Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission, for the republican challenger in the 19th Judicial Circuit in Cole County:
C141122 11/02/2014 CITIZENS FOR STUMPE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN PARTY PO BOX 73 JEFFERSON CITY MO 65102 10/30/2014 $24,000.00
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He didn’t do much in the campaign fundraising department before the inscrutably sourced Republican State Leadership Committee PAC money dropped:
C141122: Citizens For Stumpe
611 East Capitol Ave Ste 1 Committee Type: Candidate
Jefferson City Mo 65101 Party Affiliation: Republican
[….] Established Date: 03/17/2014
Termination Date:Information Reported On: 2014 – 8 Day Before General Election-11/4/2014
Beginning Money on Hand $4,381.40
Monetary Receipts + $104,250.00
Monetary Expenditures – $97,745.91
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $6,504.09
Ending Money On Hand $10,885.49
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Justice may be blind, but it certainly appears that it takes a lot of money to get a seat at the table.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: Who is getting propped up this time? (October 3, 2014)
Campaign Finance: Now we know… (October 6, 2014)
Campaign Finance: But wait, there’s more… (October 12, 2014)
Others are noticing (October 17, 2014)
Campaign Finance: topping off the tank (October 17, 2014)
What you’d get to see of a campaign finance full moon if the RSLC cut a check in Missouri (October 20, 2014)
Campaign Finance: be the judge (October 23, 2014)
Campaign Finance: a Cole County courtroom drama (October 27, 2014)
Campaign Finance: judge the details (October 30, 2014)