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Sam, I am it…so far

24 Tuesday Jun 2025

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C253485 06/24/2025 Sam Alexander for Missouri Sam Alexander 20465 S Highway RA Fair Play MO 65649 Cox Health Physician 6/24/2025 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

Earlier:

C253485 04/18/2025 Sam Alexander for Missouri Sam Alexander 20465 S Highway RA Fair Play MO 65649 Cox Health Physician 4/16/2025 $20,000.00

[emphasis added]

Grass roots there. Must be nice.

Sam Alexander for Missouri – Active
MECID: C253485
PO Box 455
Bolivar, MO 65613
[….]
Committee Type: Candidate

Candidate
Sam Alexander
20465 S Highway RA
Fair Play, MO 65649
[….]
Republican

Election History
Election Political Office
8/4/2026 Primary Election State Senator District 28 Missouri State Senate
[….]

Press Release: Dr. Sam Alexander Officially Announces His Candidacy for Missouri State Senate, District 28
By Press Release on May 7, 2025

Fair Play, MO — Dr. Sam Alexander has officially announced his candidacy for the Missouri State Senate in District 28. Dr. Alexander aims to replace term-limited Senator Sandy Crawford. The district covers Benton, Cedar, Dallas, Henry, Hickory, Pettis, Polk, St. Clair, and Vernon Counties.

“I am the true conservative Republican in this race, and I am running to defend the freedoms of Senate District 28,” said Dr. Alexander. “As a physician, I saw the injustices of COVID up close. I will fight tooth and nail to make sure that never happens again. I will fight to protect life, uphold the Second Amendment, secure our elections, oppose woke ideology, and ensure Missouri farmland stays in American hands.”
[….]

“…secure our elections…”

Uh, republicans have been in control of the Missouri General Assembly for over twenty years. They control all statewide offices, two U.S. Senate seats, and six of eight congressional seats. Are you telling us that’s questionable? Just asking.

“…oppose woke ideology…”

Did a teenage intern write this one? If not, it would be helpful if woke ideology was defined.

“…ensure Missouri farmland stays in American hands…”

Too late. You might want to ask Eric Schmitt (r) about that one.

Campaign Finance: get on board that bandwagon

04 Wednesday Jun 2025

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C253526 06/04/2025 Avery for Senate James Avery PO BOX 8 Dittmer MO 63023 Attorney 6/3/2025 $100,000.00

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Avery for Senate – Active
MECID: C253526
PO BOX 8
Dittmer, MO 63023
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Committee Type: Candidate
[….]
Candidate
James ‘Jim Avery’ Avery
PO Box 8
Dittmer, MO 63023
[….]
Republican
[….]
Election History
Election Political Office
8/4/2026 Primary Election State Senator 22 Missouri State Senate
[….]

Grassroots populism, you think?

Cheesy goodness

02 Wednesday Apr 2025

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Yesterday:

Wisconsin State Supreme Court General Election
Last Updated: Apr 2, 2025, 6:19 AM
> 95% est. reporting

Candidates Party Votes Pct.

Susan Crawford NPA 1,284,744 55.1%

Brad Schimel NPA 1,046,105 44.9%

Total 2,330,849
[….]
Election Date: 4/1/2025

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People voted. There you go.

Elon Musk @elonmusk
The long con of the left is corruption of the judiciary
12:23 AM · Apr 2, 2025

Should have spent more money.

Campaign Finance: someone should probably tell them

10 Monday Mar 2025

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In the past week or so:

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission

C211728 03/10/2025 Back on Track America PAC Great Northwest PAC P.O. Box 52 Jefferson City MO 65102 3/8/2025 $16,500.00

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Not happening anytime soon.

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check. Conviction. Check.

Own it.

Campaign Finance: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

16 Thursday Jan 2025

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At the Missouri Ethics Commission:

232436 01/10/2025 Missouri Law Enforcement for Good Government Mike Rayner 167 Lamp and Lantern Village Suite 216 Town and Country MO 63017 Retired 1/10/2025 $1,000,000.00

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A201614 01/15/2025 Jason Law for St. Charles County Michael L Rayner 167 Lamp & Lantern Village Suite #216 Town Country MO 63017 Retired Retired 1/14/2025 $400,000.00

[emphasis added]

243251 01/15/2025 Progress Chesterfield Michael Rayner 14800 Sugarwood Trails Dr. Chesterfield MO 63017 self-employed Agribusiness 1/14/2025 $15,000.00

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It’s a new year.

In 2024:

C222296 01/18/2024 Liberty and Justice PAC Mike and Carolyn Rayner PO Box 5628 Minneapolis MN 55440 Retired Retired 1/17/2024 $500,000.00

C232436 03/27/2024 Missouri Law Enforcement for Good Government Mike Rayner 167 Lamp and Lantern Village Ste 216 Town and Country MO 63017 Retired 3/27/2024 $1,000,000.00

C222296 06/06/2024 Liberty and Justice PAC Mike and Carolyn Rayner Lamp & Lantern Village Suite 216 Town and Country MO 63017 Retired Retired 6/6/2024 $250,000.00

C180684 07/10/2024 American Dream PAC Michael Rayner 167 Lamp & Lantern Village Suite 216 Town and Country MO 63017 NA Retired 7/10/2024 $250,000.00

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Everything, everywhere, all at once.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Pennies from Minnesota (March 2, 2023)

Campaign Finance: Minneapolis and other distant places (April 1, 2023)

Campaign Finance: $1,000,000.00 here, $1,000,000.00 there, pretty soon you’re talking about some serious money (March 27, 2024)

Campaign Finance: What price? (June 7, 2024)

Memories

15 Sunday Dec 2024

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Eric Greitens (r) [2016 file photo].

In November:

Former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens at center of pay-to-play allegations in Trump transition team

Boris Epshteyn isn’t accused of doing anything illegal but the investigation appeared designed to weaken or eliminate his prominent position within Trump’s orbit.

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The review also examined a complaint from former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, who resigned in scandal but has expressed interest in joining Trump’s administration. Greitens signed a declaration last week recounting a Nov. 7 conversation with Epshteyn that alleged that his “overall tone and behavior gave me the impression of an implicit expectation to engage in business dealings with him before he would advocate for or suggest my appointment to the President. This created a sense of unease and pressure on my part.”

[….]

Really.

We remember.

At the Missouri Ethics Commission for Eric Greitens’ (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:

C151053 07/18/2016 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI SEALs for Truth P.O. Box 29525 Washington DC 20017 7/18/2016 $1,975,000.00

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Via the Federal Election Commission [FEC]:

We never could figure out where the money for that $1,975,000.00 single contribution originated.

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

A perfect fit for the second Trump (r) administration.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Oh, like they couldn’t come up with another $25,000.00? (July 18, 2016)

Campaign Finance: attempting to follow the money… (October 15, 2016)

Campaign Finance: right wingnut early money is like yeast

14 Saturday Dec 2024

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Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C242748 12/13/2024 Clay County Commonsense PAC Elect Republicans 8000 Maryland Ave Ste 1120 Saint Louis MO 63105 12/13/2024 $5,001.00

It’s fundraising, all the time.

In the last election:

“Whatever it is, it ain’t local.“ Clay County is on the western side of Missouri, across the state from St. Louis.

Well, that didn’t work:

State of Missouri – General Election, November 05, 2024
Official Results
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers on December 05, 2024

Office/Candidate Name Party Votes % of Votes
State Senator – District 17 59 of 59 Precincts Reported
Jerry Nolte Republican 39,650 47.002%
Maggie Nurrenbern Democratic 44,709 52.998%
Total Votes: 84,359

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This time.

Campaign Finance: early money is like yeast

29 Friday Nov 2024

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C190952 11/29/2024 Tony PAC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 11/27/2024 $25,000.00

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In other news – bill prefiling in the Missouri General Assembly commences on December 1st.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: it never ends (November 19, 2024)