The October 2011 quarterly campaign finance reports are showing up at the Missouri Ethics Commission. The active Secretary of State campaign committees:
Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D) has announced that she is not running for reelection.
Jason Kander (D) filed his filed his filed his quarterly report on October 17th:
REPORT SUMMARY
KANDER FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 10/17/20112. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $65,015.00
10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $2,195.56
27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $232,888.45
34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $0.00
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That’s a healthy cash on hand. And that does not include:
Campaign Finance: Jason Kander (D) continues…part 3 (October 13, 2011)
….A total of $80,406.00 since September 30th. And that’s just the big dollar contributions (over $5000.00) that must be reported within 48 hours.
There are two republican candidates.
Scott Rupp (r) filed his filed his quarterly report on October 17th:
REPORT SUMMARY
RUPP FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 10/17/20112. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $85,700.00
10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $16,759.94
27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $96,210.60
34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $0.00
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That’s a relatively paltry cash on hand.
Bill Stouffer (r) filed his filed his filed his filed his quarterly report on October 17th:
REPORT SUMMARY
FRIENDS OF BILL STOUFFER [pdf] 10/17/20112. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $28,805.00
3. All Loans Received This Period $150,000.00
10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $19,095.14
27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $170,614.39
34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $150,000.00
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That’s a decent cash on hand, but most of it is from a loan:
SUPPLEMENTAL LOAN INFORMATION
FRIENDS OF BILL STOUFFER [pdf] 10/17/20111. NAME AND ADDRESS OF LENDER
WILLIAM H STOUFFER
NAPTON MO 653404. DATE OF LOAN 9/30/2011
5. AMOUNT OF LOAN $150,000.00
6. ANNUAL RATE OF INTEREST 6%
7. TIME PERIOD OF LOAN 1 YEAR
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Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D), while not running for reelection, has not terminated her committee yet and must still file a quarterly report (and did so on October 15th):
REPORT SUMMARY
ROBIN CARNAHAN FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 10/15/20112. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $3.00
10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $7,841.14
27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $203,002.39
34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $0.00
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That’s a significant cash on hand.