On August 28, 2008, our campaign finance world changed. In addition to lifting individual campaign contribution limits, there’s a new reporting requirement for those really big contributions:

130.044 [pdf]

“All individuals and committees required to file disclosure reports under section 130.041 shall electronically report any contribution by any single contributor which exceeds five thousand dollars to the Missouri ethics Commission within forty eight hours of receiving the contribution. Such reports shall contain the same content required under section 130.041 and shall be filed in accordance with the standards established by the commission for electronic filing and other rules the commission may deem necessary to promulgate for the effective administration of this section.”

Let’s take a look at Kenny Hulshof’s reports (the fun part!). The first, from August 29, 2008, filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission. Twenty-four hours after the limits were lifted:

8/29/08 [pdf]

Schnucks Markets Inc. St. Louis, MO 63146 8/28/2008 25,000.00

Metro Heart Group of St. Louis, Inc. St. Louis, MO 63141 8/28/2008 10,000.00

Southern Union Company Houston, TX 77056 8/28/2008 7,375.00

Howard Wood Bonne Terre, MO 63628 Cequel III 8/28/2008 100,000.00

L.B. Eckelkamp, Jr. Washington, MO 63090 Bank of Washington 8/28/2008 20,000.00

Lewis & Clark Regional Leadership Fund St. Charles, MO 63302 8/28/2008 50,000.00

Samuel Hais Clayton, MO 63105 Hais, Hais, Kallen, & Goldberger PC 8/28/2008 20,000.00

Stephen Notestine St. Louis, MO 63131 Quadrant Properties 8/28/2008 10,000.00

William McGinnis St. Louis, MO 63164 Nestle Purina Pet Care 8/28/2008 10,000.00

Rudolph Farber Neosho, MO 64850 Community Bank & Trust 8/28/2008 25,000.00

James McDonnell, III St. Louis, MO 63124 Retired 8/28/2008 20,000.00

James Ross Chesterfield, MO 63005 RCS, Inc. 8/28/2008 10,000.00

Boone Cnty Republican Central Committee Columbia, MO 65205 8/28/2008 13,250.00

24th Legislative District Columbia, MO 65201 8/28/2008 13,450.00

MO 24th Senatorial Committee – Republican Maryland Heights, MO 63043 8/28/2008 13,181.00

RGA Missouri 2008 PAC Washington, DC 20006 8/28/2008 600,000.00

Jerry Wells Joplin, MO 64804 Moark, LLC 8/29/2008 20,000.00

AG Processing Inc. Omaha, NE 68103 8/29/2008 10,000.00

Newton County Republican Central Committee Neosho, MO 64805 8/29/2008 13,300.00

Drury Development Corporation St. Louis, MO 63114 8/29/2008 20,000.00

Jerry Hall Monett, MO 65708 Jack Henry & Associates 8/29/2008 100,000.00

Bill Holekamp St. Louis, MO 63124 Holekamp Capital 8/29/2008 50,000.00

[emphasis added]

I believe that comes to $1,160,556.00.

Nothing exceeds like excess…

9/1/08 [pdf]

KCS Rail State PAC Kansas City, MO 64121 8/30/2008 25,000.00

Peter Herschend Branson, MO 65616 Silver Dollar City 8/30/2008 10,000.00

Platte County Republican Central Committee Kansas City, MO 64152 8/30/2008 13,450.00

[emphasis added]

9/4/08 [pdf]

Platte County Republican Central Committee Kansas City, MO 64152 9/2/2008 13,450.00

34th Republican Senatorial District Committee Weston, MO 64098 9/2/2008 13,450.00

29th Legislative District Republican Committee St. Joseph, MO 64501 9/2/2008 13,450.00

9/5/08 [pdf]

MO 29th Legislative District Republican Committee Saint Joseph, MO 64503-2834 9/5/2008 13,450.00

129th Republican Legislative District Committee Joplin, MO 64802 9/5/2008 8,000.00

129th Republican Legislative District Committee Joplin, MO 64802 9/5/2008 5,350.00

Edith C. Cunnane Saint Louis, MO 63141 Retired 9/5/2008 10,000.00

William Bush St. Louis, MO 63124 Bush O’Donnell 9/4/2008 10,000.00

129th Republican Legislative District Committee Joplin, MO 64802 9/4/2008 9,000.00

9/7/08 [pdf]

Herzog Contracting Corporation St. Joseph, MO 64502 9/5/2008 25,000.00

David Humphreys Joplin, MO 64803 Tamko Building Products/CEO 9/5/2008 100,000.00

Ethelmae Humphreys Joplin, MO 64801 Tamko Building Products/Chairman 9/5/2008 100,000.00

Sarah Humphreys Atkins Arlington, VA 22207 Tamko Building Products/Quality Consultant 9/5/2008 100,000.00

[emphasis added]

9/9/08 [pdf]

Roy Pfautch Saint Louis, MO 63108 Civic Service Inc. 9/8/2008 10,000.00

Positronic Industries Inc. Springfield, MO 65801 9/8/2008 10,000.00

Hunter Engineering Company Bridgeton, MO 63044 9/8/2008 50,000.00

3rd Congressional District Committee St. Louis, MO 63127 9/9/2008 13,450.00

7th State Senatorial District Republican Committee St. Louis, MO 63146 9/9/2008 13,450.00

128th District Republican Legislative Committee Joplin, MO 64801 9/9/2008 13,450.00

[emphasis added]

9/12/08 [pdf]

Right Choice Managed Care, Inc. Cincinnati, OH 45206 9/11/2008 10,000.00

Blue Cross Blue Shield of KC Kansas City, MO 64108 9/11/2008 10,000.00

3rd Congressional District Committee St. Louis, MO 63127 9/12/2008 13,450.00

PPG Properties Springfield, MO 65804 9/12/2008 15,000.00

Integrity Home Care Springfield, MO 65804 9/12/2008 15,000.00

Ken Suelthaus St. Louis, MO 63124 Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC 9/12/2008 10,000.00

7th District Congressional Republican Committee Springfield, MO 65805 9/12/2008 13,500.00

9/16/08 [pdf]

Remanufacturing Sales Corporation Springfield, MO 65802 9/15/2008 10,000.00

9/17/08 [pdf]

The AGC MO PAC Jefferson City, MO 65102 9/16/2008 10,000.00

Emerson Electric Company St. Louis, MO 63136 9/17/2008 30,000.00

Pettis County Republican Committee Sedalia, MO 65301 9/17/2008 25,000.00

[emphasis added]

I never thought I’d see the day that I’d consider a $10,000.00 campaign contribution as cheap.

It’ll be very interesting to look at those committee reports when they get filed in October.