RepublicanSam Graves
U.S. Representative · Missouri
Missouri's 6th district
U.S. Representative from Missouri
3 tracked promises
Running against
How they won their seat
Sam Graves won the 2024 U.S. House election in Missouri (District 6) with 70.7% of the vote (265,210 votes).
- Sam Graves · Republican70.7%265,210
- Pam May · Democrat26.9%100,999
- Andy Maidment · Libertarian1.6%5,919
- 1 Other Candidate0.8%3,058
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Sam Graves has sponsored a number of bills in the areas of infrastructure, transportation, and resource management, as evidenced by bills such as the Water Resources Development Act of 2026 (HR 9497) and the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2024 (HR 7454). He is a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Additionally, he has sponsored bills related to education and small business protections. Focus areas (from the record): infrastructure · transportation · resource management · education · small business Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. The absence of declared positions limits the ability to assess alignment without implying a judgment on the politician's actions. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills; There is no information on the politician's motives or intentions; The absence of declared positions limits the ability to assess alignment with constituents' views. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Sam Graves has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2020. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Sam Graves has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Bills sponsored
- 5
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$32K3%
- Large individual (itemized)$249K24%
- PAC / committee$771K73%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Chair, House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, House Committee on Armed ServicesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Armed Services — Tactical Air and Land ForcesOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Not yet ratedNo promises have been rated yet, so there is no Integrity Score to show. Lifecycle promises (in progress, not yet rated) are tracked but never scored.
The score, once promises are rated, is a signed −100…+100 breakdown weighted by significance and evidence confidence — never a single opaque grade. How this is measured.
Integrity over time
Topic coverage
3 promises across 3 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Flood Control / Missouri River1
- Healthcare / Rural Hospitals1
- Transportation & Infrastructure1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)3100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
3 tracked promises
“As Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, pass the BUILD America 250 Act (H.R. 8870) — a bipartisan, five-year surface transportation reauthorization — and send it from Congress to the President's desk before the current surface transportation authorization expires on September 30, 2026.”
“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.”
“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).”
Verified record
252 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $1,763,327, spent $881,601, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026 ↗Jun 29, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8870: BUILD America 250 Act ↗May 19, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1254: Recognizing the roles and contributions of elementary and secondary school teachers in building and enhancing the civic, cultural, and economic well-being of the United States. ↗May 4, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7613: ALERT Act ↗Feb 20, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7328: Protecting Small Businesses from Predatory Website Lawsuits Act ↗Feb 3, 2026
- Sponsored HR 6086: Aviation Funding Solvency Act ↗Nov 18, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5301: PIPES Act of 2025 ↗Sep 11, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4924: Rails to Trails Landowner Rights Act ↗Aug 8, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4669: FEMA Act of 2025 ↗Jul 23, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 ↗Jul 2, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3684: Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act ↗Jun 3, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 379: Recognizing the roles and contributions of elementary and secondary school teachers in building and enhancing the civic, cultural, and economic well-being of the United States. ↗May 5, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 252 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 609
- Yea
- 438
- Nay
- 130
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 41
Full voting record
609 votes- HR9237Nay
- HR5362Yea
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Yea
- HR1181Yea
- HR1181Nay
- HR139Yea
- HRES1423Yea
- HRES1423Yea
- HR8897Not voting
- HR3106Not voting
- HRES1399Yea
- HCONRES108Nay
- HRES1398Yea
- HRES1398Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
3 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
- Flood Control / Missouri RiverStated position
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.
Sourceshttps://graves.house.gov/media/press-releases/transportation-committee-unanimously-approves-graves-water-resources-billhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9497https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2174View position & sources → - Transportation & InfrastructureStated position
As Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, pass the BUILD America 250 Act (H.R. 8870) — a bipartisan, five-year surface transportation reauthorization — and send it from Congress to the President's desk before the current surface transportation authorization expires on September 30, 2026.
Sourceshttps://graves.house.gov/media/press-releases/graves-introduces-bipartisan-five-year-surface-transportation-reauthorizationhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8870https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr8870View position & sources → - Healthcare / Rural HospitalsStated position
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).
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3684https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr3684View position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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