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
2026 cycle
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $7,123,423.72
- Total disbursements
- $5,803,076.56
- Cash on hand
- $2,188,188.94
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $7,123,423.72 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 |
|---|
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
- $1,412,987.00
- Itemized
- $1,412,987.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 1342 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $1,412,987.00 in the 2026 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | Dollars: $9,322.00;Transactions: 13;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2025 | Dollars: $57,422.00;Transactions: 41;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2025 | Dollars: $293,884.00;Transactions: 231;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2025 | Dollars: $18,208.00;Transactions: 22;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2025 | Dollars: $27,158.00;Transactions: 26;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2025 | Dollars: $139,033.00;Transactions: 167;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2025 | Dollars: $17,353.00;Transactions: 14;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2025 | Dollars: $17,703.00;Transactions: 21;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2025 | Dollars: $41,641.00;Transactions: 43;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2025 | Dollars: $123,672.00;Transactions: 148;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2025 | Dollars: $124,187.00;Transactions: 101;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2025 | Dollars: $115,703.00;Transactions: 112;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2026 | Dollars: $105,535.00;Transactions: 97;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2026 | Dollars: $55,120.00;Transactions: 57;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2026 | Dollars: $267,046.00;Transactions: 249;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 $1,412,987.00 across 1,342 reported transactions in the 2026 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $8,563.00;Transactions: 134 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $67,319.00;Transactions: 249 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $170,513.00;Transactions: 330 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $418,992.00;Transactions: 384 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $747,600.00;Transactions: 245 |
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
- $168,888.00 in district and $1,239,849.00 out of district; $4,250.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $4,250.00 with 6 reported transactions; visible denominator is $1,412,987.00.
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: $168,888.00;Transactions: 192;Denominator: $1,412,987.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $201,977.00;Transactions: 180;Denominator: $1,412,987.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $1,037,872.00;Transactions: 964;Denominator: $1,412,987.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $4,250.00;Transactions: 6;Denominator: $1,412,987.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| PANAR, MANNY | $10,500.00 | 2 transactions |
| KLEIN, RONNIE | $8,500.00 | 3 transactions |
| KROOTH, STEPHEN | $7,500.00 | 3 transactions |
| CORNFELD, RICHARD | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| ELLENHORN, MICHAEL A | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| AGINS, KENDAL ELYSE | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| ALBRECHT, ANNE | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| ALBRECHT, DOUGLAS | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| BLITZ, ROBERT | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| BRINKMANN, ROBERT G | $7,000.00 | 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 | $593,858.00 | 594 transactions |
| EDWARD JONES | $25,550.00 | 14 transactions |
| THE BOEING COMPANY | $16,200.00 | 29 transactions |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN | $12,500.00 | 4 transactions |
| WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | $12,000.00 | 5 transactions |
| KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP | $11,300.00 | 5 transactions |
| BODLEY GROUP | $7,500.00 | 3 transactions |
| KSL GLOBAL MARKET RESEARCH LLC | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| AGINS INTERIOR | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| BRINKMANN | $7,000.00 | 2 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 | $106,050.00 | 67 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $106,050.00 and 67 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
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:H4MO01134:2026
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