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campaign finance, county executive, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, recount, Rick Stream, St. Louis County, Steve Stenger
In the St. Louis County Executive race:
4:46 pm Thu December 18, 2014
Stream Seeks Recount In Loss To Stenger For County Executive
By Jo ManniesRepublican Rick Stream waited until the deadline to go to court Thursday and request a recount in the close contest he lost Nov. 4 for St. Louis County executive.
Stream lost by fewer than 1,800 votes to Democrat Steve Stenger, who is to be sworn in on Jan. 1….
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That’s cutting it a little close (the timeline part).
Meanwhile, via the Missouri Ethics Commission, the campaigns are restocking:
C061248 12/05/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Friends of John Diehl 2404 White Stable Rd Town and Country MO 63131 12/5/2014 $65,000.00
C061248 12/14/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Lewis & Clark Ozarks Mountain Forum 1736 E Sunshine St Ste 402 Springfield MO 65804 12/12/2014 $25,000.00
[emphasis added]
Interesting.
C071362 12/16/2014 CITIZENS FOR STEVE STENGER Thompson Coburn LLP One US Bank Plaza St Louis MO 63101 12/16/2014 $10,000.00
C071362 12/21/2014 CITIZENS FOR STEVE STENGER Express Scripts, Inc. One Express Way St Louis MO 63121 12/19/2014 $15,000.00
[emphasis added]
Does anyone recall any past St. Louis County races with a reversal of close to 2,000 votes in a recount? I didn’t think so.
Rick Stream’s (r) campaign must have a really interesting theory of election day ballot counting and the post election day certification in St. Louis County.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: the recharging continues (August 20, 2014)
Campaign Finance: they’re fixin’ to spend a lot of money (August 21, 2014)
Campaign Finance: move along, nothing new to see here (September 26, 2014)
Can you balance political harakiri against the satisfaction of slapping a fool in the face? (October 3, 2014)
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D): on Rick Stream (r) running for St. Louis County Executive (October 14, 2014)
Campaign Finance: welcome to Missouri, St. Louis County edition (October 30, 2014)
Election Results: St. Louis County Executive (November 5, 2014)