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Campaign Finance: winding down

31 Sunday Jul 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Bev Randles, campaign finance, Lieutenant Governor, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PACs, Rex Sinquefield

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Bev Randles’ (r) 2016 primary campaign for Lieutenant Governor, from a Rex Sinquefield supported PAC:

C141581 07/31/2016 MISSOURIANS FOR RANDLES Missouri Club for Growth PAC PO Box 669 Grover MO 63040 7/30/2016 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

Not much time left to spend the money.

Previously:

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

Campaign Finance: you can just feel all that grass roots momentum (June 2, 2016)

Campaign Finance: not exactly grass roots (June 25, 2016)

Campaign Finance: now we know (July 8, 2016)

Bev Randles (r) – Lieutenant Governor – July 2016 campaign finance report (July 20, 2016)

Campaign Finance: round numbers, or not (July 27, 2016)

Campaign Finance: in-kind

29 Friday Jul 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, Chris Koster, governor, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission

Chris Koster (D) [August 2015 file photo].

Chris Koster (D) [August 2015 file photo].

This past week at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Chris Koster’s (D) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:

C031159 07/26/2016 KOSTER FOR MISSOURI Jobs and Opportunity 1225 Eye Street NW Suite 1100 Washington DC 20005 7/25/2016 $112,560.00

C031159 07/28/2016 KOSTER FOR MISSOURI Jobs and Opportunity 1225 Eye Street NW Suite 1100 Washington DC 20005 7/27/2016 $150,080.00

C031159 07/29/2016 KOSTER FOR MISSOURI Jobs and Opportunity 1225 Eye Street NW Suite 1100 Washington DC 20005 7/29/2016 $713,082.00

[emphasis added]

That’s a total of $975,722.00. In-kind

Campaign Finance: anticipation

29 Friday Jul 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, governor, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, republicans

….Yes, but the eventual republican nominee will have all the money they need….

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C161011 07/28/2016 REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION – MISSOURI REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION 1747 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. NW STE 250 WASHINGTON DC 20006 7/28/2016 $500,000.00

There will be no shortage of money.

Campaign Finance: round numbers, or not

27 Wednesday Jul 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, Lieutenant Governor, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Rex Sinquefield

Bev Randles (r) [August 2015 file photo].

Bev Randles (r) [August 2015 file photo].

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Bev Randles’ (r) 2016 Lieutenant Governor primary campaign, from two Rex Sinquefield supported PACs:

C141581 07/27/2016 MISSOURIANS FOR RANDLES Grow Missouri 308 E High St. Suite 301 Jefferson City MO 65010 7/26/2016 $100,000.00

C141581 07/27/2016 MISSOURIANS FOR RANDLES Missouri Club for Growth PAC PO Box 669 Grover MO 63040 7/26/2016 $107,901.60

That’s a total of $2,449,751.60 for Bev Randles’ (r) campaign from Rex Sinquefield and Rex Sinquefield supported PACs.

Previously:

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

Campaign Finance: you can just feel all that grass roots momentum (June 2, 2016)

Campaign Finance: not exactly grass roots (June 25, 2016)

Campaign Finance: now we know (July 8, 2016)

Bev Randles (r) – Lieutenant Governor – July 2016 campaign finance report (July 20, 2016)

Campaign Finance: because he can

27 Wednesday Jul 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Attorney General, campaign finance, Kurt Schaefer, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Rex Sinquefield

Money will do that.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Kurt Schaefer’s (r) 2016 Attorney General primary campaign, from a couple of Rex Sinquefield supported PACs:

C081145 07/27/2016 CITIZENS TO ELECT KURT SCHAEFER ATTORNEY GENERAL Grow Missouri 308 E High St., Suite 301 Jefferson City MO 65101 7/26/2016 $100,000.00

C081145 07/27/2016 CITIZENS TO ELECT KURT SCHAEFER ATTORNEY GENERAL Great St Louis 308 E High St., Suite 301 Jefferson City MO 65101 7/26/2016 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

That makes a total of $3,648,421.29 in contributions to Kurt Schaefer’s (r) campaign to date from Rex Sinquefield or PACs funded by Rex Sinquefield. Must be nice.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: any way you count it (July 3, 2016)

Campaign Finance: escalation – part 2 (July 8, 2016)

Campaign Finance: What does $3,048,421.29 get you? (July 25, 2016)

Governor – July 25, 2016 – 8 Day Before Primary Election campaign finance reports

27 Wednesday Jul 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, Catherine Hanaway, Chris Koster, Eric Greitens, governor, John Brunner, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Peter Kinder

The 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/2/2016 campaign finance reports were due at the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 25th:

For Chris Koster (D):

C031159: Koster For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 440173 Party Affiliation: Democrat
St Louis Mo 63144 Established Date: 08/12/2003
[….]
Information Reported On: 2016 – 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/2/2016
Beginning Money on Hand $10,193,195.38
Monetary Receipts + $1,172,722.00
Monetary Expenditures – $485,802.66
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $686,919.34
Ending Money On Hand $10,880,114.72

[emphasis added]

$10,880,114.72 on hand. Again, yes, but the eventual republican nominee will have all the money they need.

For Eric Greitens (r)

C151053: Greitens For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
4579 Laclede Ave #138 Party Affiliation: Republican
St Louis Mo 63108 Established Date: 02/24/2015
[….]
Information Reported On: 2016 – 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/2/2016
Beginning Money on Hand $2,217,887.93
Monetary Receipts + $2,468,444.00
Monetary Expenditures – $4,026,452.97
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $31,640.85
Subtotal ($1,589,649.82)
Ending Money On Hand $628,238.11

[emphasis added]

Well, it is a contested primary and you have to act like there is no tomorrow after August 2nd.

For Catherine Hanaway (r):

C141055: Hanaway For Governor, Inc
Committee Type: Candidate
7509 Nw Tiffany Springs Parkway Suite 300 Party Affiliation: Republican
Kansas City Mo 64153 Established Date: 02/14/2014
[….]
Information Reported On: 2016 – 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/2/2016
Beginning Money on Hand $1,358,682.84
Monetary Receipts + $1,257,715.33
Monetary Expenditures – $1,890,252.72
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $30,099.06
Subtotal ($662,636.45)
Ending Money On Hand $696,046.39

[emphasis added]

Yep, you have to act like there is no tomorrow after August 2nd.

For John Brunner (r):

C151077: Missourians For John Brunner
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 144 Party Affiliation: Republican
Jefferson City Mo 65102 Established Date: 04/02/2015
[….]
Information Reported On: 2016 – 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/2/2016
Beginning Money on Hand $1,933,321.61
Monetary Receipts + $1,100,661.69
Monetary Expenditures – $2,904,150.16
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $54,089.62
Subtotal ($1,857,578.09)
Ending Money On Hand $75,743.52

[emphasis added]

That’s probably enough left over for the weekend.

For Peter Kinder (r):

C151161: Missourians For Peter Kinder
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 712 Party Affiliation: Republican
Jefferson City Mo 65102 Established Date: 08/25/2015
[….]
Information Reported On: 2016 – 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/2/2016
Beginning Money on Hand $628,726.39
Monetary Receipts + $1,106,966.00
Monetary Expenditures – $1,468,843.26
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $11,210.25
Subtotal ($373,087.51)
Ending Money On Hand $255,638.88

[emphasis added]

Oh, that’s definitely enough for the weekend.

Previously:

Governor – July 2016 campaign finance reports (July 17, 2016)

Campaign Finance: Oh, so now it’s all about round numbers

26 Tuesday Jul 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, Catherine Hanaway, governor, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PACs, Rex Sinquefield

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Catherine Hanaway’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign, from a Rex Sinquefield funded PAC:

C141055 07/26/2016 HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR, INC Grow Missouri 308 E High Street Suite 301 Jefferson City MO 65101 7/26/2016 $250,000.00

[emphasis added]

That would make a total of $4,481,520.00 in contributions to Catherine Hanaway’s (r) campaign from Rex Sinquefield or Rex Sinquefield supported PACs.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: not to be outdone (July 22, 2016)

Some people never move beyond their junior high school lunch room table

25 Monday Jul 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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Donald Trump, president, social media, Twitter

This evening, via Twitter:

Trump072516

Donald J. Trump‏@realDonaldTrump
Elizabeth Warren, often referred to as Pocahontas, just misrepresented me and spoke glowingly about Crooked Hillary, who she always hated! 10:12 PM – 25 Jul 2016

What a putz.

Campaign Finance: What does $3,048,421.29 get you?

25 Monday Jul 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

≈ 1 Comment

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Attorney General, campaign finance, Kurt Schaefer, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PAC, Rex Sinquefield

Today at the Missouri Ethics Committee for Kurt Schaefer’s (r) 2016 campaign for Attorney General from a Rex Sinquefield supported PAC:

C081145 07/25/2016 CITIZENS TO ELECT KURT SCHAEFER ATTORNEY GENERAL Great St Louis 308 E High St., Suite 301 Jefferson City MO 65101 7/23/2016 $301,529.33

[emphasis added]

So, what else is new?

That makes a total of $3,048,421.29 in contributions to Kurt Schaefer’s (r) campaign to date from Rex Sinquefield or PACs funded by Rex Sinquefield.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: any way you count it (July 3, 2016)

Campaign Finance: escalation – part 2 (July 8, 2016)

Campaign Finance: old school fundraising

25 Monday Jul 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, Lieutenant Governor, Mike Parson, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission

Raising $1,000,000.00 the old fashioned way, $10,000.00 at a time.

Someone got the t-shirt [August 2015 file photo].

Someone got the t-shirt [August 2015 file photo].

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Mike Parson’s (r) 2016 campaign for Lieutenant Governor:

C091129 07/24/2016 PARSON FOR MISSOURI Drury Development Corporation 721 Emerson Rd St Louis MO 63141 7/23/2016 $10,000.00

C091129 07/24/2016 PARSON FOR MISSOURI Romine for Senate 322 E Karsch Farmington MO 63640 7/23/2016 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Its not like the campaign doesn’t have sufficient funds:

C091129: Parson For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 1004 Party Affiliation: Republican
Bolivar Mo 65613 Established Date: 06/15/2009
[….]
Information Reported On: 2016 – July Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $1,071,569.71
Monetary Receipts + $202,086.26
Monetary Expenditures – $467,347.73
Contributions Made – $1,965.00
Other Disbursements – $9,959.23
Subtotal ($277,185.70)
Ending Money On Hand $794,384.01

[emphasis added]

It’s not like we were feeling sorry for the candidate and his campaign.

Previously:

April 2016 – candidate campaign finance reports – Lieutenant Governor (April 17, 2016)

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