About Sam Graves
Samuel Bruce Graves Jr. (born November 7, 1963) is an American politician who is currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for Missouri's 6th congressional district, with him being the dean of Missouri's congressional delegation upon the retirement of Senator Roy Blunt in 2023, and having held office since 2001. The aforementioned district stretches across most of the northern third of the state, with it including territory from the Kansas border to the Illinois border. The bulk of its population lives in the northern part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Graves is a member of the Republican Party. He has notably served as the Chair in charge of the influential Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the U.S. House for multiple years, with him being able to exceed the system of American term limits normally enforced by the Republican leadership. The Center for Effective Lawmaking, at Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia, ranked him as the most effective House Republican in the 118th Congress (2023–25). On March 27, 2026, Graves announced he would not seek re-election in 2026. Samuel Bruce Graves Jr. (born November 7, 1963) is an American politician best known for serving in the U.S. Graves called Danner as a "tax and spend liberal" and won the race with 51% of the vote. She was the first reasonably well-financed Democrat to run in the district since Graves' initial run.
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