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Politician
DemocratErik Richardson
Unknown Office · Missouri · Democrat
Compared with
RepublicanSam Graves
U.S. Representative · Missouri · Republican
- Office
- Unknown Office
- District
- Missouri
- State
- Missouri
Promise scorecard · 0 tracked
No promises have been rated yet. Lifecycle promises (in progress, not yet rated) are not scored.
Integrity Score: signed average of per-rating credit × 100, weighted by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is reported separately from popularity. Methodology is open.
- Office
- U.S. Representative
- District
- Missouri's 6th district
- State
- Missouri
Promise scorecard · 3 tracked
No promises have been rated yet. Lifecycle promises (in progress, not yet rated) are not scored.
Recent promises
- Not yet ratedHealthcare / Rural Hospitals
“Sponsor and enact the Save America's Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3684) to help prevent the closure of rural hospitals and preserve access to care in rural communities — a bill Graves has reintroduced across multiple Congresses (115th–119th).”
- Not yet ratedFlood Control / Missouri River
“Make flood control the highest-priority purpose of Missouri River management and advance a comprehensive flood-control plan for the Lower Missouri River through the Water Resources Development Act of 2026 (H.R. 9497), ensuring people and property are the main priority when managing the river.”
Integrity Score: signed average of per-rating credit × 100, weighted by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is reported separately from popularity. Methodology is open.
By the record
Sourced Layer-1 facts — what each official has actually done in office. Neutral: figures stand on their own, never scored against each other.
| Erik Richardson | Sam Graves | |
|---|---|---|
| Roll-call votes cast | — | 609 |
| Voted Yea / Nay | — | 438 / 130 |
| Votes against own party | — | 1% |
| Bills sponsored (118th–119th) | — | 37 |
| Of those, became law | — | 4 |
| Raised (latest cycle) | — | $1.1M |
Sources: Voteview (votes), Congress.gov (bills), FEC (finance). Independence = share of party-line votes cast against the member’s own party majority.
Where they stand — declared issues
Issues where both have a stated position or a tracked promise, shown side by side. These are their own claims — judged separately from whether they kept them.
No shared declared issues yet.
Erik Richardson and Sam Graves don’t yet have any topic in common on which both have a stated position or a tracked promise — so there’s nothing to compare issue-by-issue here. That usually just means coverage is still thin. You can help add their sourced positions and promises.