It must be nice to have friends with the resources to make really big campaign contributions.

Previously:

Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder (r): the base reaches out and opens up their wallets (June 22, 2010)

Even more millions here and even more millions there… (June 21, 2010)

A million here and a million there… (June 4, 2010)

The Missouri Ethics Commission has several handy tools to let one get a handle on political campaign finances in the state. Among those is the section at the Commission website which compiles 48 hour campaign contribution reports for amounts over $5,000.00 – with advanced search options allowing for the easy perusal of some very interesting information. Just plug in a name and see what the search pops up.

For instance, the names that keep surfacing for those large contributions. And large is the operative word:

C071194 1/2/2010   FRIENDS OF CHRIS KELLY Rex A & Jeanne C Sinquefield Westphalia, MO 1/2/2010 $5,001.00

C010086 1/9/2010   CITIZENS FOR ED EMERY Rex & Jeanne C. Sinquefield Westphalia, MO 1/9/2010 $5,001.00

C081145 1/20/2010   CITIZENS TO ELECT KURT SCHAEFER Rex Sinquefield Westphalia, MO  Retired 1/18/2010 $5,001.00

C101013 1/20/2010   LET VOTERS DECIDE Rex A. Sinquefield Westphalia, MO 1/19/2010 $500,000.00

C101013 2/16/2010   LET VOTERS DECIDE Rex A. Sinquefield Westphalia, MO 2/15/2010 $500,000.00

C101013 4/3/2010   LET VOTERS DECIDE Rex A. Sinquefield Westphalia, MO 4/1/2010 $750,000.00

C101046 5/13/2010   MISSOURI CLUB FOR GROWTH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Rex A. Sinquefield Westphalia, MO Self-Employed 5/13/2010 $250,000.00

C101013 6/4/2010   LET VOTERS DECIDE Rex A. Sinquefield Westphalia, MO 6/3/2010 $2,534,000.00

C091145 6/15/2010   FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Rex A. Sinquefield Westphalia, MO 6/14/2010 $25,000.00

C091068 6/18/2010   HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC Rex Sinquefield Westphalia, MO  Retired 6/18/2010 $75,000.00

C101013 6/18/2010   LET VOTERS DECIDE Rex A. Sinquefield Westphalia, MO 6/16/2010 $2,534,000.00

C101378 6/18/2010   PROGRESS FOR THE SAINT LOUIS REGION Rex Sinquefield Westphalia, MO 6/17/2010 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

What’s with the odd numbers? And that’s $7,283,003.00 in contributions over $5000.00 for 2010.

Other names pop up with some frequency:

C091161 3/9/2010   SHOWME BETTER COURTS David Humphreys Joplin, MO 3/9/2010 $75,000.00

C091161 3/30/2010   SHOWME BETTER COURTS David Humphreys Joplin, MO 3/29/2010 $75,000.00

091161 4/28/2010   SHOWME BETTER COURTS David Humphreys Joplin, MO 4/28/2010 $100,000.00

C091161 5/2/2010   SHOWME BETTER COURTS David Humphreys Joplin, MO 4/30/2010 $150,000.00

C091161 5/21/2010   SHOWME BETTER COURTS David Humphreys Joplin, MO 5/20/2010 $75,000.00

C091145 6/21/2010   FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Ethelmae Humphreys Joplin, MO Tamko Bldg Products 6/21/2010 $45,000.00

C091145 6/21/2010   FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER David Humphreys Joplin, MO Tamko Bldg Products 6/21/2010 $40,000.00

[emphasis added]

Others give less, but there’s an interesting correlation in the recipients of those contributions:

C061138 4/2/2010   LEWIS & CLARK REGIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND William F Holekamp St. Louis, MO 4/2/2010 $12,000.00

C091145 6/11/2010   FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER William F. Holekamp St. Louis, MO 6/10/2010 $30,000.00

[emphasis added]

C000953 3/19/2010   MO REPUBLICAN PARTY Drury Development Corporation St. Louis, MO 3/18/2010 $10,000.00

C091145 4/9/2010   FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Drury Development Corporation St. Louis, MO 4/9/2010 $25,000.00

C061138 4/30/2010   LEWIS & CLARK REGIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND Drury Development Corporation St. Louis, MO 4/29/2010 $12,000.00

[emphasis added]

A091053 3/13/2010   ADVANCE ST. LOUIS Sam Fox St. Louis, MO Harbour Group 3/12/2010 $10,000.00

C091145 3/23/2010   FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Sam Fox St. Louis, MO 3/23/2010 $25,000.00

C051043 5/14/2010   SUPPORTERS OF HEALTH RESEARCH AND TREATMENTS Sam Fox St. Louis, MO Business Executive 5/12/2010 $100,000.00

C091153 5/27/2010   SCHWEICH FOR AUDITOR Marilyn Fox St. Louis, MO Homemaker 5/27/2010 $18,000.00

[emphasis added]

C091145 1/29/2010   FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Herzog Contracting Corp. St. Joseph, MO 1/28/2010 $10,000.00

C091145 3/23/2010   FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Stanley M. Herzog St. Joseph, MO 3/23/2010 $25,000.00

C091161 4/12/2010   SHOWME BETTER COURTS Herzog Contracting Corporation St. Joseph, MO 4/12/2010 $100,000.00

C091161 4/16/2010   SHOWME BETTER COURTS Herzog Contracting Corporation St. Joseph, MO 4/16/2010 $150,000.00

C091161 4/28/2010   SHOWME BETTER COURTS Herzog Contracting Corporation St. Joseph, MO 4/27/2010 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

C091208 3/17/2010   MISSOURIANS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE CHOICE RightCHOICE Managed Care Inc. Cincinnati, OH 3/15/2010 $5,600.00

C091145 3/18/2010   FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER RightCHOICE Managed Care, Inc. Cincinnati, OH 3/17/2010 $10,000.00

C000653 6/21/2010   MO INSURANCE COALITION PAC RightCHOICE Managed Care, Inc. Cincinnati, OH 6/21/2010 $5,000.00

[emphassis added]

C091145 3/17/2010   FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Hunter Engineering Company Bridgeton, MO 3/17/2010 $15,000.00

C091153 4/8/2010   SCHWEICH FOR AUDITOR Hunter Engineering Company Bridgeton, MO 4/8/2010 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Six degrees of republican interest groups? With friends like that, who needs to go door to door?