In the open seat 24th Senate District race between Jill Schupp (D) and John Ashcroft (r):
Office/Candidate Name Party Votes % of Votes
State Senator – District 24 160 of 160 Precincts ReportedJill Schupp Democratic 27,662 49.925%
John R. Ashcroft Republican 26,030 46.980%
Jim Higgins Libertarian 1,715 3.095%
Total Votes: 55,407
[emphasis added]
Apparently there are still pockets of Missouri where you can’t buy a legacy a seat. Yet.
Jill Schupp (D) versus the legacy (r) in the 24th Senate District (October 25, 2014)
Campaign Finance: paving the legacy’s path to the Senate in gold (October 19, 2014)
Campaign Finance: polling, polling, polling… (September 24, 2014)
Campaign Finance: all in on the legacy (September 23, 2014)
Campaign Finance: supporting the legacy in $10,000.00 increments (September 5, 2014)
Campaign Finance: legacies (August 27, 2014)
“He said legacies usually get asked to pledge automatically.” (August 7, 2014)
Campaign Finance: all that money in the 24th Senate District republican primary (August 3, 2014)
Campaign Finance: 24th Senate District – July quarterly campaign finance reports (July 18, 2014)
Campaign Finance: end of quarter confidence in the 24th Senate District (July 3, 2014)
Campaign Finance: 24th Senate District – April quarterly campaign finance reports (April 19, 2014)
Campaign Finance: Friends of the family? (April 11, 2014)
Campaign Finance: Make room for daddy? (April 7, 2014)
Campaign Finance: trying to catch up in the 24th Senate District (March 31, 2014)
Campaign Finance: Schupp (D) and Lamping (r) in the 24th Senate District – 4th quarter 2013 (January 15, 2014)
Campaign Finance: Schupp (D) and Lamping (r) in the 24th Senate District – 3rd quarter 2013 (October 21, 2013)
Does that include a ride on the blimp? (November 1, 2014)
At least this Ashcroft lost to a living person. Truly a Republican wave.
The “wave” was financed by personal funds.