Emanuel Cleaver

DemocratMO-5 · Representative

Emanuel Cleaver

DemocratMO-5 · Representative

Voting Ideologyⓘ

Liberal

Conservative

Liberal (-0.454)

Emanuel Cleaver is a Democrat Representative from MO, District 5. He has served 21 years in Congress across 11 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as liberal, voting with his party 99.1% of the time.

Years in Office

Terms Served

119

Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

99.1%

Party Loyaltyⓘ

4 votes against party

5.7%

Missed Votesⓘ

470 total votes

Bills Sponsoredⓘ

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How Emanuel Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+3.1% vs avg

99.1%

Avg: 96.0%

Missed Votes+2.1% vs avg

5.7%

Avg: 3.6%

Bills Sponsored-2.2 vs avg

Avg: 7.2

Committee Assignments

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Capital Markets SubcommitteeMember Financial Services CommitteeMember Housing and Insurance SubcommitteeRanking Member

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2025-12-31

$955,317

Cash on Handⓘ

$684,690

Total Receiptsⓘ

$619,000

Disbursementsⓘ

$224,784

Individual Donors

$459,891

PAC Contributionsⓘ

Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2005–2027House · MO-5 · DemocratCurrent

District Demographics

MO-5 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

769,211

Population

$66,502

Median Income

36.7

Median Age

33.9%

College Educated

Racial Composition

White 62.1%Black 22.2%Hispanic 11.3%Asian 2.0%