Because Peter Kinder (r) has made the office of Lieutenant Governor what it is today…
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C141581 04/21/2015 MISSOURIANS FOR RANDLES Missourians for Tim Jones P.O. Box 434 Eureka MO 63025 4/21/2015 $25,000.00
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Depending on what you compare that too it’s either a lot or nothing much.
From Bev Randles’ (r) April 15 quarterly campaign finance report:
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 – April Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $1,004,543.54
Monetary Receipts + $3,990.00
Monetary Expenditures – $55,233.62
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($51,243.62)
Ending Money On Hand $953,299.92
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It wasn’t an overwhelming quarter. Then again, it didn’t need to be.
Up to March 31, 2015, since the formation of the committee, there was a total of thirty-nine contributions to the campaign from individuals and couple:
Sinquefield, Rex and Jean $1,000,000.00 12/8/2014
Splittgerber, Angela $2,500.00 12/11/2014
Bruce and Kathy Vancil $2,000.00 3/31/2015
Carson, Larry $1,000.00 12/16/2014
Jerry Caulder $500.00 2/19/2015
Flaire Ferrell $500.00 2/24/2015
Freedom Bonding $250.00 12/31/2014
Bart and Lara Cooper $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
Terika Brown $100.00 3/18/2015
Kat Cunningham $100.00 3/23/2015
Robert Shults $100.00 3/23/2015
Billie Bell $100.00 3/23/2015
Allen Icet $100.00 3/31/2015
Glenn Andrews $100.00 3/30/2015
Larry Schuster $100.00 3/30/2015
Ashley Brown $75.00 3/25/2015
King, Frank $50.00 12/17/2014
King, Robin $50.00 12/24/2014
Brown, Johnny $50.00 12/22/2014
Barbara Brown $50.00 3/30/2015
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
Rita McShea $25.00 3/8/2015
Charles Jack $25.00 3/21/2015
Jon Hopkins $25.00 3/23/2015
Pat Sullivan $25.00 3/30/2015
Tina Stufflebean-Bledsoe $25.00 3/30/2015
Tonya Bowman $20.00 3/30/2015
Spencer, Derek $10.00 12/9/2014
Amelung, Wade $10.00 12/30/2014
Waylon Arndt $10.00 3/30/2015
Sherry Kuttenkuler $10.00 3/30/2015
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Put all that money in perspective:
The contributions up to March 31, 2015 to Bev Randles’ (r) exploratory 2016 Lieutenant Governor committee.
A contribution of $100.00 just looks like statistical noise.
Some of the expenditures this past quarter:
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
MISSOURIANS FOR RANDLES [pdf] 4/15/2015Turning Point Public Affairs, LLC
3458 Pestalozzi St
Saint Louis MO 63118
1/27/2015
Strategy & Communications Consulting $25,000.00Missouri Republican Party
P.O. Box 73
Jefferson City MO 65102
1/27/2015
State Lincoln Days $2,500.00Turning Point Public Affairs, LLC
3458 Pestalozzi St
Saint Louis MO 63118
2/23/2015
Strategy & Communications Consulting $12,500.00
Do you think the consultants will recommend the candidate sit behind a fake news desk for the campaign commercials? Just asking.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: Oh, hell, just buy the state already (December 8, 2014)
Campaign Finance: Exploring something. (January 13, 2015)
Campaign Finance: a December to really remember (January 18, 2015)
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