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U.S. Representative · Missouri 1st District
Wesley Bell
DemocratDistrict D+29119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score30#270 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Wesley Bell’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1429 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2501
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 7 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 7 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 309, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262, H.R. 1346 and 2 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- StrongSafe Democratic district: MO-1 is D+29MO-1 has a partisan lean of D+29 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.455 (party median -0.393; rank 155 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 1.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Armed ServicesMinority · 26th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
- Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
- House Committee on Foreign AffairsMinority · 25th in seniority
- House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformMinority · 15th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services
- Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Bell← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.455 is 0.06 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 23Illegitimate Court Counteraction ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 47
| Middle |
| H.R. 1998Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025 |