This month at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the republican senate campaign committee:

C071094 05/14/2018 MISSOURI SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Friends of Mike Cunningham 515 Landslide Rd Rogersville MO 65742 5/14/2018 $25,000.00

C071094 05/14/2018 MISSOURI SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Citizens to Elect Mike Kehoe PO Box 105527 Jefferson City MO 65110 5/14/2018 $25,000.00

C071094 05/14/2018 MISSOURI SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Committee to Elect Ron Richard PO Box 2523 Joplin MO 64803 5/14/2018 $25,000.00

C071094 05/16/2018 MISSOURI SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Missourians for Mike Cierpiot 214 NE Landings Cir Lees Summit MO 64064 5/15/2018 $5,001.00

071094 05/17/2018 MISSOURI SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Romine for Senate 322 E Karsch Blvd Farmington MO 63640 5/17/2018 $35,000.00

071094 05/18/2018 MISSOURI SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Onder for Missouri 2090 Key Harbour Drive Lake St Louis MO 63367 5/18/2018 $25,000.00

C071094 05/24/2018 MISSOURI SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Citizens for Schatz PO Box 92 Sullivan MO 63080 5/24/2018
$50,000.00

C071094 05/24/2018 MISSOURI SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Enterprise Holdings Inc. PAC 600 Corporate Park Drive St Louis MO 63105 5/24/2018 $6,000.00

C071094 05/25/2018 MISSOURI SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Citizens for Riddle PO Box 647 Holts Summit MO 65043 5/25/2018 $12,500.00

C071094 05/25/2018 MISSOURI SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Hegeman for Senate 16444 St Rt DD Savannah MO 64485 5/25/2018 $10,000.00

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That’s quite a lot of money this month. There is a special election in the 17th Senate District on June 5th.

The candidates:

C141105: Citizens For Kevin Corlew
Committee Type: Candidate
Party Affiliation: Republican
Po Box 28443
Kansas City Mo 64188
Established Date: 03/11/2014
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – 40 Day Before Special Election-6/5/2018
Beginning Money on Hand $68,455.51
Monetary Receipts + $14,513.00
Monetary Expenditures – $12,936.10
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $1,576.90
Ending Money On Hand $70,032.41

Well, that was reported a while ago.

C131138: Committee To Elect Lauren Arthur
Committee Type: Candidate
Party Affiliation: Democrat
4135 Nw Willow Drive
Kansas City Mo 64116
Established Date:09/26/2013
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – 40 Day Before Special Election-6/5/2018
Beginning Money on Hand $170,702.94
Monetary Receipts + $124,535.00
Monetary Expenditures-$13,130.07
Contributions Made – $500.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $110,904.93
Ending Money On Hand $281,607.87

Reported at the same time. Alrighty then. That explains a lot.