Mark Alford

Republican · MO-4 · U.S. House

On the ballot in 2026

MO-4 — U.S. House

Safe R 99%

Mark Alford is on the ballot. Jordan Herrera vs. Mark Alford. Runs on a newly enacted district map.

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Bio

Mark Allen Alford Sr. is an American politician and former television news anchor serving as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 4th congressional district since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party.

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Record of service

In office: 3.7 years
First took office: 2023 (2 terms)
Seniority: 323 of 439 by time served
Age: 63

District offices

Raymore, MO · 816-441-6318
Columbia, MO · 573-540-6600
Lebanon, MO · 417-532-5582

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Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.

Reported net worth

2023

−$684k

2024

$418k

2025

$417k

Most recent filing (2025)

Assets: $78k – $820k
Liabilities: $15k – $50k
Net worth: $28k – $805k
Since 2023: +$1.1M

Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 50 assets reported

Edward Jones IRA ⇒ Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Ser N$15k – $50k

Kansas City Deferred Compensation Plan ⇒ T. Rowe Price Target Retirement 2030 Fund (TRRWX)$15k – $50k

Edward Jones IRA ⇒ Bbva Gobal Secs B V$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA ⇒ Citigroup Inc. Medium Term Sr$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA ⇒ Federated Hermes Prime Cash Obligations Fund Wealth Shares (PCOXX)$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA ⇒ First Trust ECL$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA ⇒ Insured Bank Deposit$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA ⇒ Itasca County MN Cap Impt Plan$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA ⇒ Pacificorp 1st Mortgage Bond$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA ⇒ Wells Fargo & Co. Medium Term$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ First Trust Amex Biotech Index Fund (FB$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ First Trust Cons. Staples AlphaDEX (FXG$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX F$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ First Trust Low Duration Opportunities $1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ First Trust Morningstar ETF (FDL)$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Gri$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF (C$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ First Trust North American Energy Infra$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Ac$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FX$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ Global X Copper Miners ETF (COPX)$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ Global X Uranium ETF (URA)$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ Global X Video Games & Esports ETF (HER$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ Hartford Real Asset Fund - Class F (HRL$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA)$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ Invesco AI and Next Gen Software ETF (I$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ Invesco Taxable Municipal Bond ETF (BAB$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ Invesco Water Resources ETF (PHO)$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ iShares MSCI Global Select Metals & Min$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ iShares Silver Trust (SLV)$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ JPMorgan Active Value ETF (JAVA)$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ McDonalds Corp$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ Port Authority of New York and New Jers$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF (PVA$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ State Street Consumer Staples Select Se$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defen$1k – $15k

Edward Jones IRA - Guided Solutions Flex Account ⇒ State Street Utilities Select Sector SP$1k – $15k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

Taxes & Fiscal

R+0.89

Healthcare

R+0.46

Immigration & Border

R+1.00

Guns

R+1.00

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

R+1.00

Environment & Energy

R+0.88

Crime & Policing

R+0.99

Defense & Veterans

R+0.82

Economy & Labor

R+0.68

Foreign Policy & Trade

R+0.93

Civil Rights & Social

R+0.18

Education

R+0.97

Government & Democracy

R+0.90

Judicial & Executive Nominations

R+0.51

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Mark Alford's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

87%Closest

62%

28%

19%

Democratic Socialists (DSA)

15%

Communist Party USA

13%

On the political map

Mark Alford (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Caucuses & committees

Where Alfordsits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.

Committees

Most and least aligned members

Treating Alford's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Most aligned

Least aligned

Recent notable votes

YEA

Retire through Ownership Act

2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal

YEA

National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026

2026-09-16 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Government & Democracy

YEA

National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026

2026-09-16 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Government & Democracy

YEA

Retire through Ownership Act

2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal

YEA

PROOF Act

2026-09-16 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Taxes & Fiscal

YEA

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".

2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy

YEA

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (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''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (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''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.

2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education

YEA

Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025

2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy

YEA

Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act

2026-09-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy

YEA

Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025

2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy

YEA

Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act

2026-09-15 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Crime & Policing

YEA

GUARD Act

2026-09-15 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Economy & Labor

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Mark Alford

MO-4 — U.S. House

Bio

Record of service

Reported net worth

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

Issue profile

How they score against the parties

On the political map

Do you vote like Alford?

Caucuses & committees

Committees

Most and least aligned members

Most aligned

Least aligned

Recent notable votes

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