Wesley Bell for Congress

Public servant. Former St. Louis County Prosecutor. Proud St. Louisan.

[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

I am honored that the people of the St. Louis region have once again chosen me to be their voice in Congress.

Over the last two years, we’ve delivered better, more accountable representation, brought resources home to our neighborhoods and fought for the people of this district. With the current administration attacking our healthcare, voting rights, and enriching themselves while the American people continue to suffer from higher costs, that work matters now more than ever.

In Washington, I will continue leading on a real cost of living agenda for working families, and delivering strong oversight on this administration’s reckless and corrupt actions.

Thank you for your trust. Let’s get to work!

[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

Tomorrow is Election Day! Polls are open Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 6 am to 7 pm.

Today is the last day to vote early.

We got this, St. Louis!

[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

St. Louis, we’re in the homestretch!

Election Day is Tuesday, and this weekend is our last big push to get great Democrats across the finish line and take back the House majority.

[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

Dolores Huerta was a giant. She organized farmworkers when the powerful said it couldn’t be done, and she won.

As a former union member, I know what that kind of organizing builds: fair pay, safer jobs, a voice at work. Generations of working families have those things because she had the courage to fight for them.

Sí se puede. Rest in power, Dolores.
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[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

1⃣week until Election Day! Polls are open Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 6 am to 7 pm.

Make your plan now:

✅ Bring a valid photo ID
✅ Look up your polling place
✅ Pick your time: before work, on your lunch break, or after school pickup

Can’t make it Tuesday? Early voting runs through Monday, Nov. 2.

Let’s finish strong, St. Louis!

[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

Armed federal agents are knocking on doors, asking people about their immigration status and whether they’ve voted.

Missouri is on their list. Two weeks before an election.

ICE is a rogue agency, and it needs to be abolished and stripped for parts.

We can enforce immigration law in a humane, sensible way. We can’t have armed agents showing up at people’s homes demanding papers.
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[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

When a devastating tornado hit St. Louis last year, we couldn’t afford to wait. My team stayed on FEMA until help came. Families are still rebuilding.

Now, Trump wants states to face disasters alone. This is a dangerous and cruel decision by this administration.

Every Missourian, and every American, should be able to count on their government to keep them safe.
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[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

🗳️ Early voting in Missouri starts TODAY! No excuse needed.

All you need:
✅ Photo ID
✅ Your early voting location
✅ Any day from now through Nov. 2

For more info: https://t.co/jR197m5MBd

Our voices only count if we use them. Let's make history this November.

[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

I'm honored to be endorsed by @Brady_PAC.

Throughout my career, I have been committed to building a safer and brighter future, free from gun violence.

In Congress, I'll continue fighting to invest in proven gun violence prevention strategies, as well as addressing the root causes of gun violence.

[Brady PAC @Brady_PAC]

We're honored to endorse these bold and relentless gun violence prevention champions!

#vote #GVP

[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

Social workers show up for families on their hardest days. I'm proud to have the endorsement of NASW-PACE.

In Congress, I'll keep fighting for Medicaid, mental health care, and the St. Louis families they serve every day.

[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

Good.

I’m glad to see the Supreme Court affirming that voters should pick their representatives, not the other way around.

[Greg Giroux @greggiroux]

US Supreme Court order on Missouri: "In short, as a matter of state law, the 2022 map—not the 2025 map—must be used in the 2026 congressional election."

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[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

Democracy is LITERALLY on the ballot in November.

Missouri, let’s get to work and show up in record numbers!

[Missouri Democrats 🇺🇸 @MoDemParty]

Today is the first day of in-person absentee voting, excuse required, in Missouri!

Check your local election board for more details.

[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

It was an honor to celebrate the great state of Missouri as part of the @CBCFInc #ALC55 last week. I saw many old friends, and met some brilliant and talented folks.

We toasted Rev. Emanuel Cleaver — a mentor, a friend, and a true champion for his constituents and for our state — who withstood Jeff City Republicans' unconstitutional gerrymandered maps, and will continue to represent Missouri's Fifth District.

We thanked former Rep. Lacy Clay for his lifetime of service to St. Louis and to the Congressional Black Caucus.

And we heard from the next Speaker of the House Hakeem Jeffries, who has united and led our Democratic caucus to fight back against the worst president in our country's history.

[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

I'm looking forward to co-hosting today's #ALC55 panel with @HankJohnsonGA on how Congress can ensure that our democracy doesn't just survive, but thrive.

[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

The American people are fed up with Donald Trump driving our economy off a cliff.

In November, we're going to put Democrats back in charge and begin to clean up his mess.

[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

Great discussion at yesterday's #ALC55 panel on reimagining public safety and tackling criminal justice reform.

As a former prosecutor and now in Congress, I know that real public safety means addressing the root causes of crime through evidence-based diversion, addiction and mental health treatment. It also means investing in community-partnered violence reduction rather than over-incarceration.

I was honored to share the stage and hear insights from some of the folks leading the charge in their communities:
Dr. Shawanna Vaughn, Founder of Silent Cry
Dr. Luke Wood, President of Sacramento State
Dr. Kendra Holmes, President & CEO of Affinia Healthcare
Dr. Topeka K. Sam, Founder of The Ladies of Hope Ministries

[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

I'm proud to be endorsed by the @MOAFLCIO.

As a former union member, I'll keep fighting for fair wages, safe workplaces, and the right to organize.

When workers win, St. Louis wins.

[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

I have said from the start that the map drawn in a back room in Jeff City, for the sole purpose of handing Donald Trump a seat he could not win, was unconstitutional.

More than 300,000 Missourians signed their names to say the same thing.

The courts have now agreed. Missouri will vote in November under the lines that were lawfully in place, and Missourians get the final say on whether that back room map ever takes effect at all. I am asking every voter in this state to reject it.

Understand what the gerrymandered map was built to do. They drew it to erase Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, an institution and a mentor, a man who has represented Kansas City for two decades, because they could not beat him at the ballot box.

It carved roughly 70,000 minority residents out of his district and used Troost Avenue, a street that has stood for segregation in Kansas City for a century, as the dividing line. In my district, it also watered down the voice of the St. Louisans who live here.

I spent years as a prosecutor. I know what it looks like when someone decides the law applies to everyone but them. They may have given it everything they had, but Missourians refused to let it stand.

Voters pick their representatives. Not the other way around. Anyone who wants to serve the public would be wise to remember that.

[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

I'm looking forward to hosting an informative conversation this week on how we can reimagine public safety, as it relates to mental health and addiction.

Each of our panelists brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in tackling hard issues, especially at the local level.

[Wesley Bell for Congress @bell4mo]

Gas is $3.99 a gallon in St. Louis. Diesel is $5.69. A year ago it was $3.40.

People in my district are keenly aware of these skyhigh prices. Every day, folks are buying less food at the grocery store. They’re putting $20 in the tank instead of filling it, and doing the math on whether they can afford to drive to a second job.

And Donald Trump’s answer, from a convention that’s designed to cater to his ego, is that he will hand every adult in America $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress in November.

Let’s be absolutely clear: The president cannot write a single one of those checks. Not one. And he knows this.

Appropriating taxpayer funds is Congress’s responsibility, and even politicians from Trump’s own party immediately distanced themselves from his assertion.

Folks, we have seen this movie before. DOGE checks. Two thousand dollar tariff checks. Trump had no intention of making good on this promises, and he won’t make good on this one, either.

Shame on him.