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.