That’s a significant amount of money to promote a backbencher in the House with no significant legislative achievements (well, okay he thinks he does) to the Senate.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Caleb Rowden’s (r) campaign for the open seat in the 19th Senate District:

C111215 10/09/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Missouri Senate Campaign Committee PO Box 754 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/7/2016 $12,100.00

C111215 10/09/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN CNS Corporation 500 E 9th St Kansas City MO 64106 10/9/2016 $10,000.00

C111215 10/09/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Central Missouri Senate Republican PAC PO Box 144 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/9/2016 $100,000.00

C111215 10/09/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Missouri Senate Campaign Committee PO Box 754 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/9/2016 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

Those big checks are in the statewide candidate range. The grassroots stuff must not be working out so well.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: propping up (July 1, 2016)

Campaign Finance: even more propping up (September 1, 2016)