Bev Randles’ (r) exploratory committee filed its quarterly campaign finance report of January 15, 2015. Via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141581: Missourians For Randles

5823 North Cypress Ave Committee Type: Exploratory

Kansas City Mo64119

[….] Established Date: 12/08/2014

  Termination Date:

Information Reported On: 2015 – January Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $0.00

Monetary Receipts + $1,004,700.00

Monetary Expenditures – $156.46

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $0.00

Subtotal     $1,004,543.54

Ending Money On Hand   $1,004,543.54

[emphasis added]

All of the contributions:

Sinquefield, Rex and Jean $1,000,000.00 12/8/2014

Splittgerber, Angela $2,500.00 12/11/2014

Carson, Larry $1,000.00 12/16/2014

Freedom Bonding $250.00 12/31/2014

Cooper, Bart and Lara $250.00 12/31/2014

Carter, Kim $100.00 12/10/2014

Randles, Bill $100.00 12/5/2014

Late, Benny $100.00 12/22/2014

Reynolds, Wanda $100.00 12/19/2014

King, Frank $50.00 12/17/2014

King, Robin $50.00 12/24/2014

Brown, Johnny $50.00 12/22/2014

Cheek Living Trust $30.00 12/19/2014

Lampton, Norman $25.00 12/9/2014

Pederson, Brenda $25.00 12/15/2014

Green, Reginald $25.00 12/16/2014

Green, Dana $25.00 12/16/2014

Spencer, Derek $10.00 12/9/2014

Amelung, Wade $10.00 12/30/2014

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Let’s put that in perspective:

Contributions to Bev Randles’ (r) 2016 Lieutenant Governor exploratory committee.

You get a really good sense of the grass roots momentum there.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Oh, hell, just buy the state already (December 8, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Exploring something. (January 13, 2015)