Former representative · Missouri's 3rd district

Blaine Luetkemeyer

Blaine Luetkemeyer served in Congress from 2009 to 2025, last as a Republican representative for Missouri's 3rd district. In the 118th Congress, 1,222 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 101, and cast 759 of 810 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Former
In Congress since
Jan 6, 2009
Last term ended
Jan 3, 2025
Open in the Congress explorerOfficial record
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2228.3%101 of 1,222 · rank 41 of 44294%759 of 810 · rank 322 of 442360 became law18%32 of 176
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9972.3%23 of 997 · rank 112 of 44398%546 of 560 · rank 263 of 443351 became law25%49 of 195

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 118th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.45+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
    Jul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 148–267· Against party
  2. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
    Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 147–269· Against party
  3. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
    Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 145–268· Against party
  4. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
    Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 145–267· Against party
  5. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
    Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 134–272· Against party
  6. H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
    Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 146–264· Against party
  7. H.R. 8997: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
    Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 145–273· Against party
  8. H.R. 8997: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
    Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 144–277· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. H.R. 10545: American Relief Act, 2025Not voting
    Dec 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 366–34
  2. H.R. 10515: American Relief Act, 2025Not voting
    Dec 19, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 174–235
  3. S. 759: Beagle Brigade Act of 2023Yea
    Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 381–20
  4. H.R. 8663: DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024Yea
    Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 404–1
  5. S. 3857: Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer ActNay
    Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 369–37· Against party
  6. S. 1351: Stop Institutional Child Abuse ActYea
    Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 373–33
  7. H.R. 1101: Lumbee Fairness ActYea
    Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 311–96
  8. S. 3448: Never Again Education Reauthorization Act of 2023Yea
    Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 402–12
  9. H.R. 115: Midnight Rules Relief ActYea
    Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 210–201
  10. S. 4077: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 180 Steuart Street in San Francisco, California, as the "Dianne Feinstein Post Office".Yea
    Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 348–39
  11. S. 141: Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement ActYea
    Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 382–12
  12. S. 3998: Federal Judiciary Stabilization Act of 2024Yea
    Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 390–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

71 sponsored · 1 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced6186%
  2. Reported by committee57.0%
  3. Passed one chamber45.6%
  4. Became law11.4%

Policy areas

  1. Finance and Financial Sector27
  2. Commerce15
  3. International Affairs8
  4. Government Operations and Politics5
  5. Education3
  6. Health3
  7. Armed Forces and National Security2
  8. Crime and Law Enforcement2

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 5409 Safeguarding American Farms from Foreign Influence Act
    Reported by committee· Foreign Trade and International Finance· Dec 19, 2024
  2. H.R. 3244 Stop Fentanyl Money Laundering Act of 2023
    Reported by committee· Finance and Financial Sector· Dec 19, 2024
  3. H.R. 4428 Guidance Clarity Act
    Reported by committee· Government Operations and Politics· Dec 18, 2024
  4. H.R. 8033 Regulatory Transparency for Small Businesses Act
    Reported by committee· Government Operations and Politics· Dec 10, 2024
  5. H.R. 6785 Rural Housing Service Reform Act of 2023
    Introduced· Housing and Community Development· Aug 29, 2024
  6. H.R. 9162 PRC Risk Transparency Act
    Introduced· International Affairs· Jul 25, 2024
  7. H.R. 8313 Help DPA Act
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· May 8, 2024
  8. H.R. 6015 Iran Sanctions Accountability Act of 2023
    Passed one chamber· International Affairs· Apr 17, 2024

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

No committee seats are listed.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Missouri's 3rd district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$69M
Per resident
$89.16
Rank in Missouri
8 of 8
Contract actions
4,344
New awards: 3,503

By fiscal year

  1. 132.2MFY2017
  2. 148.3MFY2018
  3. 137.7MFY2019
  4. 172.9MFY2020
  5. 102.6MFY2021
  6. 124.1MFY2022
  7. 150.1MFY2023
  8. 119.9MFY2024
  9. 137.4MFY2025
  10. 69MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$30.5M44%
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$13.3M19%
    Department of Defense
  3. Federal Aviation Administration$10.1M15%
    Department of Transportation
  4. Department of the Navy$4.2M6.2%
    Department of Defense
  5. Environmental Protection Agency$2.8M4.1%
  6. U.S. Geological Survey$2.2M3.1%
    Department of the Interior
  7. Public Buildings Service$1.5M2.2%
    General Services Administration
  8. Social Security Administration$1.1M1.6%

Top recipients

  1. MIDWEST WEATHER, INC.$9.9M14%
    4 awards
  2. ENGINEERED COIL COMPANY$8.3M12%
    277 awards
  3. GUARANTEE INTERIORS, INC.$7.5M11%
    15 awards
  4. ATTA ELEVATORS USA, INC$3.6M5.3%
    1 award
  5. DUBUQUE BARGE AND FLEETING SERVICE CO$3.6M5.1%
    1 award
  6. STAUDER CONSULTING, INC.$2.8M4.1%
    7 awards
  7. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM$2.5M3.6%
    28 awards
  8. HYDROGEOLOGIC, INC.$2.3M3.3%
    4 awards
  9. MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SENIOR SERVICES$2.2M3.2%
    8 awards
  10. SEYER INDUSTRIES, INC.$1.8M2.6%
    60 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2024 cycle

Raised
$1.4M
through Dec 31, 2024
Cash on hand
$470.8K
From committees
$709K
216 committees
From contractor PACs
$94K
22 PACs · 13% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2024

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
u.s. bancorpu.s. bancorp federal political action committee$10KU.S. BANCORPAI match · 99% · the same organization$8M
mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac)$7,500MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$125K
jpmorgan chase & co.jpmorgan chase & co. federal political action committee$7,500JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.5M
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i$7,500PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization$4.8M
transuniontransunion political action committee (tu pac)$7,500TRANS UNION LLCAI match · 99% · the same organization$3.6M
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$5,000AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$5,000AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
at&t inc.at&t inc. employee federal political action committee (at&t employee federal pac)$5,000AT&T CORP.,AI match · 100% · of one corporate family-$3,412
liberty mutual insurance companyliberty mutual insurance company - pac$5,000LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization—
ameren corporationameren corporation federal political action committee (ameren fedpac)$5,000AMEREN SERVICES COMPANYAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$2M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2024$1.4M$709K$94K22 PACs · 13% of committee money
2022$3.6M$1.4M$161.7K32 PACs · 12% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Missouri's 3rd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  2. House · Missouri's 3rd districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  3. House · Missouri's 3rd districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  4. House · Missouri's 3rd districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  5. House · Missouri's 3rd districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  6. House · Missouri's 3rd districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  7. House · Missouri's 9th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  8. House · Missouri's 9th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.