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Mark Alford

2nd term · 3.7 years in office: 1 full term completed, 1 in progress.

Representative · MO-4 · Republican · since Jan 2023

Mark Alford

Bills authored 13Missed votes 10 of 524Party unity 81% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 524 roll calls and 78 sponsorship records on file.

Stray indexpending review

Who they are

We don't publish a biography until a person has checked every sentence against its source. There isn't a reviewed one for this member yet. That is a gap in our review queue, and it says nothing about them.

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

3.7YRS

In office · 2nd term · since Jan 2023

163,318VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 44.66%

Certified result

98.09%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

in 51 days

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

House Committee on AppropriationsHouse Committee on Small BusinessHouse Committee on Small Business · Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations subcommittee chairHouse Committee on Appropriations · Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies subcommittee vice chairHouse Committee on Appropriations · Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommitteeHouse Committee on Small Business · Contracting and Infrastructure subcommitteeHouse Committee on Appropriations · Financial Services and General Government subcommitteeHouse Committee on Appropriations · National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs subcommittee13 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: not yet stated; voted 49 of 100 toward FISCAL RESTRAINT.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated; voted 60 of 100 toward STRICTER ENFORCEMENT.
  • Immigration: not yet stated; voted 68 of 100 toward TIGHTER LIMITS.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated; voted 53 of 100 toward INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated; voted 37 of 100 toward CONSERVE & PROTECT.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated; voted 48 of 100 toward DISCLOSURE & AUDIT.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸

pending review

The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. ○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted. Select a cluster to open its issues.

GapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How they voted.

Money & ties

Who's behind them.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

  • Campaign financeThrough Jul 15, 2026Current · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jul 15, 2026

$1.4MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $40.0K · 35 units, rounded up

  • PAC contributions$567.1K · 40.7%
  • Itemized individual$759.2K · 54.5%
  • Small-dollar (≤$200)$16.6K · 1.2%
  • All other$50.1K · 3.6%
FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)0.565
Social (dim 2)0.075

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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