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This is where all the money went…
Governor (ballot order)
Republican
Scott Long Mountain View MO 2/26/2008
Sarah Steelman Rolla MO 2/26/2008
Kenny Hulshof Columbia MO 2/26/2008
Jennie Lee (Jen) Schwartze Sievers Jackson MO 3/24/2008Democratic
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon Jefferson City MO 2/26/2008
Daniel Carroll Shelbina MO 3/25/2008Libertarian
Andrew W. Finkenstadt Cottleville MO 3/21/2008
…except for the Libertarian and the unknowns. Let’s take a look:
Andrew Finkenstadt (L) has yet to file anything with the Missouri Ethics Commission.
Jennie Sievers (r) filed a Statement of Exemption (pdf) (dated April 8th) with the Missouri Ethics Commission. She intends to neither raise nor spend more than $500.00 on the race.
Scott Long (r) also filed a Statement of Exemption (pdf) (dated April 1st) with the Missouri Ethics Commission.
Let’s take a look at Kenny Hulshof’s (r) first quarter campaign finance report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission on April 15th:
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committee[e]: HULSHOF FOR GOVERNOR INC1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $0.00
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $904,450.00
3. ALL LOANS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $0.00
6. IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $2,209.35
9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $906,683.35
15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A )$174,308.53
25. MONEY ON HAND AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (INCLUDING FUNDS IN DEPOSITORY, CASH, SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND ALL OTHER INVESTMENTS) $0.00
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $731,574.82
35. TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 29 + 30 + 31 – 32 – 33 – 34) $0.00
[emphasis added]
That’s some serious money. Let’s take a look at where he spent some of that serious money:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committee[e]: HULSHOF FOR GOVERNOR INC
Report[ ]Date: 1/15/2008Missouri Press Clipping Bureau Alexandria, VA 3/4/2008 Advertising $500.00
Signs by Tomorrow Jefferson City, MO 3/25/2008 Advertising $325.96
Newz Group Columbia, MO 3/28/2008 Advertising $426.25
Cape Girardeau Republican Women Jefferson City, MO 3/21/2008Advertising $100.00
Advertsing!
John Hancock and Associates, LLC Chesterfield, MO 3/31/2008 Campaign Supply $14,004.36
Campaign supplies!
Postmaster 2/8/2008 Post office box $126.00
Postmaster 2/19/2008 Postage $175.00
Postmaster 2/19/2008 Postage $125.00
Postmaster 3/15/2008 Postage $9,000.32
Postage and post office things!
Williams Keepers LLC. Jefferson City, MO 312008 Prof. Services $11,371.00
Husch, Blackwell, Sanders LLP St Louis, MO 3/19/2008 Prof. Services $5,568.06
Capital Enhancement Inc Chesterfield, MO 3/19/2008 Prof. Services $15,000.00
American Viewpoint Alexandria, Virginia 3/19/2008 Prof. Services $20,000.00
Union Management, Inc Columbia, MO 3/31/2008 Prof. Services $700.00
Capital Enhancement Inc Chesterfield, MO 3/31/2008 Prof. Services $15,000.00
John Hancock & Associates LLC Chesterfield, MO 3/31/2008 Prof. Services $12,000.00
Lots of expensive professional services! A pollster!
And where did the money come from?:
Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received
Committee: HULSHOF FOR GOVERNOR INC
Report Date: 4/15/2008Stephen Colbert Columbia, MO 03/19/2008 $500.00
[no, not that one]
First United Pentecostal Church Kennett, MO 02/16/2008 $300.00
[God is on someone’s side?]
Independent Stave Co Inc. Lebanon, MO 03/19/2008 $1,350.00
[Evidently not, especially since they maxed out]
Julia Kauffman Mission Hills, KS 03/18/2008 $1,350.00
[Don’t tell those Cardinals fans!]
Leggett & Platt Inc. Carthage, MO 3/27/2008 $1,350.00
[yawn]
Missouri Soybean Association Jefferson City, MO 03/17/2008 $1,350.00
Soy Inc. 03/17/2008 $1,350.00
Soy Labs Fairfield , CA 903/12/2008 $1,350.00
[Tofu for everyone!]
129th Republican Legislative Comm Joplin, MO 03/27/2008 $13,400.00
12th Legislative District Republican Committee Saint Charles MO, 03/31/2008 $13,450.00
131st Legislative Committee Joplin, MO 03/31/2008 $13,450.00
14th Legislative Dist Republican Comm. Saint Charles, MO 03/31/2008 $13,450.00
15th Legislative District Republican Committee Saint Charles, MO 03/31/2008 $13,450.00
16th Legislative District Republican Committee Saint Charles, MO 03/31/2008 $13,450.00
17th Legislative District Republican Committee Saint Charles, MO 03/31/2008 $7,500.00
1st Senate Committee Saint Louis, MO 03/27/2008 $13,450.00
24th Legislative District Columbia, MO 03/29/2008 $13,450.00
30th Republican Legislative District Committee Smithville, MO 03/31/2008 $13,450.00
32nd Republican Legislative Committee Kansas City, MO 03/31/2008 $13,100.00
32nd Senatorial Republican Committee Joplin, MO 03/30/2008 $13,400.00
35th Republican Legislative Comm. Kearney, MO 03/31/2008 $13,450.00
85th Legislative Dist. Republican Comm Saint Louis, MO 03/27/2008 $13,450.00
Boone County Republican Central Committee Columbia, MO 03/22/2008 $10,000.00
Boone County Republican Central Committee Columbia, MO 03/29/2008 $3,450.00
Cooper County Republican Committee Bunceton, MO 02/20/2008 $12,700.00
Friends of Vicky Hartzler Harrisonville, MO 03/27/2008 $250.00
[Unintentional irony]
Platte County Republican Central Committee Kansas City, MO 03/31/2008 $13,450.00
Republican 18th Legislative Dist. Committee Saint Charles, MO 03/31/2008 $13,450.00
Republican Central Committee Saint Louis, MO 03/26/2008 $13,450.00
Republican Sixth District Liberty, MO 03/31/2008 $13,450.00
Seventh State Senatorial Republican Committee Saint Louis, MO 03/31/2008 $12,775.00
12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $25 OR LESS $55.00
13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $40,266.00
[emphasis added, added comments in italics]
Another party committee champion!
Let’s take a look at Sarah Steelman’s first quarter 2008 campaign finance report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission on April 15th (we’ve looked at it a bit of it previously when we were busting the stenographer’s chops about his political reporting):
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe[e]: FRIENDS OF STEELMAN1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $540,684.04
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $655,603.00
3. ALL LOANS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $500,000.00
7. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS PERIOD (SUM 5A + 6A) $1,159,103.00
9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $1,699,787.04
14. TOTAL ALL EXPENDITURES MADE THIS PERIOD (SUM 11A + 12A + 13A) $29,457.69
15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $136,
619.5325. MONEY ON HAND AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (INCLUDING FUNDS IN DEPOSITORY, CASH, SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND ALL OTHER INVESTMENTS) $296,773.36
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $1,422,918.67
35. TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 29 + 30 + 31 – 32 – 33 – 34) $570,000.00
[emphasis added]
Yeah, that loan is a way to tell Kenny that she can dump all the money she needs into this primary. She spent less money this quarter, too. Hmmm. Let’s see where it went:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe[e]: FRIENDS OF STEELMAN
Report[ ]Date: 04/15/2008Axiom Strategies LLC Kansas City, MO 02/19/2008 Invoice 393 January consulting fees ($8000)and associated expenses (itemization linked) $8,603.50
Axiom Strategies LLC 2345 Grand Boulevard Suite 250 Kansas City, MO 02/19/2008 Invoice 406. February Consulting ($12500) and other expenses (itemization linked) $17,140.19
Jack Cashill 03/05/2008 Media Training $393.66
Chez Monet Bakery Jefferson City, MO 02/07/2008 Cookies for Statewide Lincoln Day Luncheon $241.26
Everyone say, “Hi!” to Jeff Roe.
Okay, is that “media training” literal or just unintentionally ironic or both?
Cookies!
Okay, let’s see where some of the money came from:
Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received
Committee: FRIENDS OF STEELMAN
Report Date: 04/15/2008123rd Legislative Committee Raymore, MO 64083 03/28/2008 $13,500.00
12th Senatorial District Committee Maryville, MO 64468 03/30/2008 $13,500.00
150th Legislative Republican Fund Lecoma, MO 04/01/2008 $13,450.00
15th Legislative District Republican Committee Saint Charles, MO 04/01/2008 $13,450.00
17th Legislative District Republican Committee Saint Charles, MO 04/01/2008 $13,450.00
17th Republican Senatorial Committee Liberty, MO 64068 03/26/2008 $8,000.00
17th REpublican Senatorial Committee Liberty, MO 03/31/2008 $5,500.00
19th Legislative District Republican Committee Saint Charles, MO 04/01/2008 $13,000.00
23rd Senatorial District Republican Committee Saint Charles, MO 04/01/2008 $13,450.00
27th Legislative District Committee Saint Joseph, MO 03/26/2008 $13,500.00
30th Republican Legislative Committee Smithville, MO 03/31/2008 $13,450.00
31st Republican Senatorial Committee 223 Seminole Court Raymore, MO 03/28/2008 $12,500.00
32nd Republican Legislative Committee Kansas City, MO 03/31/2008 $950.00
34th Republican Senatorial District CommitteeSaint Joseph, MO 03/31/2008 $5,800.00
48th District Committee Lees Summit, MO 03/31/2008 $13,450.00
56th District Legislative Committee Lees Summit, MO 03/27/2008 $13,500.00
5th Judicial Circuit Republican Committee Saint Joseph, MO 03/27/2008 $13,500.00
7th State Senatorial Committee Saint Louis, MO 03/31/2008 $675.00
7th State Senatorial Committee Saint Louis, MO 03/31/2008 $9,300.00
87th Legislative Republican District Commitee Saint Louis, MO 63105 04/14/2008 $13,450.00
Buchanan County Republican Central Committee Saint Joseph, MO 03/29/2008 $13,500.00
Cass County Central Committee Harrisonville, MO 03/26/2008 $13,500.00
Crawford County Republican Central Committee Cuba, MO 04/14/2008 $13,450.00
DeKalb County Rebpublican Committee Maysville, MO 03/31/2008 $13,450.00
Johnson County Republican Party Central Committee Warrensburg, MO 03/27/2008 $13,450.00
Livingston County Republican Committee Chillicothe, MO 03/28/2008 $13,500.00
MO 29th Legislative District Saint Joseph, MO 03/26/2008 $13,500.00
Phelps County Republican Central Committee Rolla, MO 03/26/2008 $13,000.00
Platte County Republican Central Committee Kansas City, MO 03/31/2008 $13,450.00
Republican 18th Legislative District Committee Saint Charles, MO 04/01/2008 $13,200.00
Republican 6th District Congressional Committee Liberty, MO 03/27/2008 $13,500.00
Republican Central Committee of Dent County Lecoma, MO 03/26/2008 $13,500.00
Another committee champion! Is this one a record? One starts to get a feel for the geographic nature of the various republican fiefdoms in the state. Heh.
Daniel Carroll (D) has not yet filed any paperwork with the Missouri Ethics Commission.
Let’s take a look at Jay Nixon’s (D) first quarter 2008 campaign finance report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission on April 15th:
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe[e]: NIXON FOR GOVERNOR1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $4,947,474.98
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $1,421,438.18
3. ALL LOANS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $0.00
7. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS PERIOD (SUM 5A + 6A) $1,483,649.72
8. FUNDS USED FOR REPAYING LOANS THIS PERIOD $0.00
9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $6,431,124.70
[emphasis added]
Okay, time out. I can picture all those other campaigns after reading this 460 page report: “That’s it man, game over man, game over!…What are we gonna do?” “Maybe we could build a fire, sing a couple of songs, huh? Why don’t we try that?”
14. TOTAL ALL EXPENDITURES MADE THIS PERIOD (SUM 11A + 12A + 13A) 521,691.92
25. MONEY ON HAND AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (INCLUDING FUNDS IN DEPOSITORY, CASH, SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND ALL OTHER INVESTMENTS) $1,747,859.12
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $2,703,066.92
35. TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 29 + 30 + 31 – 32 – 33 – 34) $0.00
[emphasis added]
Let’s look at where some of the money money went:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe: NIXON FOR GOVERNOR
ReportDate: 4/15/2008Integram Fairfax, VA 2/29/2008 Mailing $44,104.16
Bennett Petts & Blumenthal Washington, DC 20007 1/17/2008 Polling $10,000.00
Celco Fairfax, VA 22032 2/29/2008 Fundraising List $7,006.93
Blackrock Associates Berkeley, CA 1/17/2008 Web Consulting $9,948.21
And look at where it came from:
Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received
Committee: NIXON FOR GOVERNOR
Report Date: 4/15/2008135th Democratic Committee Springfield, MO 3/20/2008 $13,450.00
In-KindPlatte County Democratic Party 32nd District Kansas City, MO 3/31/2008 $7,000.00
19th District Legislative Committee Saint Charles, MO 63301 3/31/2008 $13,450.00
You know what? I’m tired of cutting and pasting. It’s a gigantic report. If you’re interested in all the details go look at the report. There are hundreds of contributions from individuals ranging from $5.00 to the individual maximum. There are committee contributions, too. It’s a broad spectrum of the state which would appear to indicate Jay Nixon’s broad appeal.
Everyone loves a winner.