Gee, you announce you’re running for Governor in 2016 and suddenly, people with money become your friends.

Catherine Hanaway (r) will be issuing a press release in three, two, one….

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Peter Goldschmidt 705 Hobbs Rd Jefferson City MO 65109 Capital City Property Management Owner 1/27/2015 $5,100.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Kevin Childress 1001 W 57th St Kansas City MO 64113 My Freight World Technologies CEO 1/27/2015 $5,001.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Steven Trulaske Sr 7700 Forsyth Blvd Suite 1220 St Louis MO 63105 True Manufacturing Co Owner 1/28/2015 $50,000.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Jesse Bodine 50 Creekwood Lane Ladue MO 63124 Retired 1/28/2015 $25,000.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Rosalie OReilly Wooten 2831 S Ingram Mill Rd Springfield MO 65804 Retired 1/28/2015 $25,000.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Barnett Helzberg Jr 4520 Main Street Suite 1050 Kansas City MO 64111 Retired 1/28/2015 $20,000.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Roger Miller 8025 Maryland Ave Saint Louis MO 63105 Gateway Packaging Chairman 1/28/2015 $15,000.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH John Danforth 911 Tirrill Farms Rd Ladue MO 63124 Bryan Cave Partner 1/28/2015 $10,000.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Mark Eggert 7700 Forsyth Blvd St Louis MO 63105 Centene Corp Executive Vice President 1/28/2015 $10,000.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Friends of Thomas Long 5101 S Palisades Battlefield MO 65619 1/28/2015 $10,000.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Jerry Sumners Sr PO Box 604 Aurora MO 65605 Service Vending Corp CEO 1/28/2015 $10,000.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH William Maritz 10 Sunningdale Drive Ladue MO 63124 Maritz Inc Chairman & CEO 1/28/2015 $7,500.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH John Qualy 13 East Brentmoor Park St Louis MO 63105 Retired 1/28/2015 $7,500.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Donn Sorensen 155 Carondelet Plaza Unit 302 Clayton MO 63105 Mercy President 1/28/2015 $6,000.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Schmitt LLC 127 Regency Park O Fallon IL 62269 1/28/2015 $5,100.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Patrick Finneran 51 Beacon Crest Newman GA 30265 Accelerated Performance Solutions President 1/28/2015 $5,100.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH H E Whitener 11764 N Farm Road 177 Fair Grove MO 65648 Trailiner Corp CEO 1/28/2015 $5,100.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Joe Delong III 301 Dix Road Jefferson City MO 65109 DeLong’s Inc. President 1/28/2015 $5,100.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH George Walker III 19 Portland Place St Louis MO 63108 Stifel Nicolaus Chairman Emeritus 1/28/2015 $5,010.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Integrity Home Care 2960 N Eastgate Ave Springfield MO 65803 1/28/2015 $5,001.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Penn Enterprises Inc. 5260 S Stonehaven Dr Springfield MO 65809 1/28/2015 $5,001.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH William Darr PO Box 4087 Springfield MO 65808 American Dehydrated Foods Vice Chairman 1/28/2015 $5,001.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Fredna Mahaffey 3720 E Eaglescliffe Dr Springfield MO 65809 Retired 1/28/2015 $5,000.01

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Peter Herschend 538 Oak Bluff Road Branson MO 65616 Herschend Family Entertainment Co-Founder 1/29/2015 $25,000.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Larry Petersen 5276 S Stirling Way Springfield MO 65809 Ozark Anesthesia Association Physician 1/29/2015 $5,001.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Marilyn Fox 7701 Forsyth Boulevard Suite 600 St Louis MO 63105 Community Volunteer 1/29/2015 $37,500.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH Sam Fox 7701 Forsyth Boulevard Suite 600 St Louis MO 63105 Harbour Group Founder 1/29/2015 $37,500.00

C111150 01/29/2015 FRIENDS OF TOM SCHWEICH David Grossman 403 Hawthorne Ave Saint Louis MO 63119 Grossman Iron & Steel President 1/29/2015 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s a total of $361,506.00.

They’ve already determined what you are, now they’re just haggling over the price.

Previously:

Tom Schweich (r) versus Catherine Hanaway (r) in 2016 (January 28, 2015)

Campaign Finance: the giant chess piece in the room (January 15, 2015)