16 Saturday Jul 2016
Posted in campaign finance
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Chris Koster’s (D) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:
C031159 07/16/2016 KOSTER FOR MISSOURI American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees 1625 L Street NW Washington DC 20036 7/14/2016 $500,000.00
[emphasis added]
That’s enthusiastic.
They probably noticed that the republican gubernatorial field isn’t very sympathetic to organized labor.
15 Friday Jul 2016
Posted in campaign finance
Tags
campiagn 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 one of the PACs funded by Rex Sinquefeld:
C141055 07/15/2016 HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR, INC Grow Missouri 308 E High St Suite 301 Jefferson City MO 65101 7/15/2016 $311,946.28
[emphasis added]
That makes it $3,912,368.75 for Catherine Hanaway’s campaign from Rex Sinquefield and PACs funded by him. Must be nice.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: subsidiary (July 2, 2016)
14 Thursday Jul 2016
Posted in campaign finance
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Michael Carter’s (r) 2016 23rd Senate District primary campaign:
C161282 07/14/2016 MICHAEL E CARTER Michael Carter Law Offices 500 BOONES LICK RD ST CHARLES MO 63301 7/13/2016 $100,000.00
[emphasis added]
Well, okay then, we spoke too soon.
….If the universe had a sense of humor you’d have your general election candidate right there.
Hold on there a minute, it’s an in-kind contribution [pdf]:
That’s nice, but it ain’t cash.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: someone, or two or three, has a favorite (July 14, 2016)
14 Thursday Jul 2016
Posted in campaign finance
Tags
campaign finance, Eric Greitens, governor, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Sheldon Adelson
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Eric Greitens’ (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:
C151053 07/14/2016 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI Sheldon Adelson 410 S. Rampart Blvd. Ste. 440 Las Vegas NV 89145 Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman/CEO 7/14/2016 $200,000.00
[emphasis added]
Yes, that Sheldon Adelson.
This has truly become the republican gubernatorial primary campaign of billionaires.
Previously:
Eric Greitens (r) – January 2016 Quarterly Campaign Finance Report – “Running for governor in which state?” (January 17, 2016)
Campaign Finance: it’s like a campaign contribution, only smaller – part 50 (June 29, 2016)
What do you get for $5,001.00? (June 29, 2016)
Campaign Finance: can’t vote in the primary, can’t vote in the general, can write the check (June 30, 2016)
Eric Greitens: Clean-cut hero turned yob (June 30, 2016)
Eric Greitens – a responsible leader? (July 5, 2016)
Campaign Finance: You were expecting anything else? (July 6, 2016)
Campaign Finance: it’s like a campaign contribution, only smaller – part 51 (July 6, 2016)
Campaign Finance: New York, New York (July 10, 2016)
14 Thursday Jul 2016
Posted in campaign finance
Tags
Bev Randles, campaign finance, Lieutenant Governor, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PACs, Rex Sinquefield
![Bev Randles (r) [2015 file photo].](https://i0.wp.com/showmeprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_5427.jpg?ssl=1)
Bev Randles (r) [2015 file photo].
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Bev Randles’ (r) 2016 campaign for Lieutenant Governor – from a PAC funded by Rex Sinquefield:
C141581 07/14/2016 MISSOURIANS FOR RANDLES Missouri Club for Growth PAC PO Box 669 Grover MO 63040 7/12/2016 $300,000.00
[emphasis added]
That’s a total of $2,241,850.00 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)
14 Thursday Jul 2016
Posted in campaign finance
Tags
23rd Senate District, Anne Zerr, Bill Eigel, campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Bill Eigel’s (r) 2016 primary campaign in the 23rd Senate District:
C151102 07/13/2016 EIGEL FOR MISSOURI Herzog Contracting Corp PO Box 1089 St Joseph MO 64502 7/13/2016 $100,000.00
[emphasis added]
There’s been a lot of big dollar donor money coming in since May – from some of the usual suspects:
C151102 05/07/2016 EIGEL FOR MISSOURI David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Self Employed Manufacturing 5/6/2016 $50,000.00
C151102 06/03/2016 EIGEL FOR MISSOURI Missouri Club For Growth PAC PO Box 2068 St Louis MO 63158 6/3/2016 $50,000.00
C151102 06/26/2016 EIGEL FOR MISSOURI David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64083 Tampa Building Products 6/24/2016 $50,000.00
C151102 07/11/2016 EIGEL FOR MISSOURI Missouri Club For Growth PAC PO Box 2068 St Louis MO 63158 7/9/2016 $25,000.00
[emphasis added]
That’s some serious money for a state senate primary.
There are three candidates in the republican primary:
State Senator – District 23
Democratic
Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed
Richard Orr 3312 WOODSVIEW DR ST CHARLES MO 63303 3/23/2016
Greg Upchurch 529 CAULKS HILL RD ST CHARLES MO 63304 3/29/2016Republican
Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed
Bill Eigel P.O. BOX 39 ST PETERS MO 63376 381 2/23/2016
Anne Zerr 1160 LANCASTER DR ST CHARLES MO 63301 763 2/23/2016
Michael (Mike) Edward Carter 500 BOONE’S LICK ROAD SUITE C ST. CHARLES MO 63301 932 2/23/2016Libertarian
Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed
Bill Slantz 1620 CONGRESS WAY ST CHARLES MO 63303 72 2/23/2016
[emphasis added]
From the republican candidates’ April Quarterly campaign finance reports:
C151102: Eigel For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 39 Party Affiliation: Republican
St Peters Mo 63376 Established Date: 06/05/2015
[….]
Information Reported On: 2016 – April Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $218,053.83
Monetary Receipts + $19,730.01
Monetary Expenditures – $18,469.37
Contributions Made – $1,990.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($729.36)
Ending Money On Hand $217,324.47
[emphasis added]
C071253: Anne Zerr For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 1191 Party Affiliation: Republican
St Charles Mo 63302-1191 Established Date: 09/28/2007
[….]
Information Reported On: 2016 – April Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $242,286.07
Monetary Receipts + $44,785.00
Monetary Expenditures – $16,855.84
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $27,929.16
Ending Money On Hand $270,215.23
[emphasis added]
Well, okay then, parity. Pass the popcorn.
C161282: Michael E Carter
Committee Type: Candidate
500 Booneslick Road Party Affiliation: Republican
St Charles Mo 63301 Established Date: 06/30/2016
[….]
No Full Disclosure Reports with financial information have been filed for the current year.
[emphasis in original]
If the universe had a sense of humor you’d have your general election candidate right there.
13 Wednesday Jul 2016
Posted in campaign finance
There’s just far too much suspense.
![The Rex Sinquefield funded PAC Grow Missouri’s moving billboard at the University of Central Missouri’s Skyhaven Airport near Warrensburg [October 2014 file photo].](https://i0.wp.com/showmeprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_1671.jpg?ssl=1)
The Rex Sinquefield funded PAC Grow Missouri’s moving billboard at the University of Central Missouri’s Skyhaven Airport near Warrensburg [October 2014 file photo].
Maybe they’ll spend the money on a blimp that’ll tour the state. Or not.
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission, from one Rex Sinquefield PAC to another:
C131097 07/13/2016 GROW MISSOURI Missourians for Excellence in Government 6175 Westminster St Louis MO 63112 7/13/2016 $253,674.28
[emphasis added]
Previously:
Campaign Finance: Where does it go from there? (July 7, 2016)
13 Wednesday Jul 2016
Posted in campaign finance
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Josh Hawley’s (r) 2016 campaign for Attorney General:
C151132 07/13/2016 HAWLEY FOR MISSOURI Peter Thiel One Letterman Drive Building C Suite 400 San Francisco CA 94129 Thiel Capital LLC Owner 7/11/2016 $100,000.00
[emphasis added]
This is nothing new. Previously at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C151132 08/22/2015 HAWLEY FOR MISSOURI Peter Thiel One Letterman Drive Building C, Suite 400 San Francisco CA 94129 Thiel Capital LLC 8/21/2015 $100,000.00
[emphasis added]
C151132 03/02/2016 HAWLEY FOR MISSOURI Peter Thiel 1 Letterman Drive Bldg C Suite San Francisco CA 94129 Thiel Capital LLC Owner 3/2/2016 $100,000.00
[emphasis added]
Well, that is confidence in a candidate.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: escalation (July 7, 2016)
12 Tuesday Jul 2016
Posted in Uncategorized
Yes, it is that season.
Signs.
Amateurs and their conventional wisdom tell us that all campaigns must have 4×8 signs on every corner and yard signs in every yard. There is no bigger waste of campaign resources and time than that spent on designing, acquiring, erecting and distributing signs. Period.
But conventional wisdom always triumphs and we continue to see those signs spring up in the month before any election, primary or general.
A portion of the sign clutter at a busy intersection.
More of the clutter.
That all being said, there is probably nothing more fun (legally) in a campaign than working on a 4×8 sign crew. That is if the ground isn’t harder than concrete because it hasn’t rained in two months.
One of my favorite sign locations was also one of the most short lived (in 2008):
….This particular sign placement is an aesthetic triumph. A bucolic rural setting on a well traveled rolling road. You can see the sign at the crest of the hill from at least a half mile away. There are a number of small McCain-Palin yard signs along the road from Knob Noster to this point.
I relish insult signage…..
The sign lasted less than twenty-four hours. There were skid marks on Missouri Highway 23.
Previously:
Signs, signs, everywhere signs (September 22, 2008)
Canvassing, phones, and those damn signs… (October 5, 2008)
Those damn signs: we need a better class of vandals (October 11, 2008)
What happens when you can’t get a billionaire to write your campaign a check for $1,000,000.00 (July 10, 2016)
11 Monday Jul 2016
Posted in Uncategorized
Something’s up tomorrow:
….On Tuesday, July 12, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders will join Hillary Clinton for a campaign event at Portsmouth High School to discuss their commitment to building an America that is stronger together and an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top….
….U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday will join Hillary Clinton for a campaign event at Portsmouth High School to discuss their commitment to building an America that is stronger together and an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top….
You were expecting anything else?