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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership Rate: 53.9%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index: D+29
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Racial/Ethnic Composition: 46.1% Black, 40.4% White (Non-Hispanic), 4.5% Hispanic, 3.8% Asian
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population (2024 ACS): 752,720
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty Rate: 17.0% (2024)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median Household Income: $60,692 (2024)
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Missouri Amendment 7 — Prohibit Ranked-Choice Voting and Noncitizen Voting (2024) — passed, margin 68.4% Yes to 31.6% No (statewide)
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Missouri Amendment 3 — Right to Reproductive Freedom (Abortion) (2024) — passed, margin 51.6% Yes to 48.4% No (statewide)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 - Retail Trade (share 0.11)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 61 - Educational Services (share 0.12)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance (share 0.25)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: St. Louis Public Schools (4000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Washington University in St. Louis (16000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: BJC HealthCare (Barnes-Jewish Hospital) (31000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Missouri's 1st Congressional District encompasses all of St. Louis City and much of northern St. Louis County, including Ferguson, Florissant, University City, and Maryland Heights. With a Cook PVI of D+29, it is the most Democratic district in Missouri. The district is a majority-minority district: approximately 46.1% Black, 40.4% White (non-Hispanic), 4.5% Hispanic, and 3.8% Asian. Median household income is about $60,692 (below the national median), with a 17% poverty rate and a homeownership rate of only 53.9%. The district's economy is anchored in health care, education, and retail, with major employers including BJC HealthCare, Washington University, and St. Louis public institutions. The district experiences stark economic inequality, with deep poverty concentrated in North St. Louis and parts of St. Louis County, juxtaposed against more affluent areas.
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Voted nay on H.R. 1 (119th Congress) (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (FY2025 Reconciliation)) on 2025-05-22: Bell voted Nay alongside every House Democrat against the GOP reconciliation bill, which he said 'guts Medicaid' and cuts SNAP. MO-01's poverty rate is 17%, well above the national average of 12.4%, and 12.5% of constituents lack health insurance — making Medicaid and SNAP cuts materially harmful to the median constituent. This vote aligned with constituent material interest and the Democratic caucus.
Date: 2025-05-22
Added: 28 Apr 2026
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Voted yea on H.R. 23 (Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (ICC Sanctions)) on 2025-01-09: Bell was one of only 45 House Democrats to vote with all 198 Republicans to sanction the International Criminal Court over arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. The vote directly tracked the donor interest of AIPAC, whose super PAC spent $8.6 million to secure his primary victory. A constituent letter to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called the vote 'unseemly after AIPAC support,' identifying the explicit donor-constituent tension.
Date: 2025-01-09
Added: 28 Apr 2026
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Voted nay on H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act) on 2025-01-07: Bell voted with the majority of House Democrats (159 out of 207) against the bill, which requires DHS detention of non-citizens arrested for theft-related crimes. While his vote aligned with the Democratic leadership position, Missouri statewide voted 58.5% for Trump in 2024 — putting Democratic members from Missouri under notable cross-pressure on immigration enforcement votes.
Date: 2025-01-07
Added: 28 Apr 2026
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[disclosure] In July 2020, after a five-month review, Bell announced he would not charge former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the 2014 killing of Michael Brown, stating the evidence did not support prosecution. Protests erupted.
Date: 2020-07-30
Added: 28 Apr 2026
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[platform] Bell was elected to the Ferguson City Council in 2015 and played 'a key role in implementing police and court reforms,' including officer body cameras, stronger police training, and overhaul of the municipal court system, according to his official House biography.
Date: 2025-03-18
Added: 28 Apr 2026
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[statement] As prosecutor (2019-2024), Bell kept his pledge not to seek the death penalty, but allowed several executions to proceed unopposed and — in at least one case — failed to meet with a condemned man's daughter who sought to offer testimony challenging the conviction, according to progressive advocates and a 2024 Rolling Stone investigation.
Date: 2024-08-04
Added: 28 Apr 2026
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[platform] Bell campaigned in 2018 for St. Louis County Prosecutor as a reformer who pledged to 'end the death penalty' and review old death penalty cases. His campaign platform in 2018 stated: 'capital punishment is expensive, ineffective at deterrence, and is also racially biased.'
Date: 2018-07-01
Added: 28 Apr 2026
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Billionaire hedge fund founder Daniel Loeb (Third Point) contributed to Bell's campaign, alongside other figures such as Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn/Mainstream Democrats PAC) and Steve Tilley (GOP former Missouri House Speaker).
Date: 2024-05-07
Added: 28 Apr 2026
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Bell raised more than $65,000 from donors who also gave to Missouri Republicans including Senators Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt, or Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft.
Date: 2024-05-07
Added: 28 Apr 2026
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The crypto industry PAC Fairshake spent $1.4 million opposing Bell's primary opponent, Rep. Cori Bush.
Date: 2024-08-06
Added: 28 Apr 2026
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Democratic Majority for Israel PAC spent $485,000 supporting Bell in the 2024 primary.
Date: 2024-08-06
Added: 28 Apr 2026
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The United Democracy Project (AIPAC's super PAC) spent nearly $8.6 million on ads and mailers supporting Bell or opposing Bush in the 2024 MO-01 Democratic primary.
Date: 2024-08-06
Added: 28 Apr 2026
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In the 2025-2026 cycle, Bell's campaign committee (C00842336) reported $1,268,602.67 in total contributions, including $1,019,307.00 from individuals and $249,295.67 from other committees.
Date: 2025-12-31
Added: 28 Apr 2026
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In the 2024 election cycle, Bell raised $4,748,967, with 91.71% from large individual contributions ($4,355,395) and 1.46% from PAC contributions ($69,250).
Date: 2024-12-31
Added: 28 Apr 2026
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Wesley Bell filed filing with the SEC on 2017-12-04. Accession number: N/A.
Date: 2017-12-04
Added: 23 Apr 2026
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