAN LLC | $11,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP | $11,211.00 | 7 transactions |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN | $10,900.00 | 4 transactions |
| ADDITION | $9,900.00 | 3 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 | $112,161.00 | 76 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $112,161.00 and 76 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S4MO00250
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:S4MO00250
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H4MO01134
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H4MO01134
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:B001324
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S4MO00250:2024
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Source record ID: fec_races:S4MO00250:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4MO01134:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S4MO00250:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4MO01134:2024
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- B001324
- fec_candidate_id
- H4MO01134
- fec_candidate_ids
- H4MO01134,S4MO00250
- govtrack_id
- 456997
- wikidata_id
- Q23806350