The House republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) is going all in with media buys in the really small media market in the 121st Legislative District race. They not only do small town parades – according to the latest report from the Missouri Ethics Commission, they flood local cable and radio with ads to prop up incumbents. From the HRCC “8 Day Before General Election” campaign finance report filed yesterday:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe: HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC
ReportDate: 10/25/2010B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS
Victory Enterprises Davenport, IA 10/13/2010 IE Radio Buy-Hoskins $21,098.74
Victory Enterprises Davenport, IA 10/13/2010 IE Media Buy-Hoskins $19,576.00
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Yep, that’s over $40,000.00 in outside money.
Democratic Party challenger Courtney Cole filed her “8 Day Before General Election” campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on October 25th:
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe: COLE FOR HOUSE1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $68,408.66
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $7,735.009. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $76,643.66
15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $64,387.99
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $5,793.33
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Think about that. The HRCC has propped up Denny Hoskins (r-noun, verb, CPA) with media buys alone that amount to more than half of the money raised by the Democratic Party challenger.
Let’s look at some of the latest contributions to Courtney Cole’s (D) campaign:
Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received
Committee: COLE FOR HOUSE
Report Date: 10/25/2010Connie McGinness Maryville, MO Retired 10/01/2010 $25.00
Michael Bersin Warrensburg, MO UCM Professor 10/18/2010 $100.00
Jamie Aiken Warrensburg, MO Retired 10/14/2010 $20.00
Jim Jackson Warrensburg, MO Self-employed 10/09/2010 $200.00
Deleta Williams Warrensburg, MO Retired 10/19/2010 $50.00
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Heh. Well, that’s a familiar name. There are a number of other individual contributions, contributions from organized labor (working people!), and a few contributions from Democratic Party office holders.
The expenditures:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe: COLE FOR HOUSE
ReportDate: 10/25/2010A. EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY
MO American Water $20.73
B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS
KOKO Warrensburg, MO 10/08/2010 Advertising $3,525.00
Jason Elkins Warrensburg, MO 10/08/2010 Building Lease $1,250.00
RGC Kansas City, MO 10/10/2010 Printing $3,872.73
KCP&L Kansas City, MO 10/12/2010 Electric Bill $177.03
RGC Kansas City, MO 10/12/2010 Printing $7,745.46
Charter Media Warrensburg, MO 10/13/2010 Advertising $2,385.10
Montserrat Vineyards Knob Noster, MO 10/19/2010 Supplies $332.06
RGC Kansas City, MO 10/19/2010 Printing $3,800.00
Denny Hoskins (r-noun, verb, CPA) filed his “8 Day Before General Election” campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on October 25th:
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe: CITIZENS FOR HOSKINS1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $14,152.00
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $10,090.009. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $25,192.78
15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $24,079.64
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $18,001.43
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Like those for other republican candidates, this report reset the “previously reported” clock after the August primary.
Some of the contributions:
Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received
Committee: CITIZENS FOR HOSKINS
Report Date: 10/25/2010MISSOURI SOCIETY OF CPAS ST. LOUIS, MO 10/12/2010 $2,500.00
CITIZENS FOR DIEHL TOWN AND COUNTRY, MO 10/15/2010 $1,000.00
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There are PACs, other republican office holders, and a few individual contributions also in the mix.
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe: CITIZENS FOR HOSKINS
ReportDate: 10/25/2010A. EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY
SUPPLIES – $72.40
FENCE POSTS – $79.14B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS
HEATHER MYERS WARRENSBURG, MO 10/04/2010 CAMPAIGN WORK $500.00
WALMART WARRENSBURG, MO 10/8/2010 SUPPLIES $173.10
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY WARRENSBURG, MO 10/14/2010 CONTRIBUTION $100.00
DAILY STAR JOURNAL WARRENSBURG, MO 10/14/2010 ADVERTISING $100.00
KOKO WARRENSBURG, MO 10/14/2010 ADVERTISING $3,549.00
MAJORITY STRATEGIES PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL 10/19/2010 ADVERTISING $12,529.79
SAMS CLUB INDEPENDENCE, MO 10/19/2010 PARADE CANDY $169.08
Fence posts. It’s a set up! “When you’re driving down a country road and you see a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a post turtle. You know he didn’t get up there by himself. He doesn’t belong there; he can’t get anything done while he’s up there; and you just want to help the poor, dumb thing down.”
Why doesn’t anyone ever report an expense for “parade broccoli”? Just asking.
$170.00 for parade candy seems a bit extravagant. What was he passing out anyway? We have something of a children’s diabetic epidemic in this country, so why pass out candy at all?
Where would someone get parade broccoli?
I’ve lived most of my life on country roads and have never seen a turtle on a fence post, so that’s either allegorical or I need to pay better attention(probably need to do that anyway).