The new 134th legislative District encompassing part of Springfield.
With the redistricting process complete for House districts we’re going to see candidates start setting up their committees and raising money. Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C121023: Friends Of Elijah Haahr
Po Box 14506 Committee Type: Candidate
Springfield Mo 65814 Party Affiliation: Republican
(417) 693-2138 Established Date: 01/17/20122012 State Representative – District 134
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And here comes some money:
C121023 01/22/2012 FRIENDS OF ELIJAH HAAHR Friends of Lincoln Hough P.O. box 121 Springfield MO 65801 1/21/2012 $1,000.00
C121023 01/22/2012 FRIENDS OF ELIJAH HAAHR Noah Haahr 2856 N Grant Ave Springfield MO 65803 Jamie Hathcock Auto 1/22/2012 $1,000.00
C121023 01/22/2012 FRIENDS OF ELIJAH HAAHR Patricia Musick 1314 W Stone Meadow Way Springfield MO 65810 McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips 1/22/2012 $501.00
C121023 01/22/2012 FRIENDS OF ELIJAH HAAHR Roger and Kathy Haahr 2529 W Sonya Lane Springfield MO 65803 Home Builder 1/22/2012 $1,000.00
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It’s nice to have people close to you who can write checks when you run for office.
Apparently Elijah Haahr is a civil litigation attorney and a member of the Greene County Environmental Advisory Board. He’s a republican?:
….What’s one website you check daily?
“I’m kind of a political junkie. I check the Drudge Report and Politico; those are the two a check first thing in the morning….”
Uh, yep.