Ah, Fall is in the air. The leaves are falling, the temperature is (supposed to be) dropping, and the quarterly campaign finance reports are in at the Missouri Ethics Commission.
David Pearce (r-plastic smile and party rubber stamp), current representative in the 121st House District, is a declared candidate for the senate seat in the 31st District (currently held by Chris Koster and previously held for 28 years by Harold Caskey).
Well, David Pearce’s third quarter report, filed on 10/15/07, shows that Pearce 08 raised $35,408.29 ($29,960.00 cash, $3000.00 in a loan, and $2,448.29 in kind) with a cash on hand balance of $50,190.40.
Pearce’s expenditures included $2,500 to the McKellar Group in Kansas City for “fundraising” and $369.00 for postage.
Now comes the fun part – contributions (look at all those PACs!):
AIM Political Action Comm. P.O. Box 1709 Jefferson City MO 65102 09/11/2007
$200.00AT&T MO Employee PAC One AT&T Center St. Louis MO 63101 09/01/2007
$325.00Bank of America MO PAC800 Market St St. Louis MO 63101 08/17/2007
$300.00Citizens for Bryan T. Pratt 1123 SE Eastridge Dr Blue Springs MO 64014 08/17/2007
$650.00Citizens to elect Doug Ervin 19800 NE 128 Kearney MO 64060 08/20/2007
$325.00Credit Union Political Action Comm. 2055 Craigshire Dr St. Louis MO 63146 09/11/2007
$200.00District 7 MHCA PAC 236 Metro Dr Jefferson City MO 65109 09/11/2007
$650.00Embarq Employee PAC 319 Madison St Jefferson City MO 64101 09/20/2007
$250.00Home Building Industry PAC 10104 Old Olive St Rd St. Louis MO 63141 09/07/2007
$325.00HSBC North America H-PAC MO 2700 Sanders Rd Prospect Heights IL 60070 09/11/2007
$325.00Anheuser-Busch Inc. P.O. Box 1708 Jefferson City MO 65102 09/11/2007
$650.00KCP&L Power PAC P.O. Box 418679 K.C. MO 64141 08/27/2007
$650.00MAPAC MO Ass. Of Insurance Agents P.O. Box 1785 Jefferson City MO 65102 09/11/2007
$300.00MEDA PAC 326 E Capitol Ave Jefferson City MO 65101 09/30/2007
$650.00MHA HealthPAC P.O. Box 60 Jefferson City MO 65102 $400.00
MO Chamber PAC P.O. Box 149 Jefferson City MO 65102 09/11/2007
$650.00MO Council of School Administrators PAC – PRIMARY 398 Dix Rd STE 201 Jefferson City MO 65109 09/11/2007
$250.00MO CPA PAC P.O. Box 419042 St. Louis MO 63141 09/06/2007
$325.00MO Dental PAC 3340 American Ave Jefferson City MO 65109 09/11/2007
$400.00MO Independent Bankers Assoc. 5 Victory Ln STE 201 Liberty MO 64068 08/27/2007
$650.00MO Professionals Mutual 287 Lindbergh Blvd Saint Louis MO 63141 07/02/2007
$300.00Realtors PAC P.O. Box 30635 Columbia MO 65205 09/11/2007
$650.00UST Public Affairs Inc. 100 W Putnam Ave Greenwich CT 6830 08/15/2007
$300.00
Then again, $50,000 is not particularly stellar fundraising for an open senate seat.
For a minute there I was getting worried that the bankers had run out of money. It certainly looks like David Pearce has organized labor really locked in.
So far there is no declared Democratic candidate for the seat.
One of the interesting expenses that Pearce reports is $2500 to the McKellar Group for fundraising.
This firm represents Guilliani and Roberts.
I wonder why a three term Republican in the Missouri House in a seat that will be contested needed such outside assistance.