The 30 Day After General Election campaign finance reports are in at the Missouri Ethics Commission. For Saundra McDowell, the unsuccessful republican candidate for State Auditor:

C171374: Saundramcdowellformissouri.Com
Committee Type: Candidate
3854 South Ave
Springfield Mo 65807
Party Affiliation: Republican
Established Date: 12/06/2017

Information Reported On: 2018 – 30 Day After General Election-11/6/2018 And Termination
Beginning Money on Hand $24,027.47
Monetary Receipts + $3,487.76
Monetary Expenditures – $22,257.93
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $5,257.30
Subtotal ($24,027.47)
Ending Money On Hand $0.00

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Why, that’s perfectly balanced.

A few details from the report [pdf]:

Missouri Ethics Commission
REPORT SUMMARY
SaundraMcDowellForMissouri.com 12/6/2018

8. Total All Receipts This Election (Sum 1B + 7A) $84,586.33
14. Total Expenditures This Election (Sum 9B + 13A) $61,274.40

For a statewide race.

Some of the expenditures:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
SaundraMcDowellForMissouri.com 12/6/2018

BRS CPAs & Advisors 3854 South Avenue Springfield MO 65807 12/1/2018 Accounting & Record Keeping $5,000.00
Donahue 11205 Helber Rd Logan OH 43138 10/30/2018 Yard Signs $1,090.98
Zimmer Radio 3215 Lemone Industrial Blvd Suite 200 Columbia MO 65201 11/1/2018 Radio Ads $2,022.00
The Cass Gazette 204 Ella St. Belton MO 64012 11/7/2018 Advertising $713.79
Cumulus Media-Kansas City 3671 Momentum Place Chicago IL 60689 11/8/2018 Advertising $960.00
Hillbilly Holler 775 N Eagle Ave Norwood MO 65717 10/31/2018 TShirt purchase $728.55
BRS CPAs & Advisors 3854 South Avenue Springfield MO 65807 12/3/2018 Accounting & Record Keeping $1,250.00
Jake Silverman 1831 Sullivan Pointe Drive Wildwood MO 63011 12/6/2018 Political advisory consultant $4,500.00
BMW of Columbia 1900 Interstate 70Dr SW Columbia MO 65203 12/6/2018 Auto repairs $2,145.11

T-shirts and yard signs are old school. Close to 10% of the total campaign expenditures on “Accounting & Record Keeping”? That’s ironic in a State Auditor campaign – no matter how you look at it. Auto repairs – at a BMW dealership?

“…That should be good for about a million votes from the base.” – Show Me Progress, October 30, 2018

The election results, via the Missouri Secretary of State web site:

State of Missouri – General Election, November 06, 2018
Official Results
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers on November 30, 2018

State Auditor
3256 of 3256 Precincts Reported

Saundra McDowell Republican 1,070,701 44.614%
Nicole Galloway Democratic 1,209,881 50.413%
Sean O’Toole Libertarian 51,304 2.138%
Don Fitz Green 17,106 0.713%
Jacob Luetkemeyer Constitution 50,951 2.123%
Arnie C. AC Dienoff Write-in 4 0.000%

Total Votes: 2,399,947

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Just over a million votes. That’s an interesting addition to the equation of American electoral politics.

Previously:

How not to run for State Auditor (October 6, 2018)

Campaign Finance: on a roll (October 13, 2018)

Campaign Finance: State Auditor – 8 days before the general election (October 30, 2018)

Defeated Republican challenger for State Auditor raises $67,227.81, gets 1,060,066 votes (November 7, 2018)