A look at Vicky Hartzler’s (r) fundraising in the 4th Congressional District republican primary via the Federal Election Commission.

Previously:

Bill Stouffer (r) in the 4th Congressional District – campaign finance

Vicky Hartzler (r) in the 4th Congressional District

HARTZLER, VICKY JO

Candidate Details

From: 01/01/2009   To: 12/31/2009

CANDIDATE INFORMATION

HARTZLER, VICKY JO H0MO04086

Office: HOUSE

Party: REPUBLICAN PARTY Election: 2010

State: MISSOURI District: 04

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

From: 01/01/2009   To: 12/31/2009

I. RECEIPTS

Itemized Individual Contributions $187,342

Unitemized Individual Contributions $100

Party Committees Contributions $0

Other Committees Contributions $2,000

Candidate Contributions $8,088

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS $197,530

Transfers from Authorized Committees $0

Candidate Loans $105,000

Other Loans $0

TOTAL LOANS $105,000

Operating Expenditures Offsets $0

Other Receipts $0

TOTAL RECEIPTS $302,530

II. DISBURSEMENTS

Operating Expenditures $45,213

Transfers To Authorized Committees $0

Candidate Loan Repayments $0

Other Loan Repayments $0

TOTAL LOAN REPAYMENTS $0

Individual Refunds $2,400

Political Party Refunds $0

Other Committee Refunds $0

TOTAL CONTRIBUTION REFUNDS $2,400

Other Disbursements $0

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS $47,613

III. CASH SUMMARY

Ending Cash On Hand $254,916

Net Contributions $195,130

Net Operating Expenditures $45,213

Debts Owed By $105,000

Debts Owed To $0

That’s quite a campaign treasury, roughly equivalent to Bill Stouffer (r). And where did some of that money come from?:

Other Committees Contributions – HARTZLER, VICKY JO  

Page 1 of 1 (1 records)    

EAGLE FORUM PAC RECEIPT ALTON IL 62002 11/10/2009 $2,000

Yes, that Eagle Forum.

And, there are loans:

Candidate Loans – HARTZLER, VICKY JO  

Page 1 of 1 (2 records)    

HARTZLER, VICKY LOANS MADE/GUARANTEED BY CAND. HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 07/17/2009 $5,000    

HARTZLER, VICKY LOANS MADE/GUARANTEED BY CAND. HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/29/2009 $100,000

The expenditures:

Operating Expenditures – HARTZLER, VICKY JO  

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HILL, SAMANTHA GRASSROOTS HOLDEN MO 64040 11/30/2009 $2,500    

CHASE HOTEL EXPENSES PALENTINE IL 60094 12/15/2009 $443    

NET LLC ELECTIONMALL TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON DC 20004 09/22/2009 $16    

BEST BUY LAPTOP COMPUTER LEES SUMMIT MO 64081 09/07/2009 $1,067    

LLC, NET ELECTIONMALL TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON DC 20004 12/31/2009 $199    

HORIZON PRINTING LETTERHEAD/ENVELOPE PLEASANT HILL MO 64080 11/19/2009 $405    

REEDY, ROGER TOUR REFRESHMENTS WINDSOR MO 65360 11/21/2009 $125    

CHASE HOTEL EXPENSES PALENTINE IL 60094 11/16/2009 $170    

BEGLEY, DENNIS T-SHIRTS HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 11/20/2009 $158    

HARTZLER, VICKY OPER. EXPENSES NOT REIMBURSED HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/30/2009 $1,156    

NET LLC ELECTIONMALL TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON DC 20004 09/21/2009 $89    

NET LLC ELECTIONMALL TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON DC 20004 09/30/2009 $14    

CASS GAZETTE PUSHCARDS BELTON MO 64012 09/11/2009 $553    

NET LLC ELECTIONMALL TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON DC 20004 09/30/2009 $2    

BENNETT SIGNS SIGNAGE HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/11/2009 $274    

CASS GAZETTE PUSHCARDS BELTON MO 64012 08/27/2009 $129    

HARTZLER, LOWELL REIMBURSEMENT FOR POSTAGE HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/15/2009 $1,320    

HARTZLER, VICKY MILES DRIVEN NOT REIMBURSED HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/30/2009 $3,142    

HILL, SAMANTHA INDEPENDENT CONTRACT WORK HOLDEN MO 64040 09/12/2009 $2,500    

MIDDAUGH, JEANNE FOOD AND BEVERAGE DISCOUNTS HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $731    

SARAHS PHOTOGRAPHY   PHOTOGRAPHY   FREEMAN   MO   64746   08/25/2009   $150    

HARLAND BUSINESS CHECKS CHECKS DECATUR GA 30035 09/01/2009 $134    

KING, JERRY THE X GROUP BUTLER MO 64730 11/20/2009 $71    

KING, JERRY ADRIAN JOURNAL BUTLER MO 64730 11/20/2009 $144    

HARRISONVILLE POST OFFICE POSTAGE HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 12/29/2009 $220    

PHOTOGRAPHY, SARAHS PHOTOS FREEMAN MO 64746 10/16/2009 $100    

LLC, NET ELECTIONMALL TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON DC 20004 12/21/2009 $154    

MINUTEMEN PRESS INVITES/PLEDGECARDS ST. PETERS MO 63376 11/19/2009 $1,530    

SCHROCK, CYNTHIA LETTERHEAD GARDEN CITY MO 64747 10/10/2009 $50    

THOMAS, DR. BENNY WAYNESVILLE DAILY GUIDE FOUR SEASONS MO 65049 11/21/2009 $325    

SIGNATURE ADVANTAGE FUNDRAISING EXPENSES CHESTERFIELD MO 63006 11/19/2009 $5,979    

HILL, SAMANTHA GRASSROOTS HOLDEN MO 64040 10/26/2009 $2,500    

JOHNSON, CARL TOUR REFRESHMENTS VERNON MO 64772 11/20/2009 $50    

LLC, NET ELECTIONMALL TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON DC 20004 12/13/2009 $4    

LLC, NET ELECTIONMALL TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON DC 20004 12/31/2009 $21    

CHURCHILL STRATEGIES MATERIALS DESIGN HARRISBURG PA 17101 10/05/2009 $2,823    

BOATRIGHT, MATT TOUR REFRESHMENTS SEDALIA MO 65301 11/20/2009 $72    

CAUDEL, CHER TOUR REFRESHMENTS CALIFORNIA MO 65018 11/20/2009 $20    

GOODSON COMPANY INVOICE # 91301 PRINTING ST. LOUIS MO 63104 10/02/2009 $968    

HARTZLER, VICKY POSTAGE FOOD PARKING HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 12/31/2009 $61

HARRISONVILLE POST OFFICE   POSTAGE   HARRISONVILLE   MO   64701   11/03/2009   $664    

SEESER, JAMES REFUND-DEPOSIT IN ERROR ST LOUIS MO 63119 11/29/2009 $100    

KING, JERRY KMOE BUTLER MO 64730 11/20/2009 $48    

LLC, NET ELECTIONMALL TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON DC 20004 10/19/2009 $21    

ARISTOTLE SOFTWARE WASHINGTON DC 20003 10/26/2009 $2,100    

HALL, COLONIAL KICKOFF PARTY HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 10/01/2009 $1,773    

HARTZLER, VICKY MILES DRIVEN NOT REIMBURSED HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 12/31/2009 $3,728    

HILL, SAMANTHA GRASSROOTS HOLDEN MO 64040 12/28/2009 $2,500    

LLC, NET ELECTIONMALL TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON DC 20004 11/23/2009 $8    

HARRISONVILLE POST OFFICE POSTAGE HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 10/12/2009 $94    

SHELTONS PRINTING FULL COLOR CARDS HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 10/19/2009 $168    

KYLE SHELL GASOLINE EXPENSES DEFIANCE MO 63365 12/11/2009 $126    

MCKENNA LONG ALDRIDGE LEGAL SERVICE WASHINGTON DC 20005 10/14/2009 $1,283    

CHASE HOTEL EXPENSES PALENTINE IL 60094 10/26/2009 $214    

JESDAN CREATIONS TEE SHIRTS GARDEN CITY MO 64747 11/01/2009 $166    

CASS GAZETTE THANK YOU CARDS BELTON MO 64012 10/26/2009 $880    

ANGST, RANDY TOUR REFRESHMENTS LEBANON MO 65536 11/21/2009 BROWN, RYAN TOUR REFRESHMENTS GREENFIELD MO 65661 11/20/2009 $33    

HILL, SAMANTHA MILES DRIVEN PHONE HOLDEN MO 64040 10/26/2009 $428    

HILL, SAMANTHA MILES DRIVEN PHONE HOLDEN MO 64040 11/30/2009 $502

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T-shirts!

And the money from individual contributors, all 588 of them? (actually, a useful and informative excerpt):

Itemized Individual Contributions – HARTZLER, VICKY JO  

Total: 588 records…

….PEARCE, DAVID STATE OF MISSOURI/SENATOR WARRENSBURG MO 64093 10/12/2009 $20     RECEIPT

PEARCE, DAVID STATE OF MISSOURI/SENATOR WARRENSBURG MO 64093 11/03/2009 $25     RECEIPT

PINKEPANK, PHILIP UPA/UPA CIO BELTON MO 64012 11/29/2009 $250     RECEIPT

HARTZLER, JAY RETIRED/RETIRED HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 11/19/2009 $400     RECEIPT

HARTZLER, MARY ANN RETIRED/RETIRED CLINTON MO 64735 11/22/2009 $200     RECEIPT

MORSE, ANN SELF/HOMEMAKER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 12/10/2009 $50     RECEIPT

NOTESTINE, STEPHEN QUADRANT PROPERTIES/DEVELOPER ST LOUIS MO 63131 12/26/2009 $2,400     RECEIPT

CAMPBELL, BILLIE CAMPBELL PROTECTION/LIFE SAFETY EQUIPMENT HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 11/26/2009 $500     RECEIPT

COOK, MIKE NECO SEEDS/OWNER GARDEN CITY MO 64747 10/09/2009 $1,000     RECEIPT

KURZWEIL, LINDA FARMER/SELF FREEMAN MO 64746 12/13/2009 $150     RECEIPT

MAGNESS, DIANE INFORMATION REQUESTED/INFORMATION REQUESTED GARDEN CITY MO 64747 10/13/2009 $100     RECEIPT

ANGST, RANDY SELF/SELF LEBANON MO 65536 11/21/2009 $9    

MOORE, DOUGLAS RETIRED/RETIRED BELTON MO 64012 10/22/2009 $5     RECEIPT

EDWARDS, ANN RETIRED/RETIRED HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 11/23/2009 $250     RECEIPT

EHLEN, BEVERLY CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA/STATE DIRECTOR WARRENTON MO 63383 10/17/2009 $200     RECEIPT

FERRELL, JAMES FERRELL GAS/OWNER OVERLAND PARK KS 66210 12/15/2009 $2,400     RECEIPT

FLOYD, LINDA NOELS HAIRSTYLING/SELF HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 11/22/2009 $136     RECEIPT

FOLSOM, MELODY CASS COUNTY/PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 10/13/2009 $235     RECEIPT

GENTRY, ANNETTE BUTLER R-V ELEMENTARY/TEACHER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 11/10/2009 $25     RECEIPT

KING, JERRY RETIRED/RETIRED BUTLER MO 64730 11/03/2009 $50     RECEIPT

WILSON, HERMAN PIONEER EQUIPMENT/PRESIDENT HOUSTON TX 77019 08/29/2009 $2,400     RECEIPT

WISE, JOHN RETIRED/RETIRED FREEMAN MO 64746 09/21/2009 $50     RECEIPT

WYATT, JEWELL RETIRED/RETIRED ARCHIE MO 64701 09/26/2009 $25     RECEIPT

BOWLING, SHARON RETIRED/RETIRED HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/19/2009 $100     RECEIPT

BRANTLEY, DEBORAH HONEYWELL/ENGINEER PECULIAR MO 64078 09/19/2009 $250     RECEIPT

COX, LOREN JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLE/RETI/RETIRED/PART TIME INSTRUCTOR HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/09/2009 $250     RECEIPT

COX, RUTH REQUESTED/REQUESTED HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $100     RECEIPT

DANNER, JAMES RETIRED/RETIRED FREEMAN MO 64746 09/11/2009 $100     RECEIPT

DANNER, JAMES RETIRED/RETIRED FREEMAN MO 64746 09/21/2009 $50     RECEIPT

DARR, VIRGINIA REQUESTED SPRINGFIELD MO 65809 09/28/2009 $300     RECEIPT

DAVENPORT, LD SELF/HOUSEWIFE DREXEL MO 64742 09/16/2009 $50     RECEIPT

KILP, ROBERT RETIRED/RETIRED HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/19/2009 $50     RECEIPT

KING, JON DIVERSIFIED SERVICES/AGRICULTURE RISK MANAGEMENT HIGGINSVILLE MO 64037 08/21/2009 $100     RECEIPT

KURZWEIL, THOMAS SELF/FARMER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/30/2009 $350     RECEIPT

LUDWIG, MARK REQUESTED/ER DOCTOR HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $100     RECEIPT

MCCLAIN, JANICE WINDY RIDGE/OWNER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $50     RECEIPT

MEINS, JUDY KAY GARDEN CITY PLASTICS/CO-OWNER GARDEN CITY MO 64747 08/21/2009 $500     RECEIPT

SANCKEN, ALLEN HARRISONVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL/ADMINISTRATOR GARDEN CITY MO 64747 09/21/2009 $50     RECEIPT

SCAVUZZO, LYDIA CASS COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT/DEPUTY CLERK HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/09/2009 $250     RECEIPT

SCHROCK, ALISSIA SELF/HOMEMAKER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $50     RECEIPT

SCHROCK, ROSELLA SELF/HOMEWORKER GARDEN CITY MO 64747 09/12/2009 $1,000     RECEIPT

SCHULT, KEITH SCHULT INDUSTRIES/SALES BELTON MO 64012 09/19/2009 $250     RECEIPT

ANDREWS, MARK REQUESTED SANIBEL FL 33957 09/21/2009 $2,400     RECEIPT

HAYDEN, ROBERT STARLINE, INC./OWNER SEDALIA MO 65301 09/21/2009 $2,400     RECEIPT

HEARNE, DONNA REQUESTED/REQUESTED ST LOUIS MO 63141 09/30/2009 $100     RECEIPT

HEID, KONRAD RETIRED/RETIRED JOPLIN MO 64801 09/16/2009 $2,400     RECEIPT

BAKER, DAVID FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH BELTON/MINISTER BELTON MO 64012 09/21/2009 $200     RECEIPT

BAKER, EVERT MINISTER/RETIRED BELTON MO 64012 09/21/2009 $250     RECEIPT

BEARD, RICK SYCAMORE GROVE CHURCH/PASTOR HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $25     RECEIPT

BEGLEY, DENNIS SERENITY ACRES FARM BOARDING K/OWNE/OWNER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/06/2009 $200     RECEIPT

BINKLEY, JAMES SELF-EMPLOYED/DENTIST ARCHIE MO 64725 07/20/2009 $2,400     RECEIPT

BOCKELMAN, KATHY SELF/HOMEMAKER PECULIAR MO 64078 09/21/2009 $20     RECEIPT

MOORE, LISA HARRISONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT/TEACHER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $25     RECEIPT

MORRIS, JAMES REQUESTED LEBANON MO 65336 09/22/2009 $250     RECEIPT

MUELLER, ROBERT REQUESTED HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $250     RECEIPT

OCONNOR, JAMES RETIRED/RETIRED GARDEN CITY MO 64747 09/15/2009 $100     RECEIPT

ORR, LUCIA RETIRED/RETIRED GARDEN CITY MO 64747 09/26/2009 $100     RECEIPT

EVERS, GLORIA SELF/HOMEMAKER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/16/2009 $50     RECEIPT

FAIRBANKS, DAVID FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL, INC./OWNER LEXINGTON NE 68850 09/13/2009 $1,000     RECEIPT

FILER, KELLY SELF/HOMEMAKER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/05/2009 $500     RECEIPT

FITZPATRICK, THOMAS FITZPATRICK CONSULTING./SELF-EMPLOYED WARRENSBURG MO 64093 09/26/2009 $500     RECEIPT

GARRETT, GLEN 1ST STATE BANK/CEO PURDY MO 65734 09/30/2009 $250     RECEIPT

SMITH, NANCY REQUESTED/REQUESTED CREIGHTON MO 64739 09/16/2009 $100     RECEIPT

SPENA, MONTY BOB D. CAMPBELL & COMPANY/ACCOUNTANT PECULIAR MO 64078 08/28/2009 $2,400     RECEIPT

SUTTON, TODD BLACK AND VEATCH/FINANCE MANAGER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $25     RECEIPT

TRAVIS, MARY CASS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER/NURSE HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $1,000     RECEIPT

WILLIS, DONNA HARRISONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT/TEACHER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $100     RECEIPT

GLAZNER, RALPH SHERWOOD COMMUNITY BANK/SENIOR LOAN OFFICER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 08/25/2009 $500     RECEIPT

GOTH, MARSHA SELF/HOMEMAKER DREXEL MO 64742 09/29/2009 $25     RECEIPT

HACKLER, BARBARA SELF/HOMEMAKER ARCHIE MO 64725 09/26/2009 $250     RECEIPT

BRUMITT, LORI REQUESTED/REQUESTED ARCHIE MO 64701 09/28/2009 $100     RECEIPT

BUERGE, AMY HARRISONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER/RECEPTIONIST GARDEN CITY MO 64747 09/21/2009 $35     RECEIPT

WRIGHT, EDWARD SELF/FARMER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $200     RECEIPT

ZELLMER, LINDA RETIRED/RETIRED FREEMAN MO 64746 09/15/2009 $100     RECEIPT

SCHROCK, STACEY SELF-EMPLOYED/HOMEMAKER GARDEN CITY MO 64747 09/21/2009 $50     RECEIPT

BURRIS, MITZI SELF/HOMEMAKER ARCHIE MO 64725 09/21/2009 $50     RECEIPT

CARTER, THOMAS RETIRED/RETIRED HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/01/2009 $100     RECEIPT

CEARLEY, RICK SELF/FARMER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $50     RECEIPT

CECIL, ERNIE ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH/PASTOR HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $25     RECEIPT

CHAFFIN, BARBIE REQUESTED/REQUESTED PECULIAR MO 64078 09/19/2009 $20     RECEIPT

COFFELT, LINDA COFFELT LAND TITLE, INC./CO-OWNER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/19/2009 $100     RECEIPT

DE GISI, JANE REQUESTED/REQUESTED OVERLAND PARK KS 66207 09/21/2009 $20     RECEIPT

HERNANDEZ, LORI REQUESTED/REQUESTED GARDEN CITY MO 64747 09/26/2009 $100     RECEIPT

DICKERSON, RITA RETIRED/RETIRED PLEASANT HILL MO 64080 09/21/2009 $100     RECEIPT

SHORES, PEGGY REQUESTED/REQUESTED BALLWIN MO 63021 09/30/2009 $20     RECEIPT

SNYDER, GLORIA REQUESTED/REQUESTED LOWRY CITY MO 64763 09/26/2009 $20     RECEIPT

WARDEN, DOUGLAS PHYSICAL THERAPIST/SELF WARRENSBURG MO 64093 09/26/2009 $35     RECEIPT

WIEDENMANN, SUSAN WIEDENMANN AND GODFREY CONSTR/CONSTRUCTION DREXEL MO 64742 09/15/2009 $250     RECEIPT

HOLDEN, LANCE COMMERCE BANK/BANKER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $1,100     RECEIPT

HOLDEN, WYNOLA RETIRED/RETIRED HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/16/2009 $250     RECEIPT

HOPKINS, DAVID HOPKINS APPRAISAL/APPRAISER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/16/2009 $2,400     RECEIPT

KELLEY, PHILLIP SELF/FARMER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/29/2009 $25     RECEIPT

KIRCHER, RUSSELL SELF/FARMER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/15/2009 $1,000     RECEIPT

KNOCHE, KATHY REQUESTED/REQUESTED HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $50     RECEIPT

LAWSON, NANCY SELF/HOMEMAKER HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $50     RECEIPT

LINDSAY, ANNETTA SELF/SELF BUTLER MO 64730 09/15/2009 $100     RECEIPT

LINTON, LOIS RETIRED/RETIRED BALLWIN MO 63011 09/30/2009 $250     RECEIPT

MAGRUDER, L.M. RETIRED/PHYSICIAN NEVADA MO 64772 09/28/2009 $100     RECEIPT

MILLER, KATHLEEN CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT,/TEACHER GOLDEN CO 80403 07/14/2009 $500     RECEIPT

ALSTON, JEFFREY RETIRED/RETIRED CLEVELAND MO 64734 09/16/2009 $100     RECEIPT

MORGAN, BRENDA SELF/HOMEMAKER HOPKINSVILLE KY 44240 08/25/2009 $100     RECEIPT

MORSE, ELIZABETH REQUESTED HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $250     RECEIPT

NGUYEN, KAREN REQUESTED/REQUESTED HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 09/21/2009 $100     RECEIPT

PEARCE, DAVID MISSOURI/STATE SENATOR WARRENSBURG MO 64093 09/26/2009 $100     RECEIPT…

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Quite an interesting excerpt. It shows a mix of large and small donors and the occasional office holder. The important number is 588…donors. Watch out if this continues through the present quarter. You’ve got to love republican primaries.

Pass. The. Popcorn.  

The GOP primary for US Senate keeps getting weirder and weirder. Convinced that Roy Blunt isn’t up to the challenge of taking on Robin Carnahan in the general election, and that a fresh face outside of Washington might do the trick, party elders like former Senator Jack Danforth turned to… Thomas Schweich.

Thomas who? Well, he’s a visiting law professor and former Bush Administration official (which just screams fresh face for the GOP, I know) who apparently has a few friends in high places.  Friends like Sam Fox, the big GOP donor who also helped fund Swiftboat ads with a $50,000 donation well after the ads had been discredited. Danforth, Fox & Co. must have agreed on “fresh face” as a talking point, because they used it several times during the course of their argument for an alternative to Blunt.

Meanwhile, Sarah Steelman, edging toward an official declaration for Senate herself, is loving it. She instantly sent out an e-mail welcoming the competition:

The US Senate is a very important office and I am glad to see Mr. Schweich taking an interest in it. I don’t know what he stands for yet so I will be interested in learning his views about the role of government,” said Steelman. “I think the Republican Party needs to embrace people who are willing to run for office instead of letting political power brokers who are more interested in profiting off of government and retaining their power hand pick someone for the job. Let’s try having a little competition in the free market of ideas in the Republican Party instead of a monopoly,” Steelman added.

Practically speaking, she’s already the “fresh face” from outside Washington that Danforth & Co. are desperately looking for. I’m not saying that she really has any new ideas – her platform for governor was essentially boilerplate Republicanism – but she did run against virtually the entire GOP establishment and nearly pulled out a win. She’s fresher than a former Bush official handpicked by establishment money men, in any case.