The Appellate Apportionment Commission has placed Senator David Pearce (r) and Representative Mike McGhee (r), a declared candidate for the Senate, in the same district. Senator Bill Stouffer (r) is term limited out in 2012.

The map of the new 21st Senate District, including Carroll, Chariton, parts of Johnson, Lafayette, Livingston, Pettis and Saline Counties – from the Appellate Apportionment Commission.

Well, that’s awkward.

CANDIDATE Date Established: 11/1/2005

Date Terminated:

COMMITTEE: MECID:C051254

MCGHEE FOR SENATE

5583 GRUBB RD

ODESSA MO 64076

[….]

TREASURER: VALETA A MCGHEE

[….]

DEP. TREASURER: VALETA A MCGHEE

[….]

CANDIDATE: MIKE MCGHEE

5538 GRUBB RD

ODESSA MO 64076

[….]

OFFICE SOUGHT: STATE SENATORDISTRICT 21

Date of Election:8/7/2012

Political Party:REPUBLICAN

[emphasis added]

We can compare the fundraising numbers:

REPORT SUMMARY

MCGHEE FOR SENATE [pdf] 10/10/2011

1. Total Receipts For This Election Previously Reported $4,220.44

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $1,150.00

10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $1,010.71

18. Total Contributions Made This Period $400.00

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $1,942.24

34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $500.00

[emphasis added]

That’s not very impressive. But wait, there’s more:

Campaign Finance: bad timing (November 6, 2011)

Last week at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C051254 11/03/2011 MCGHEE FOR SENATE Sam Howard Regional Group, Imagine Schools, Inc. 107 Concord Street Holliston MA 01746 11/3/2011 $7,500.00

On the same day in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Imagine Schools places top executive on leave

BY ELISA CROUCH […] Posted: Thursday, November 3, 2011 12:06 am

….The company has placed Sam Howard, executive vice president, on administrative leave pending the results of an internal investigation. Imagine spokeswoman Lori Waters said. The Post-Dispatch reported that a contracting firm that renovated Imagine school buildings had made $32,000 in payments to a “Sam Howard.” Howard had no explanation for the payments.

The Missouri Public Charter School Association is now calling for an investigation of the schools by the state auditor….

Well, that’s interesting.

And for David Pearce (r):

REPORT SUMMARY

PEARCE FOR SENATE [pdf] 10/17/2011

1. Total Receipts For This Election Previously Reported $67,512.57

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $54,580.00

10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $5,370.84

18. Total Contributions Made This Period $5,000.00

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $99,336.22

34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $79,239.76

[emphasis added]

Ouch, that’s a lot of debt. It’s in a different league than Mike McGhee (r), but we all know the right wingnuts come out for republican primaries…