There are three candidates running in the 38th Legislative District which is in Clay County:
State Representative – District 38 (ballot order)
Republican
Ryan Silvey Gladstone MO 2/26/2008
Marcus P. McIntire Kansas City MO 3/17/2008
Democratic
Josh Reed Gladstone MO 2/26/2008
In 2006 the Democratic challenger lost by 11.4%.
Official Election Returns
State of Missouri General Election – November 2006 – General Election
Tuesday, November 07, 2006State Representative – District 38 – Summary
Precincts Reporting 13 of 13Silvey, Ryan REP 7,480 55.7%
Spears, Dennis DEM 5,960 44.3%
Total Votes 13,440
Let’s take a look at a bit of election history:
Dan Bishop (D) (see below) died after the November 2004 election and a special election was held to fill the vacancy.
Official Election Returns
State of Missouri Special Election – State Representative–District 38
Tuesday, April 05, 2005Ryan Silvey REP 3,468 51.6%
Teresa Loar DEM 3,255 48.4%
Total Votes 6,723
Oh so close. Special elections. We need to do a lot better as a society in turning out.
Silvey (r) ran against the Democratic incumbent in 2004 and lost:
Official Election Returns
State of Missouri General Election
Tuesday, November 02, 2004State Representative – District 38 – Summary
Precincts Reporting 13 of 13Bishop, Dan DEM 8,919 51.7%
Silvey, Ryan REP 8,348 48.3%
Total Votes 17,267
Silvey (r) had a close party primary in 2004 – he barely won:
Official Election Returns
State of Missouri Primary Election
Tuesday, August 03, 2004State Representative – District 38 – Summary
Bishop, Dan DEM 4,812 100.0%
Silvey, Ryan REP 2,140 51.7%
Bowman, Judy REP 1,997 48.3%
Total Votes 8,949
Do you get the feeling that there were competing republican factions?
Let’s take a look at 2002:
Official Election Returns
State of Missouri General Election – 11/5/2002
Tuesday, November 05, 2002State Representative – District 38 – Summary
Bishop, Dan DEM 5,306 52.6%
Bowman, Judy REP 4,785 47.4%
Total Votes 10,091
Hmm. Judy Bowman (r) had a close race with the Democratic incumbent in 2002 – and Silvey took her on in the primary in 2004. Hmm. It definitely smells like some republican factionalism is going on here.
On to the first quarter 2008 campaign finance reports:
Marcus McIntire (r) filed a Committee Statement of Limited Activity (pdf) with the Missouri Ethics Commission on April 14th. This means that he neither raised nor spent more than $500.00.
Ryan Silvey is the incumbent republican in the race:
Rep. Ryan Silvey
94th General AssemblyBorn April 17, 1976 in Kansas City, Missouri, Rep. Ryan Silvey, a Republican, represents part of Clay County (District 38) in the Missouri House of Representatives. First elected to the House in a special election in 2005, Rep. Silvey is a former legislative aide to U.S. Senator Kit Bond…
…A 1994 graduate of Oak Park High School in Kansas City, Rep. Silvey received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interpretive Speech from the Bob Jones University in 1998.
This has got to be one of the sparsest legislator biographies I’ve ever seen.
Ryan Silvey (r) filed his first quarter 2008 campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on April 14th.
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe[e]: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $42,750.00
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $2,375.00
3. ALL LOANS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $0.00
9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $45,125.00
14. TOTAL ALL EXPENDITURES MADE THIS PERIOD (SUM 11A + 12A + 13A) $12,159.78
15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $24,178.39
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $25,939.09
[emphasis added]
What did he spend the money on?:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe[e]: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY
Report[ ]Date: 4/15/2008Mark Wright Jefferson City, MO 01/03/2008 Fundraising Services $8,500.00
M & W Consulting Jefferson City, MO 01/24/2008 Fundraising Services $1,250.00
Hmmm. That doesn’t appear to be a good return on investment.
Let’s see where the money came from:
Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received
Committee: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY
Report Date: 4/15/2008Law Offices of Charlie Dickman, LLC KC, MO 03/16/2008 $50.00
Teamsters Local 541 Political Action Fund KC, MO 03/28/2008 $325.00
17th Legislative District Republican Committee St. Charles, MO 03/31/2008 $400.00
Republican 18th District Legislative Committee St. Charles, MO 03/31/2008 $1,600.00
12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00
13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00
[emphasis added]
That’s it. That’s the totality of this quarter.
Isn’t that grasroots wave a sight to behold?
Let’s take a look at his fourth quarter 2007 campaign finance report, maybe there’s something there:
Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received
Committee: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY
Report Date: 1/15/2008[Lots and lots of contributions from P.O. Box 1901 and P.O. Box 23200]
(8. TOTAL: ITEMIZED CONTRIBUTIONS THIS PERIOD : $37,350.00)
12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00
13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00
[emphasis added, added comment in italics]
Uh, yeah. Two post office boxes account for the majority of his fundraising. And he expended almost $10,000.00 on fundraising? Holy cow.
I’m telling you – the grassroots just jumps right out at ya’. Not. You’d think maybe one or two actual individual constituents in his district would cut a check. Wow. Just wow.
If somebody wanted to really pound the pavement I bet they could take this guy on.
Joshua Reed (D) filed his first quarter 2008 campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on April 14th.
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe[e]: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $0.00
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $4,025.60
3. ALL LOANS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $3,510.006. IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $1,412.12
7. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS PERIOD (SUM 5A + 6A) $8,947.72
9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $8,947.72
15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $
693.7428. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $6,841.86
[emphasis added]
Where did the money come from?:
Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received
Committee: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE
Report Date: 3/31/2008(8. TOTAL: ITEMIZED CONTRIBUTIONS THIS PERIOD : $5,437.72)
9. AMOUNT OF ITEM 8 THAT WAS RECEIVED AS MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS $4,025.60
10. AMOUNT OF ITEM 8 THAT WAS RECEIVED AS IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS$1,412.12
A few party committees and a number of individual contributions. There are $10.00 and $25.00 contributors listed. Now that’s “grass rootsie”.
What did he spend money on?:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe[e]: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE
Report[ ]Date: 3/31/2008A. EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY
district maps $45.00
postage $96.11B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS
Service Printing & Graphics Kansas City MO 03/17/2008 $552.63
Somebody is going door to door and they’re going to give a republican incumbent a run for his two post office box’s money.