Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder [August 2013 file photo].

The past few days at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Peter Kinder’s (r) 2016 (Lieutenant Governor or Governor?) campaign:

C091145 05/26/2015 FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Loren Cook II 4507 Berkeley St Springfield MO 65809 Loren Cook Company Vice President 5/26/2015 $10,000.00

C091145 05/29/2015 FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER August A Busch III ONE MID RIVERS MALL DR Suite 210 St Louis MO 63376 Retired 5/28/2015 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s a chunk of change. Will there be beer, too?