The unofficial primary results in the 21st Senate District from Tuesday, as reported at the Missouri Secretary of State web site:

State Senator – District 21 – Summary

(106 of 106 Precincts Reported)

ElGene Ver Dught DEM 6,407 100%

Party Total 6,407

David Pearce REP 12,452 65.2%

Mike McGhee REP 6,653 34.8%

Party Total 19,105

Steven Hedrick LIB 111 100%

Party Total 111

Total Votes 25,623

So, we thought we’d take out a calculator.

Mike McGhee (r) reported the following in his last campaign finance filing with the Missouri Ethics Commission:

REPORT SUMMARY

MCGHEE FOR SENATE [pdf]7/30/2012

6. In-kind Contributions Received This Period [$] 69,990.42

8. Total All Receipts This Election $344,470.86

27. Money On Hand at the close of this

reporting period $68,741.17

[emphasis added]

We’ll assume that the candidate spent most of their remaining cash on hand since that money won’t do any good after you lose an election. And, given the free spending support he received from big money in the past we’ll assume he wasn’t too concerned about an inability to raise more funds for the general election.

$344,470.86 cash raised divided by 6,653 votes = $51.78 (rounded up) per vote. Mike McGhee probably would have done better for less money if he had taken everyone out for dinner.

And for David Pearce (r), the republican primary victor?

REPORT SUMMARY

PEARCE FOR SENATE [pdf] 7/30/2012

8. Total All Receipts This Election $312,297.15

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $152,082.72

[emphasis added]

We’ll make the same assumptions (okay, we’ll also acknowledge that a confident campaign that spent $17,000.00 on a poll would probably not spend everything in the primary).

$312,297.15 cash raised divided by 12,452 votes = $25.08 per vote. Still enough for a good dinner. But he did win. There is this gem in the Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal:

8/8/2012 12:37:00 AM

PEARCE WINS PRIMARY BID [subscription required]

….Pearce said Tuesday that working closely with people in each county within the district made the difference in the race. He said he would rather have grass roots support from voters than tens of thousands of dollars from people who do not live in the district….

Oh, really? This, a sampling of contributions, from a single 8 Day Before Primary Election report filed right before the primary:

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

PEARCE FOR SENATE [pdf] 7/30/2012

Missouri Forest Products PAC 611 E. Capitol Ave. Suite 1 Jefferson City MO 65101 7/2/2012 $500.00

MLPA Legislative Fund P.O. Box 1725 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/6/2012 $500.00

Hallmark Cards Inc. P.O. Box 419580 Kansas City MO 64141 7/9/2012 $1,000.00

Missouri Public School Advocates 704 Wildwood Dr. Columbia MO 65203 7/9/2012 $2,000.00

JE Dunn Construction 1001 Locust St. Kansas City MO 64106 7/9/2012 $500.00

Terrence Dunn 1001 Locust St. Kansas City MO 64106 JE DUNN — President 7/9/2012 $1,000.00

Missouri Republican Leadership Council P.O. Box 16737 St. Louis MO 63105 7/9/2012 $10,000.00

Blue Cross Blue Shield of KC PAC P.O. Box 419169 Kansas City MO 64141 7/10/2012 $1,000.00

Missouri ACTE PAC P.O. Box 1865 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/11/2012 $500.00

Consumer Lending Alliance 92 Royster Dr. Crawfordville FL 32327 7/11/2012 $500.00

St. Louis Teachers COPE Fund 2710 Hampton Ave. St. Louis MO 63139 7/12/2012 $1,000.00

Smithfield Foods Inc. P.O. Box 9004 Smithfield VA 23431 7/16/2012 $500.00

Missouri Freedom P.O. Box 1792 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/16/2012 $2,500.00

Ameren UE PAC P.O. Box 780 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/17/2012 $2,500.00

Missouri Association of Municipal Utilities 1808 I-70 Dr. SW Columbia MO 65203 7/17/2012 $500.00

Coventry Health Care 8320 Ward Pkwy. Kansas City MO 64114 7/17/2012 $750.00

Anheuser Busch Companies One Busch Place 202-8 St. Louis MO 63118 7/17/2012 $1,000.00

MO Optometric PAC 100 E. High St. Suite 301 Jefferson City MO 65101 7/17/2012 $1,000.00

Fred Dreiling LLC 7325 Summit Kansas City MO 64114 7/17/2012 $250.00

HCA Missouri Good Government Fund P.O. Box 305 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/17/2012 $1,000.00

MO Criminal Defense Lawyers PAC P.O. Box 1543 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/17/2012 $500.00

CenturyLink 220 Madison St. Jefferson City MO 65101 7/18/2012 $2,500.00

American Traffic Solutions 2737 Hereford Ave. St. Louis MO 63139 7/18/2012 $500.00

LeadingAge Missouri 3412 Knipp Dr. Suite 102 Jefferson City MO 65109 7/18/2012 $500.00

W.E. Shoehigh LLC P.O Box 104232 Jefferson City MO 65110 7/20/2012 $500.00

Credit Union PAC 223 Madison St. Jefferson City MO 65101 7/20/2012 $200.00

Missouri CPA PAC 540 Maryville Centre Dr. Suite 200 St. Louis MO 63141 7/21/2012 $500.00

MO Bev PAC P.O. Box 1865 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/21/2012 $500.00

Engler for Missouri 108 W. Columbia Farmington MO 63640 7/24/2012 $1,000.00

Community Health Access Committee P.O. Box 6621 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/24/2012 $250.00

Xcaliber MO PAC 215 E. Capitol Ave. Jefferson City MO 65101 7/24/2012 $250.00

Noranda Aluminum Inc. P.O. Box 70 New Madrid MO 63869 7/25/2012 $4,000.00

Phillips 66 Company 201 NW 63rd St Suite 300 Oklahoma City OK 73116 7/25/2012 $750.00

Citizens for Jay Wasson P.O. Box 1231 Nixa MO 65714 7/26/2012 $2,500.00

[emphasis added]

Nope, not actually in the district. Yeah, so maybe some of these entities do business in the district (beer, anyone?), but let’s not pretend that republican internal struggle for control primary campaigns are funded exclusively by little old ladies who live in the district writing $20.00 checks, mkay?

Captain Renault: I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! [a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]

Croupier: Your winnings, sir.

Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.

Here’s the punchline – ElGene Ver Dught, the Democratic Party candidate in the 21st Senate District, having spent and raised a minimal amount of money in the campaign to date is by far the candidate currently least beholden to outside of the district interests:

REPORT SUMMARY

VER DUGHT FOR SENATE [pdf] 7/30/2012

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $115.00

3. All Loans Received This Period [$]3,000.00

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $3,988.16

[emphasis added]

Again, making the same assumptions, $3,988.16 cash raised divided by 6,407 votes = 62 cents per vote.  

Money. An obscene amount of money. A struggle for control. Spent by a small number of big money donors, on one hand, to prop up a useful idiot who is a teabagger, birther, tenther, and not exactly a friend of public education. And also spent by corporatist interests, on the other hand, to prop up an establishment republican. The thing is, if you take out most of the crazy of the first candidate you really can’t find much of a difference with the second.

Some of the mail sent in the 21st Senate District republican primary.

The amount of mail we’ve been receiving in the 21st Senate District race can only be described as a flood. Some of it from a third party. Most of the content is not relevant to the every day lives of people in the district.

In the Texas republican lieutenant governor runoff election this week:

What Happened In Texas Is a Running Off the Rails

By Charles P. Pierce

….Texas had two chances to resist the blandishments of Tea Partier Ted Cruz, whom it is overwhelmingly likely to send to the United States Senate, the World’s Greatest Deliberative Body, in favor of a bland lump of conservative muenster named David Dewhurst. On the issues, there is no logical reason why this should have happened, much less why it should have happened once in a preliminary election, and then again on Tuesday night. Dewhurst was as pure a cultist as Cruz is….

….This was a signal that conservative extremism knows no limits and recognizes no national boundaries. The Tea Party now has morphed into a movement made up solely of three elements: corporate money, television hucksters, and suckers. The first of these make the other two elements possible. If you are a Republican officeholder, especially in a staunchly Republican state, and you don’t see what can happen to you in what happened to David Dewhurst, you should begin your search for a second career right now…..

The campaign finance summaries for the 8 Day Before Primary Election reports in Missouri’s 21st Senate District republican primary between Mike McGhee and David Pearce:

REPORT SUMMARY

MCGHEE FOR SENATE [pdf] 7/30/2012

1. Total Receipts For This Election Previously Reported $167,435.44

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $107,045.00

6. In-kind Contributions Received This Period [$]69,990.42

8. Total All Receipts This Election $344,470.86

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $68,741.17

[emphasis added]

REPORT SUMMARY

PEARCE FOR SENATE [pdf] 7/30/2012

1. Total Receipts For This Election Previously Reported $259,597.15

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $52,700.00

8. Total All Receipts This Election $312,297.15

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $152,082.72

[emphasis added]

Some of the details:

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

MCGHEE FOR SENATE 7/30/2012

David Humphreys P.O. Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Tamko Building Products 7/2/2012 $50,000.00

Lisa Bailey 8807 N Highway 131 Odessa MO 64076 KAT Construction 7/5/2012 $1,000.00

Missouri Club for Growth P.O. Box 2068 St Louis MO 63158 7/7/2012 $10,000.00

Missouri Club for Growth P.O. Box 2068 St Louis MO 63158 7/13/2012 $10,000.00

Missouri Club for Growth P.O. BOx 2068 St Louis MO 63158 7/20/2012 $20,000.00

A L Hill P.O. Box 460 Blue Springs MO 64013 Self 7/22/2012 $1,000.00

Eileen Bakke 2811 24th St. N Arlington VA 22207 Imagine Schools 7/24/2012 $10,000.00

Missouri Club for Growth P.O. Box 2068 St Louis MO 63158 7/26/2012 $69,665.00

[emphasis added]

That’s so, you know, grassrootsie.

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

MCGHEE FOR SENATE 7/30/2012

Victory Enterprises

5200 SW 30th St

Suite 7

Davenport IA 52802

7/3/2012

TV & Direct mail $36,894.43

Victory Enterprises

5200 SW 30th St

Suite 7

Davenport IA 52802

7/17/2012

Advertising $17,657.49

Victory Enterpriss

5200 SW 30th St.

Suite 7

Davenport IA 52802

7/24/2012

Advertising $8,772.57

[emphasis added]

Direct mail and cable television.

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

PEARCE FOR SENATE 7/30/2012

Missouri Forest Products PAC 611 E. Capitol Ave. Suite 1 Jefferson City MO 65101 7/2/2012 $500.00

MLPA Legislative Fund P.O. Box 1725 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/6/2012 $500.00

Hallmark Cards Inc. P.O. Box 419580 Kansas City MO 64141 7/9/2012 $1,000.00

Missouri Public School Advocates 704 Wildwood Dr. Columbia MO 65203 7/9/2012 $2,000.00

JE Dunn Construction 1001 Locust St. Kansas City MO 64106 7/9/2012 $500.00

Terrence Dunn 1001 Locust St. Kansas City MO 64106 JE DUNN — President 7/9/2012 $1,000.00

Missouri Republican Leadership Council P.O. Box 16737 St. Louis MO 63105 7/9/2012 $10,000.00

Blue Cross Blue Shield of KC PAC P.O. Box 419169 Kansas City MO 64141 7/10/2012 $1,000.00

Missouri ACTE PAC P.O. Box 1865 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/11/2012 $500.00

Consumer Lending Alliance 92 Royster Dr. Crawfordville FL 32327 7/11/2012 $500.00

HUB Inc. 1587 Larkin Williams Fenton MO 63026 7/11/2012 $500.00

St. Louis Teachers COPE Fund 2710 Hampton Ave. St. Louis MO 63139 7/12/2012 $1,000.00

Smithfield Foods Inc. P.O. Box 9004 Smithfield VA 23431 7/16/2012 $500.00

Missouri Freedom P.O. Box 1792 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/16/2012 $2,500.00

Ameren UE PAC P.O. Box 780 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/17/2012 $2,500.00

Missouri Association of Municipal Utilities 1808 I-70 Dr. SW Columbia MO 65203 7/17/2012 $500.00

Coventry Health Care 8320 Ward Pkwy. Kansas City MO 64114 7/17/2012 $750.00

Anheuser Busch Companies One Busch Place 202-8 St. Louis MO 63118 7/17/2012 $1,000.00

MO Optometric PAC 100 E. High St. Suite 301 Jefferson City MO 65101 7/17/2012 $1,000.00

HCA Missouri Good Government Fund P.O. Box 305 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/17/2012 $1,000.00

MO Criminal Defense Lawyers PAC P.O. Box 1543 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/17/2012 $500.00

CenturyLink 220 Madison St. Jefferson City MO 65101 7/18/2012 $2,500.00

American Traffic Solutions 2737 Hereford Ave. St. Louis MO 63139 7/18/2012 $500.00

LeadingAge Missouri 3412 Knipp Dr. Suite 102 Jefferson City MO 65109 7/18/2012 $500.00

Keith Dorsch 8292 Howe Rd. Lexington MO 64067 Self — Farmer 7/19/2012 $1,000.00

HTH Companies 239 Rock Industrial Blvd. Suite 108 Union MO 63084 7/20/2012 $1,500.00

Missouri CPA PAC 540 Maryville Centre Dr. Suite 200 St. Louis MO 63141 7/21/2012 $500.00

Langdon & Emison P.O. Box 220 Lexington MO 64067 7/21/2012 $2,500.00

MO Bev PAC P.O. Box 1865 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/21/2012 $500.00

Engler for Missouri 108 W. Columbia Farmington MO 63640 7/24/2012 $1,000.00

Noranda Aluminum Inc. P.O. Box 70 New Madrid MO 63869 7/25/2012 $4,000.00

Citizens for Jay Wasson P.O. Box 1231 Nixa MO 65714 7/26/2012 $2,500.00

[emphasis added]

And here you though all that money was raised by little old ladies giving $20 a pop.

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

PEARCE FOR SENATE 7/30/2012

Rocketgroup, LLC

P.O. Box 913

Jefferson City MO 65102

7/1/2012

Signs $1,516.53

American Viewpoint

300 N. Lee St. #400

Alexandria VA 22314

7/1/2012

Polling $17,000.00

The Barklage Company

7925 Clayton Rd

STE 200

St Louis MO 63117

7/2/2012

Consulting $6,000.00

Thompson Communications

200 W. Jefferson St

Marshfield MO 65706

7/16/2012

Media $24,980.00

Thompson Communications

200 W Jefferson St.

Marshfield MO 65706

7/20/2012

Media $22,000.00

Targeted Creative Communications, INC

106 S. Columbus St

Alexandria VA 22314

7/20/2012

Mail $14,291.24

[emphasis added]

That’s a pricey poll you got there, son.

Now it’s just a matter of who can out wingnut who on cable television by next Tuesday.

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY SINGLE DONOR – TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTION

C051254 [pdf] MCGHEE FOR SENATE 7/27/2012

Missouri Club for Growth PAC

P.O. Box 2068

St Louis, MO 63158 7/26/2012

$69,665.00

IN-KIND

[emphasis added]

It’s gotta be mail. A lot of mail.

CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY SINGLE DONOR – TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTION

C010192 [pdf] PEARCE FOR SENATE 7/27/2012

Realtors Political Action Comm MO

P.O. BOX 30635

Columbia, MO 65203 7/27/2012

$11,186.76

IN-KIND

[emphasis added]

Yep, it’s gotta be mail.

When the special interests fight for control, the voters and Democracy get trampled.

One has to wonder what the old style republican corporatists are thinking now that the right wingnut crazies are the dominant force of nature in their world. It’ alive, it must be fed, and they helped create it.

Pass the popcorn.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Missouri Club for Growth going all in for the right wingnut senate caucus (July 20, 2012)

Mail: If you’ve seen one republican candidate driving a tractor in the 21st Senate District… (July 18, 2012)

Campaign Finance: David Pearce (r) and Mike McGhee (r) – July quarterly reports (July 16, 2012)

Campaign Finance: a sign on every lawn (July 16, 2012)

Campaign Finance: Missouri Club for Growth really likes Mike McGhee (r)… (July 13, 2012)

Campaign Finance: dueling checks – the republican primary in the 21st Senate District (July 9, 2012)

Campaign Finance: Sen. David Pearce (r) in the 21st Senate District – gonna need more signs (July 5, 2012)

Campaign Finance: five more an it’d be a right wingnut dozen (July 2, 2012)

Campaign Finance: somebody doesn’t like Sen. David Pearce (r) (June 30, 2012)

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission, contributions by a right wingnut astroturf organization to one each of the republican candidates in the 31st and 21st Senate Districts:

C121090 07/20/2012 CITIZENS FOR ED EMERY Missouri Club for Growth P O Box 2068 St Louis MO 63158 7/20/2012 $40,000.00

C051254 07/20/2012 MCGHEE FOR SENATE Missouri Club for Growth P.O. Box 2068 St Louis MO 63158 7/20/2012 $20,000.00

[emphasis added]

They’ll always have all the money they’ll ever need.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: David Pearce (r) and Mike McGhee (r) – July quarterly reports (July 16, 2012)

Campaign Finance: a sign on every lawn (July 16, 2012)

Mail: If you’ve seen one republican candidate driving a tractor in the 21st Senate District… (July 18, 2012)

…you’ve seen all of the tractors in the district?

Freedom PAC, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C091269: Freedom Pac

Information Reported On: 2012 – July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $1,414.78

Monetary Receipts + $0.00

Monetary Expenditures – $0.00

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $1,000.00

Subtotal     ($1,000.00)

Ending Money On Hand   $414.78

[emphasis added]

Well, that isn’t very much money (up to June 30th).

And then:

C091269 07/13/2012 FREEDOM PAC Herzog Contracting Corp 600 S Riverside Road St Joseph MO 64507 7/13/2012 $54,409.15

[emphasis added]

What on earth would they spend that kind of money on?

Today we received a fifteen inch by twelve inch slick mail piece – that’s huge and very expensive:

An attack piece directed at Senator David Pearce (r) who is facing an August primary with Mike McGhee (r).

And on the other side of the mail piece:

Why, that’s Mike McGhee with a tractor.

And who paid for that mail piece?:

Well, look at that. You’ve got to wonder if it was $54,409.15 worth of mail.

Here’s an interesting detail:

How’s that previous support for Mike McGhee working out for you, AFL-CIO?

…Mike McGhee took on union bosses to protect the right to secret ballots, and stop union bosses from taking money out of workers’ paychecks without permission…

Yeah, that filthy union money, via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

CITIZENS TO RE-ELECT MIKE MCGHEE 10/12/2010

Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562 Voluntary Political, Educational, Legislative, Charity & Defense Fund 12385 Larimore Road St. Louis, MO 63138 9/28/2010 $500.00

Missouri AFL-CIO COPE 227 Jefferson Street Jefferson City, MO 65101 9/29/2010 $200.00

[emphasis added]

And that was just a quick search of one campaign finance report.

The people who paid for this mail piece and the people who created it think the people in the district are too stupid to notice.

And the tractor? We’ve seen that before, on a mail piece paid for by and and on behalf of Mike McGhee’s (r) campaign:

Detail from a previous mail piece paid for and on behalf of Mike McGhee (r).

Why, that’s the same tractor and Mike McGhee is wearing the same clothing. Fancy that.

You’d think they’d arrange for a change of clothes during the photo session.

Another mail piece paid for and on behalf of Mike McGhee:

Ah, the usual right wingnut drivel.

Pass the popcorn.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: David Pearce (r) and Mike McGhee (r) – July quarterly reports (July 16, 2012)

Campaign Finance: Missouri Club for Growth really likes Mike McGhee (r)… (July 13, 2012)

Campaign Finance: dueling checks – the republican primary in the 21st Senate District (July 9, 2012)

Campaign Finance: Sen. David Pearce (r) in the 21st Senate District – gonna need more signs (July 5, 2012)

Campaign Finance: five more an it’d be a right wingnut dozen (July 2, 2012)

Campaign Finance: somebody doesn’t like Sen. David Pearce (r) (June 30, 2012)

Campaign Finance: when an amazing perpetual motion machine isn’t enough (February 8, 2012)

The republican sign primary in the 21st Senate District:

Interestingly, there’s no indication of party affiliation. If there were they would have to be:

(left) “very conservative republican” and (right) “wingnut birther republican who has a thing for perpetual motion machines“.

The July quarterly reports are out at the Missouri Ethics Commission. First, for David Pearce (r):

REPORT SUMMARY

PEARCE FOR SENATE 7/15/2012

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $65,220.00

10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $17,201.54

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $194,420.31

[emphasis added]

That’s a healthy cash on hand, but there is also a well financed primary opponent with a base in the district. Money sitting around in the campaign account doesn’t do any good the day after you lose a primary.

Some of the contributions:

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

PEARCE FOR SENATE 7/15/2012

MO Assessor’s Assn. Legislative Acct. P.O. Box 339 New London MO 63459 4/6/2012 $1,000.00

Ronnie Porter 323 Cambridge St. Marshall MO 65340 self — business owner 5/2/2012 $500.00

Committee to Elect Ron Richard P.O. Box 2523 Joplin MO 64803 5/4/2012 $5,005.00

MPCA PAC 205 E. Capitol Ave. Suite 205 Jefferson City MO 65101 5/14/2012 $1,000.00

Dempsey for Senate Two Westbury Drive St. Charles MO 63301 5/19/2012 $5,500.00

Anheuser Busch Companies One Busch Place St. Louis MO 63118 5/26/2012 $1,000.00

Mike Kehoe 3589 Gettysburg Pl. Jefferson City MO 65109 Self 6/1/2012 $5,005.00

Action Realty Co. P.O. Box 431 Warrensburg MO 64093 6/4/2012 $1,000.00

MSTA Legislative Impact Committee P.O. Box 458 Columbia MO 65205 6/21/2012 $7,500.00

Cerner 2800 Rockcreek Pkwy. Kansas City MO 64117 6/21/2012 $1,000.00

Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce PAC 30 W. Pershing Rd. Suite 301 Kansas City MO 64108 6/21/2012 $5,000.00

Titlemax 15 Bull Street Suite 200 Savannah GA 31401 6/21/2012 $1,000.00

[emphasis added]

Some of the expenditures:

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

PEARCE FOR SENATE 7/15/2012

Captiol Consulting, LLC PO BOX 931 Jefferson City MO 65102 4/2/2012 Fundraising $1,771.05

Rocket Group, LLC PO BOX 913 Jefferson City MO 65102 4/2/2012 Parade Bags $1,642.79

Consolidated Capital & Consulting PO BOX 234 Columbia MO 65205 4/5/2012 Consulting $2,000.00

Consolidated Capital & Consulting PO BOX 234 Columbia MO 65205 5/15/2012 Consulting $2,000.00

Sodexo 103 N. North St Warrensburg MO 64093 5/24/2012 Catering $1,739.74

Capitol Consulting, LLC PO BOX Jefferson City MO 65102 5/14/2012 Fundraising $2,948.70

[emphasis added]

No mail yet.

And Mike McGhee’s (r) July quarterly report?:

REPORT SUMMARY

MCGHEE FOR SENATE 7/16/2012

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $43,765.00

13. Total All expenditures made this period $20,745.78

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $47,031.26

[emphasis added]

Remember, there’s been quite a bit of money from some of the usual suspects coming in to Mike McGhee’s (r) campaign coffers after the reporting period.

Let’s look at the contributions from the report:

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

MCGHEE FOR SENATE 7/16/2012

Missouri Club for Growth P.O. Box 2068 St Louis MO 63158 6/29/2012 $40,000.00

Salley’s Propane 1010 E. Highway Z Bates City MO 64011 6/29/2012 $500.00

D & T Carwash, LLC P.O. Box 325 Blue Springs MO 64013 6/30/2012 $500.00

[emphasis added]

Uh, yep. That’s one monster contribution.

A slick mail piece (at least in look, not so much in content) from Mike McGhee’s (r) campaign. And, there’s no indication of party affiliation.

Typical. Touting useless legislation (“right to pray”) and support from a big money astroturf (fake grassroots) organization. And, of course, the republican brand is missing on the mailing.

Some of Mike McGhee’s (r) campaign expenditures:

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

MCGHEE FOR SENATE 7/16/2012

Orscheln Farm & Home 1661 N. Highway 13 Higginsville MO 64037 6/25/2012 T-Posts for signs $641.37

Victory Enterprises 5200 S.W. 30th Street Suite 7 Davenport IA 52802 5/31/2012 Signs $11,228.36

Signs!

Hmm. Nothing, as far as we can tell, about that slick mail piece yet.

Pass the popcorn.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Missouri Club for Growth really likes Mike McGhee (r)… (July 13, 2012)

Campaign Finance: dueling checks – the republican primary in the 21st Senate District (July 9, 2012)

Campaign Finance: Sen. David Pearce (r) in the 21st Senate District – gonna need more signs (July 5, 2012)

Campaign Finance: five more an it’d be a right wingnut dozen (July 2, 2012)

Campaign Finance: somebody doesn’t like Sen. David Pearce (r) (June 30, 2012)

Campaign Finance: when an amazing perpetual motion machine isn’t enough (February 8, 2012)

…again.

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission::

C051254 07/13/2012 MCGHEE FOR SENATE Missouri Club for Growth P.O. Box 2068 St Louis MO 63158 7/13/2012 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s $20,000.00 from the Missouri Club for Growth within the past four days.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: dueling checks – the republican primary in the 21st Senate District (July 9, 2012)

Campaign Finance: Sen. David Pearce (r) in the 21st Senate District – gonna need more signs (July 5, 2012)

Campaign Finance: five more an it’d be a right wingnut dozen (July 2, 2012)

Campaign Finance: somebody doesn’t like Sen. David Pearce (r) (June 30, 2012)

Cue the banjo music.

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C051254 07/09/2012 MCGHEE FOR SENATE Missouri Club for Growth P.O. Box 2068 St Louis MO 63158 7/7/2012 $10,000.00

C010192 07/09/2012 PEARCE FOR SENATE Missouri Republican Leadership Council PO BOX 16737 St Louis MO 63105 7/7/2012 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

This is not your grandfather’s GOP. Pass the popcorn.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Sen. David Pearce (r) in the 21st Senate District – gonna need more signs (July 5, 2012)

Campaign Finance: five more an it’d be a right wingnut dozen (July 2, 2012)

Campaign Finance: somebody doesn’t like Sen. David Pearce (r) (June 30, 2012)

And, of course, one of the legislative giants of the Missouri General Assembly:

We’ll never have a right to breathe because some corporation could make a profit selling us all air (May 23, 2012)

HJR 2: “Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.” (December 30, 2010)

HJR 62: brace yourself for “Talk Like a Pirate Day” (May 5, 2010)

Department of Redundancy Department: Representative Mike McGhee (r) (January 4, 2010)

Previously: Campaign Finance: somebody doesn’t like Sen. David Pearce (r) (June 30, 2012)

Uh, yep.

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C051254 07/05/2012 MCGHEE FOR SENATE David Humphreys P.O.Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Tamko Building Products 7/2/2012 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

The right wingnut money folks appear to prefer the lunatic fringe right wingnuts in their party.

Apparently an occasional success or even attempts at making state government work through the legislative process is anathema to the right wingnut money folks. They aren’t even trying to keep up appearances anymore.

I wonder if they’d invest in a perpetual motion machine?