Stephen Webber @s_webber
Honored to be elected Chair of @MoDemParty Change will take ALL of us working together. Only 703 days till election 2018. Let’s get to work! 3:45 PM – 3 Dec 2016
The Chair and Vice-chair of the state party are also members of the Democratic National Committee by virtue of their elected office in the state party. As such they will also be unpledged PLEO (party leader, elected official) delegates at the next national convention.
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Caleb Rowden’s (r) campaign in the 19th Senate District:
C111215 10/29/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Citizens to Elect Mike Kehoe PO Box 105527 Jefferson City MO 65110 10/27/2016 $30,000.00
C111215 10/29/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Committee to Elect Ron Richard PO Box 2523 Joplin MO 64803 10/27/2016 $30,000.00
C111215 10/29/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Missouri Senate Campaign Committee PO Box 754 Jefferson City MO 65102
10/27/2016 $50,000.00
C111215 10/29/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Central Missouri Senate Republican PAC PO Box 144 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/27/2016 $185,000.00
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$295,000.00 in one day, right before the election. For a state senate seat. For a backbencher:
That’s a significant amount of money to promote a backbencher in the House with no significant legislative achievements (well, okay he thinks he does) to the Senate.
Update:
The propping up continues. Today:
C111215 10/30/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Missouri Senate Campaign Committee PO Box 754 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/28/2016 $300,000.00
That’s a significant amount of money to promote a backbencher in the House with no significant legislative achievements (well, okay he thinks he does) to the Senate.
Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Caleb Rowden’s (r) campaign for the open seat in the 19th Senate District:
C111215 10/09/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Missouri Senate Campaign Committee PO Box 754 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/7/2016 $12,100.00
C111215 10/09/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN CNS Corporation 500 E 9th St Kansas City MO 64106 10/9/2016 $10,000.00
C111215 10/09/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Central Missouri Senate Republican PAC PO Box 144 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/9/2016 $100,000.00
C111215 10/09/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Missouri Senate Campaign Committee PO Box 754 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/9/2016 $100,000.00
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Those big checks are in the statewide candidate range. The grassroots stuff must not be working out so well.
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Caleb Rowden’s (r) 2016 campaign in the 19th Senate District:
C111215 09/01/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Missouri Senate Campaign Committee PO Box 754 Jefferson City MO 65102 9/1/2016 $250,000.00
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They had previously dropped $100,000.00 on Caleb Rowden’s (r) campaign on June 30th.
The republican Missouri Senate Campaign Committee hashad a lot more money:
C071094: Missouri Senate Campaign Committee
Committee Type: Political Action
Po Box 754
Jefferson City Mo 65102-0754
Established Date: 04/10/2007
[….]
Information Reported On: 2016 – 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/2/2016
Beginning Money on Hand $512,252.89
Monetary Receipts + $19,501.00
Monetary Expenditures – $33,777.53
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($14,276.53)
Ending Money On Hand $497,976.36
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And they just spent $250,000.00 of that on one republican senate candidate.
Stephen Webber’s (D) campaign has a new television ad out:
Stephen Webber (D): This is the last place I came before I deployed to Iraq. And the first when I came home.
Al Shattuck: Webber served two tours of duty in Iraq.
Al Barnes: He’s one of the best leaders I’ve ever had.
Voice: Webber was our squad leader and he definitely looked out for us.
Nic Gibbons: Webber always led from the front. He was the first vehicle, he’d lead on the patrol every single time. And he did it humbly, too.
Aaron Schulz: The reason he was in front is because if something happened he wanted to be the one up there that was in harm’s way.
Voice: When we first arrived in Fallujah it was a totally different world.
Voice: There was improvised explosive devices. We had snipers, firefights. It takes a real leader, someone like Webber that keeps his team and his squad on point all the time.
Bryan Miller: I was in the Humvee with Webber when we hit an IED. Forty pounds, C4.
Aaron Schulz: He got everybody home safe.
Voice: I believe in him as a person, as a leader, and as a friend.
Stephen Webber (D): No matter what I faced in Iraq or here at home, these names and the memory of their sacrifice humbles me and gives me the strength to serve.
[Stephen Webber for Missouri Senate]
[Paid for by Citizens for Stephen Webber, Barbara Schneider, Treasurer.]
C081079 08/21/2016 CITIZENS FOR STEPHEN WEBBER Claire McCaskill 1941 Spring House Drive St Louis MO 63122 United States Senate United States Senator 8/21/2016 $10,000.00
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There is a significant difference between Stephen Webber (D) and Caleb Rowden (r).
….As an example of how election-year concerns cast a shadow over the session, Rep. Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, didn’t cast a vote when the so-called “personhood” measure was voted on in the House. Rowden is locked in a battle for a seat in the Senate in a Democrat-leaning district….
Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Caleb Rowden’s (r) 2016 race in the 19th Senate District:
C111215 05/16/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Richard Miller 1712 E Pointe Dr Columbia MO 65201 Millers Imaging Owner 5/16/2016 $10,000.00
Today was the next to last day of the legislative session. At this point it’s non-stop bills, amendments, and conference committee reports. Tomorrow will be more of the same.
Representative Stacey Newman (D) – May 12, 2016.
Representative Dean Dohrman (r) – May 12, 2016.
Representative Stephen Webber (D) – May 12, 2016.
Representative Mike Colona (D) – May 12, 2016.
Representative Tracy McCreery (D) – May 12, 2016.
Representative Deb Lavender (D) – May 12, 2016.
Representative Kimberly Gardner (D) – May 12, 2016.
Polly Haun @p_haun
.@calebrowden you were at the Capitol yesterday, so why did you miss the vote on a constitutional amendment? #moleg 4:08 PM – 6 May 2016
Uh, because everyone understands that right wingnut republican enablers running in the 19th Senate District don’t want anyone to know what they’re really like, but they still need those awesome party campaign contributions. We’re just guessing.
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