Emanuel Cleaver
DDemocratMO-5 · Representative
49
/ 100
Below Average
Attendance95
Avg: 96
Independence1
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone0
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency33
Avg: 57
Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.
Methodology
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.
21
Years in Office
11
Terms Served
119
Current Congress
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Report Card
Performance metrics for the current Congress
How Emanuel Compares
vs. the average House member
Party Loyalty+3.2% vs avg
99.1%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes+1.4% vs avg
5%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored-1.0 vs avg
12
Avg: 13.0
Committee Assignments
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31
$1,012,981
Cash on Handⓘ
$890,849
Total Receiptsⓘ
$767,495
Disbursementsⓘ
$288,443
Individual Donors
$602,391
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
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
36.0
Median Age
33.9%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 62.1%Black 22.2%Hispanic 11.3%Asian 2.0%