There’s been a flurry of campaign contribution activity reported for Attorney General Chris Koster (D) at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
Report of Contributions Received > $500 During Legislative Session
C031159 01/27/2011 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER Michael J. Angelides 57 Crestwood Dr. Edwardsville IL 62025 1/26/2011 $5,000.00
C031159 01/27/2011 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER David C. Bamper 3805 Bolder Dr. Edwardsville IL 62025 1/26/2011 $2,500.00
C031159 01/27/2011 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER John A. Barnerd 2828 Ironwood Dr. Alton IL 62002 1/26/2011 $5,000.00
C031159 01/27/2011 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER Perry J. Browder 2351 Larkdale Dr. Glenview IL 60025 1/26/2011 $5,000.00
C031159 01/27/2011 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER Ted N. Gianaris P.O. Box 886 Edwardsville IL 62025 1/26/2011 $5,000.00
C031159 01/27/2011 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER Gregg A. Kirkland 12 Goshen Woods Est. Edwardsville IL 62025 1/26/2011 $2,500.00
C031159 01/26/2011 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER Alison Hershewe 3902 Old Orchard Rd. Joplin MO 64804 1/25/2011 $1,000.00
C031159 01/26/2011 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER Onder, Shelton, O’Leary & Peterson, L.L.C. 110 E. Lockwood St Louis MO 63119 1/25/2011 $2,500.00
C031159 01/20/2011 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER Comcast Financial Agency Corporation 1701 JFK Boulevard Philadelphia PA 19103 1/19/2011 $2,500.00
C031159 01/18/2011 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER John J Bommarito 4190 N. Service Rd. St Peters MO 63376 1/17/2011 $5,000.00
C031159 01/13/2011 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER AT&T Missouri Employee Political Action Committee 909 Chestnut Room 4107 St Louis MO 63101 1/13/2011 $2,500.00
C031159 01/12/2011 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER Ironworkers Political Education Fund 1750 New York Ave Suite 400 Washington DC 20006 1/12/2011 $1,000.00
C031159 01/11/2011 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER Matt Koster 2500 Town And Country Ln St Louis MO 63131 1/10/2011 $1,000.00
C031159 01/11/2011 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER Matt Koster 2500 Town And Country Ln St Louis MO 63131 1/10/2011 $1,000.00
C031159 01/11/2011 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER Matt Koster 2500 Town And Country Ln St Louis MO 63131 1/10/2011 $1,000.00
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Reported today:
CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY SINGLE DONOR – TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTION
C031159 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER [pdf] 1/27/2011
Simmons Attorneys at Law
707 Berkshire Blvd. P.O. Box 521
East Alton, IL 62024 1/26/2011
$25,000.00
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Reported nine days ago:
CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY SINGLE DONOR – TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTION
C031159 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER [pdf] 1/18/2011
James B Nutter Sr
1201 W. 66th St.
Kansas City , MO 64113
1/17/2011
$10,000.00
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That’s a total of $77,500.00. Put that in perspective. It’s chicken feed compared to what State Auditor Tom Schweich (r-rock star) did in his bid to unseat Susan Montee (D).
Does anyone think the republicans won’t dump an ungodly amount of cash on whatever sock puppet they select to challenge Chris Koster?