Yes, a few people filed for Secretary of State:
Republican
Mitchell (Mitch) Hubbard Fulton MO 3/11/2008
Democratic
Robin Carnahan St. Louis MO 2/26/2008
Libertarian
Wes Upchurch Columbia MO 3/25/2008
Let’s take a look at what they’ve raised:
It appears that Wes Upchurch (L) hasn’t filed any campaign finance reports with the Missouri Ethics Commission.
Robin Carnahan (D) filed her first quarter 2008 campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on April 15th:
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe[e]: ROBIN CARNAHAN FOR MISSOURI1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $1,012,571.76
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $186,310.00
3. ALL LOANS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $0.00
7. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS PERIOD (SUM 5A + 6A) $190,638.66
8. FUNDS USED FOR REPAYING LOANS THIS PERIOD $0.00
9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $1,203,210.42
10. TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $536,350.62
14. TOTAL ALL EXPENDITURES MADE THIS PERIOD (SUM 11A + 12A + 13A) $70,642.19
5. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $606,992.81
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $635,159.35
[emphasis added]
And where did the money come from?:
Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received
Committee: ROBIN CARNAHAN FOR MISSOURI
Report Date: 04/15/2008114th Legislative Democratic Committee Jefferson City, MO 03/14/2008 $1,300.00
114th Legislative Democratic Committee Jefferson City, MO 03/28/2008 $3,900.00
134th Democratic Committee Springfield, MO 03/26/2008 $2,450.00
138th Legislative District Springfield, MO 03/31/2008 $6,250.00
140th Legislative District Committee Springfield, MO 01/22/2008 $6,250.00
15th Senate District Democratic Committee St. Louis, MO 01/05/2008 $600.00
15th Senate District Democratic Committee St. Louis, MO 01/15/2008 $1,250.00
15th Senate District Democratic Committee St. Louis, MO 03/17/2008 $3,000.00
19th District Democratic Senatorial Cmte Columbia, MO 03/28/2008 $6,600.00
23rd District Democratic Legislative Cmt Columbia, MO 03/18/2008 $6,250.00
25th District Democratic Legislative Cmt Columbia, MO 03/18/2008 $6,250.00
2nd Senatorial District Legislative Committee St. Charles, MO 02/01/2008 $6,200.00
52nd Legislative Democratic Committee Independence, MO 03/31/2008 $6,000.00
82nd Democratic Legislative District Comm. St. Louis, MO 03/31/2008 $3,625.00
8th Senatorial District Democratic Comm Independence, MO 03/31/2008 $6,000.00
Johnson County Democratic Central Comm. Warrensburg, MO 03/25/2008 $6,650.00
Sixteenth District Leg. Committee St. Charles, MO 03/19/2008 $3,100.00
Thirteenth District Leg Committee St. Charles, MO 02/01/2008 $6,200.00
Twelfth District Legislative Committee St. Charles, MO 02/01/2008 $6,200.00
Webster County Democratic Central Comm Fordland, MO 03/26/2008 $2,450.00
9. AMOUNT OF ITEM 8 THAT WAS RECEIVED AS MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS $180,120.00
13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $6,190.00
There are also quite a few individual contributions.
And what was some of that money spent on?:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe[e]: ROBIN CARNAHAN FOR MISSOURI
Report[ ]Date: 04/15/2008Research Associates, Inc. Washington DC 02/14/2008 Research $14,000.00
Research!
Mitch Hubbard filed a Statement of Committee Organization (pdf) with the Missouri Ethics Commission on April 1st (hand delivered!). Yet another brick is added to the mythology of the lost cause…