Representative · Missouri's 4th district

Mark Alford

Mark Alford is a Republican representative for Missouri's 4th district, in Congress since 2023. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 11, and cast 451 of 464 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2023
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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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.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	1.6%11 of 675 · rank 239 of 439	97%451 of 464 · rank 293 of 439	290 became law	14%28 of 197
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	0.7%8 of 1,222 · rank 373 of 442	99%839 of 849 · rank 130 of 442	250 became law	10%20 of 196

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 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.56+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.

H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 178–247· Against party
H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
H.R. 7006: Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–291· Against party
H.R. 7006: Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 163–257· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–297· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–302· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–307· Against party

Recent votes

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

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

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

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Missouri's 4th 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: $447.8M
Per resident: $572
Rank in Missouri: 3 of 8
Contract actions: 2,039; New awards: 711

By fiscal year

386.8MFY2017
416.9MFY2018
550MFY2019
469.7MFY2020
474.3MFY2021
690.4MFY2022
516.8MFY2023
501MFY2024
460.2MFY2025
447.8MFY2026

Top buyers

Department of the Army$277M62%
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force$85.6M19%
Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency$61.1M14%
Department of Defense
Department of the Navy$7.2M1.6%
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs$5.5M1.2%
Defense Health Agency$1.6M0.4%
Department of Defense
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services$1.6M0.3%
Department of Homeland Security
Defense Commissary Agency$1.5M0.3%
Department of Defense

Top recipients

BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLC$129.4M29%
1 award
SEMPRE, INC.$44.8M10.0%
2 awards
ENERSYS ENERGY PRODUCTS INC.$38.5M8.6%
50 awards
TSAY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC.$37.1M8.3%
2 awards
AMERICAN WATER MILITARY SERVICES, LLC$17.1M3.8%
1 award
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES$16.9M3.8%
3 awards
SHO-ME POWER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE$16.2M3.6%
11 awards
VAZQUEZ REASBECK CONSTRUCTION LLC$13.6M3.0%
4 awards
OMEGA PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC$8.2M1.8%
1 award
OLIN WINCHESTER LLC$7.1M1.6%
11 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.

2026 cycle

Raised: $1.4M; through Jul 15, 2026
Cash on hand: $747.4K
From committees: $600.7K; 181 committees
From contractor PACs: $151K; 46 PACs · 25% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$10K	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
the boeing companythe boeing company pac	$10K	THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization	$9B
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac	$9,000	NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$1.1B
microsoft corporationmicrosoft corporation stakeholders voluntary pac - msvpac	$8,000	MICROSOFT CORPORATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization	$444.3M
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)	$7,500	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$0
davita inc.davita inc. political action committee (dapac)	$7,000	DAVITA INC.AI match · 97% · the same organization	$179.4M
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac	$5,500	AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.2M
conagra brands, inc.conagra brands, inc. good government association	$5,000	CONAGRA BRANDS, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$1M
ameren corporationameren corporation federal political action committee (ameren fedpac)	$5,000	AMEREN SERVICES COMPANYAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$2M
bae systemsbae systems inc. political action committee (bae systems usa pac)	$5,000	BAE SYSTEMS PLCAI match · 99% · the same organization	-$88K

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$1.4M	$600.7K	$151K46 PACs · 25% of committee money
2024	$1.3M	$581.7K	$117.1K38 PACs · 20% of committee money
2022	$1M	$199.1K	$19.5K10 PACs · 10% 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.

House · Missouri's 4th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Missouri's 4th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: alford.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-2876
Office: 328 Cannon House Office Building

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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.