The candidates running for the open senate seat in the 31st District – David Pearce (r – advocate of automotive deer hunting), Rex Rector (r) and Chris Benjamin (D) – filed their 8 day reports. There’s some interesting information in those lists of expenditures.
We’ve covered this race in previous posts:
31st Senate District – second quarter campaign finance reports
31st Senate District – first quarter campaign finance reports
Rex Rector (r) announces for the 31st District senate seat: the deerhunter’s worst nightmare
Let’s take a look at what David Perace (r) is spending money on, via the Missouri Ethics Commission:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe[e]: PEARCE 08
Report[ ]Date: 7/28/2008Capitol Consulting Jefferson City MO 07/04/2008 Fundraising $4,327.10
Rocket Group LLC Jefferson City MO 07/04/2008 Campaign Literature $1,379.11
Western Robidoux St. Joseph MO 07/04/2008 Campaign Literature $1,188.00
Callis & Assoc Sedalia MO 04/14/2008 Campaign Services $5,896.57
Thompson Communications Marshfield MO 07/08/2008 Radio Advertisement $18,980.48
Friendly Phones Bethany 07/21/2008 Information license $2,500.00
Western Robidoux St. Joseph MO 07/21/2008 Campaign Printing $801.97
Axiom Strategies Kansas City MO 07/20/2008 Campaign Mail $44,839.76
Thompson Communications Marshfield MO 07/21/2008 Radio Advertisement $18,806.60
[emphasis added]
Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received
Committee: PEARCE 08
Report Date: 7/28/2008Johnson County Republican Central Committee Warrensburg MO 07/23/2008 $6,725.00
What? No money from the Cass, Bates, or Vernon County republican committees?
Radio! Radio! Direct mail (everyone say “Hi!” to Jeff Roe)! Don’t tell us someone advised David Pearce to run radio ads in the expensive Kansas City market, whilst they took a 15% commission. Say it ain’t so.
Rex Rector (r) filed his 8 day report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 27th:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe[e]: CITIZENS FOR REX RECTOR
Report[ ]Date: 7/26/2008Lettercraft Printing & Graphics Summit, MO 07/11/2008 brochures $3,211.19
B&H Laser Toner and Ink Pleasant Hill, MO 07/07/2008 toner cartrages $583.92
Phoenix Office Pruducts KC, MO 07/22/2008 envelopes $106.59
Do you sense some mailings and a literature drop or two?
Chris Benjamin filed his 8 day report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 28th:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe[e]: BENJAMIN FOR SENATE
Report[ ]Date: 7/28/2008DAMAR PRINTING KCMO 7/02/2008 PRINTING $906.10
THE MARTING COMMUNICATION GROUP KCMO 7/11/2008 CONSULTING $1,500.00
MAJORITY STRATEGIES STL MO 7/15/2008 CONSULTING/FUNDRAISING $3,297.00
What? Oh, that’s right. Chris Benjamin didn’t have a primary opponent. Heh.
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t David (against car-deer-hunting) Pearce against robo calls.
I just got one from Matt Bartle telling me that David Pearce really is pro-life, not like some group out of ST. LOUIS! is telling people.
Damn, but I am not voting in the Republican primary Tuesday.
And, I just got another robo call for Pearce. And, this one didn’t even identify who it was from. Isn’t that illegal?