The April quarterly campaign finance reports are due at the Missouri Ethics Commission.

C121051: Fitzpatrick For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 701
Shell Knob Mo 65747
Party Affiliation: Republican
Established Date: 02/01/2012
[….]
Information Reported On: 2019 – April Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $130,927.71
Monetary Receipts + $9,550.00
Monetary Expenditures – $13,851.11
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($4,301.11)
Ending Money On Hand $126,626.60

[emphasis added]

Meh.

The contributions:

Okay, so no “grassroots” supporters are snowing the campaign accountant under with $10.00 checks.

All of the itemized contributions:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL
Fitzpatrick for Missouri 4/15/2019

Dan Amsden 1415 Thomas Mason Place Manchester MO 63011 Retired 3/29/2019 $100.00
John Rowe 700 West 31st Street, Unit 1602 Kansas City MO 64108 Speedy’s Convenience Store — Owner 3/29/2019 $250.00
New Monarch Realty LLC 120 North Main Street St Charles MO 63301 3/29/2019 $250.00
Mark Milton 440 Medina Drive St Louis MO 63122 Self-Employed — Attorney 3/29/2019 $250.00
Birch Mullins 201 South Warson Road St Louis MO 63124 Baur Properties — Executive 3/29/2019 $500.00
Commerce Bancshares Inc PAC P.O. Box 419248 Kansas City MO 64141 3/29/2019 $500.00
Chuck Singleton P.O. Box 3166 Englewood CO 80155 Executive — Republic Financial 3/29/2019 $2,500.00
Rudolph Farber 100 North Wood Street Neosho MO 64850 Community Bank and Trust 3/29/2019 $2,600.00
Enterprise Holding Inc PAC 600 Corporate Park Drive St Louis MO 63105 3/29/2019 $2,600.00

March 29, 2019 was a nice day. Apparently it was the only fundraising day of the quarter. Seriously?

Some of the expenditures:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
Fitzpatrick For Missouri 4/15/2019

Victory Enterprises 5200 30th Street SW Davenport IA 52802 1/11/2019 Consulting $2,745.00
Victory Enterprises 5200 30th Street SW Davenport IA 52802 1/25/2019 Consulting $2,250.00

TAC Air P.O. Box 1481 Texarkana TX 75504 2/21/2019 Fuel $140.16
Creve Coeur Airport 3127 Creve Coeur Mill Road St Louis MO 63146 3/1/2019 Fuel $163.21
Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport 2751 Northeast Douglas Street Lees Summit MO 64064 3/10/2019 Fuel $148.18
Springfield Flying Service 2546 East Division Springfield MO 65803 3/22/2019 Fuel $153.04
Springfield Flying Service 2546 East Division Springfield MO 65803 3/23/2019 Fuel $245.47

Consultants and aviation fuel. What, no t-shirts?

The April quarterly campaign finance reports are due at the Missouri Ethics Commission.

[We don’t have any file photos of Eric Schmitt (r), but then, we don’t run into him out in public in this neck of the woods.]

C071320: Schmitt For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 220722
Kirkwood Mo 63122
Party Affiliation: Republican
Established Date: 10/12/2007
[….]
Information Reported On: 2019 – April Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $427,831.13
Monetary Receipts + $82,626.70
Monetary Expenditures – $82,682.99
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $11,801.65
Subtotal ($11,857.94)
Ending Money On Hand $415,973.19

[emphasis added]

Let’s take a look at the contributions:

So, no spontaneous small dollar grassroots contributions?

Some detail: there was one $50.00 contribution, a couple of $100.00 contributions, and a whole bunch of $2,600.00 contributions. With $88,939.83 in itemized contributions from 87 itemized contributors the average contribution this quarter was $1.022.30.

Well, isn’t that special, if not particularly grassrootsie?

And the expenditures?:

Media analysis, consulting, photography, research (polling), fundraising, more consulting.

Heh.

Previously:

Elad Gross (D): April Campaign Finance Report – 2019 (April 20, 2019)

The April quarterly campaign finance reports are due at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

Senator Scott Sifton (D) [2018 file photo].

C091061: Scott Sifton For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 4396
St Louis Mo 63123
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Established Date: 02/19/2009
[….]
Information Reported On: 2019 – April Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $317,989.66
Monetary Receipts + $37,221.68
Monetary Expenditures – $41,749.64
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $350.23
Subtotal ($4,878.19)
Ending Money On Hand $313,111.47

[emphasis added]

Well, okay, that’s a lot of money for a state senator who is term limiting out.

And then there’s this:

C180701: Show Me Leadership Pac
Committee Type: Political Action
Po Box 29167
St Louis Mo 63126
Established Date: 11/17/2018
[….]
Information Reported On: 2019 – April Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $100.00
Monetary Receipts + $4,600.00
Monetary Expenditures – $0.00
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $4,600.00
Ending Money On Hand $4,700.00

Only $4,700.00. Definitely not a republican PAC.

The April quarterly campaign finance reports are due at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

Jay Ashcroft (r) [2017 file photo].

From Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s (r) campaign committee:

C151004: Ashcroft For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 1554
Jefferson City Mo 65102
Party Affiliation: Republican
Established Date: 01/06/2015
[….]
Information Reported On: 2019 – April Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $113,246.70
Monetary Receipts + $95,700.00
Monetary Expenditures – $2,793.96
Contributions Made – $75.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $92,831.04
Ending Money On Hand $206,077.74

[emphasis added]

Not a lot in expenditures. 2022 is a while away.

About those small contributions:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED
Ashcroft For Missouri 4/15/2019

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $150.00
14. TOTAL IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS (NOT COMMITTEES) GIVING $100 OR LESS $60.00

[emphasis added]

That’s out of $95,700.00 raised in the quarter.

The April quarterly campaign finance reports are due at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D) [2018 file photo].

From State Auditor Nicole Galloway’s (D) campaign committee:

C111091: Nicole Galloway For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 11723
St Louis Mo 63105
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Established Date: 04/20/2011
[….]
Information Reported On: 2019 – April Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $37,041.87
Monetary Receipts + $114,194.00
Monetary Expenditures – $84,397.51
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $1,040.00
Subtotal $28,756.49
Ending Money On Hand $65,798.36

[emphasis added]

That’s some burn rate – for a potential 2022 election.

One of the expenditures:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
4/15/2019 Nicole Galloway For Missouri

Hart Research Associates 1724 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC 20009-1103 2/25/2019 Research $46,500.00

That would explain a lot. Polling. Numbers. A baseline. A data driven campaign for whatever. We should expect that from our State Auditor.

That’s got to be one hell of a sample.