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  Cleaver II, Emanuel
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AffiliationDemocratic  
<-  2018-01-01  
 
NameEmanuel Cleaver II
Address8217 E. Gregory Blvd
Kansas City, Missouri 64141, United States
EmailNone
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Born October 26, 1944 (79 years)
ContributorJohn
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Dec 28, 2023 09:24am
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InfoEmanuel Cleaver, II is now serving his seventh term representing Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District, the home district of President Harry Truman. He is a member of the House Committee on Financial Services; Chair of the subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy; member of Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance; member of the House Committee on Homeland Security; member of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security; and member of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress.

Having served for twelve years on the city council of Missouri’s largest municipality, Kansas City, Cleaver was elected as the city’s first African American Mayor in 1991.

During his eight-year stint in the Office of the Mayor, Cleaver distinguished himself as an economic development activist and an unapologetic redevelopment craftsman. He and the City Council brought a number of major corporations to the city, including TransAmerica, Harley Davidson, and Citi Corp. Cleaver also led the effort, after a forty-year delay, to build the South Midtown Roadway. Upon completion of this major thoroughfare, he proposed a new name: The Bruce R. Watkins Roadway. Additionally, his municipal stewardship includes the 18th and Vine Redevelopment, a new American Royal, the establishment of a Family Division of the Municipal Court, and the reconstruction and beautification of Brush Creek.

Cleaver has received five honorary Doctoral Degrees augmented by a bachelor’s degree from Prairie View A&M, and a master’s from St. Paul's School of Theology of Kansas City.

In 2009, Cleaver, with a multitude of accomplishments both locally and Congressionally, introduced the most ambitious project of his political career—the creation of a Green Impact Zone. This zone, consisting of 150 blocks of declining urban core, has received approximately $125 million dollars in American Recovery and Reinvestment funds. The Green Impact Zone is aimed at making this high crime area the environmentally greenest piece of urban geography in the world. This project includes rebuilding Troost Avenue, rehabbing bridges, curbs and sidewalks, home weatherization, smart grid technology in hundreds of homes, and most importantly, hundreds of badly needed jobs for Green Zone residents.

During the 112th Congress, Cleaver was unanimously elected the 20th chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.

In 2016, as Ranking Member of the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee, Cleaver successfully co-authored the largest sweeping reform bill on housing programs in 20 years, the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act, a bipartisan comprehensive housing bill that passed into law with a unanimous vote.

In 2018, Congressman Cleaver received the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation. Past honorees include President Bill Clinton, the late Senator John McCain, and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

Cleaver, a native of Texas, is married to the former Dianne Donaldson. They have made Kansas City home for themselves and their four children, and grandchildren.

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Apr 08, 2012 08:00pm General Dem Rep Cleaver: ‘Wrong’ for Dems to accuse GOP of ‘war on women’  Article COSDem 
Jan 06, 2009 01:00pm News Cleaver: This cannot be a 'black seat'  Article ArmyDem 

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  08/06/2024 MO District 05 - D Primary ???
  11/08/2022 MO District 05 Won 61.02% (+24.58%)
  08/02/2022 MO District 05 - D Primary Won 85.62% (+71.23%)
  11/03/2020 MO District 05 Won 58.79% (+20.22%)
  08/04/2020 MO District 05 - D Primary Won 85.31% (+70.62%)
  11/06/2018 MO District 05 Won 61.67% (+26.06%)
  08/07/2018 MO District 05 - D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/2016 MO District 05 Won 58.83% (+20.66%)
  08/02/2016 MO District 05 - D Primary Won 88.21% (+76.41%)
  11/04/2014 MO District 05 Won 51.67% (+6.79%)
  08/05/2014 MO District 05 - D Primary Won 82.04% (+76.51%)
  11/06/2012 MO District 5 Won 60.52% (+23.61%)
  08/07/2012 MO District 5 - D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/2010 MO District 5 Won 53.32% (+9.14%)
  11/04/2008 MO District 5 Won 64.37% (+28.75%)
  11/07/2006 MO District 5 Won 64.30% (+32.06%)
  08/08/2006 MO District 5 - D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/2004 MO District 5 Won 55.19% (+13.07%)
  08/03/2004 MO District 5 - D Primary Won 59.97% (+19.93%)
  03/28/1995 Kansas City Mayor Won 55.45% (+10.90%)
  02/28/1995 Kansas City Mayor - Primary Won 53.58% (+16.65%)
  03/26/1991 Kansas City Mayor Won 53.30% (+6.60%)
  02/26/1991 Kansas City Mayor - Primary Won 36.66% (+19.60%)
  03/31/1987 Kansas City Council - 5th District Won 74.31% (+48.62%)
  03/29/1983 Kansas City Council - 5th District Won 69.14% (+38.27%)
  03/27/1979 Kansas City Council - 5th District Won 58.39% (+16.77%)
  02/27/1979 Kansas City Council - 5th District - Primary Won 51.80% (+30.23%)
  02/25/1975 Kansas City Council - 5th District - Primary Lost 22.79% (-18.64%)
  08/04/1970 MO State House 016 - D Primary Lost 0.96% (-52.54%)
ENDORSEMENTS
MO US Senate - D Primary - Aug 02, 2022 D Trudy Busch Valentine
US House Appropriations Committee Chair - D Steering Vote - Dec 03, 2020 D Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Assistant Democratic Leader - Nov 18, 2020 D Katherine M. Clark
WA District 10 - Blanket Primary - Aug 04, 2020 D Marilyn Strickland
VA District 05 - D Primary - Jun 23, 2020 D B. Cameron Webb
MO US President - D Primary - Mar 10, 2020 D Joe Biden
MO US President - D Primary - Mar 15, 2016 D Hillary Clinton
US House Minority Whip - Nov 16, 2010 D James E. "Jim" Clyburn
MO US President - D Primary - Feb 05, 2008 D Hillary Clinton
US President - D Primaries - Jun 03, 2008 D Hillary Clinton
Kansas City Mayor - Mar 30, 1999 N George D. Blackwood, Jr.
Kansas City Mayor - Primary - Mar 02, 1999 N George D. Blackwood, Jr.
Kansas City Mayor - Mar 31, 1987 R Richard L. Berkley
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