It must be nice to have friends in right wingnuttia with money. Via 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

C041029 CITIZENS FOR WILL KRAUS [pdf] 7/29/2010

Citizens for Brad Lager

15891 Hwy 71

Savannah, MO 64485 7/28/2010

$125,000.00

[emphasis added]

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

C041029 CITIZENS FOR WILL KRAUS [pdf] 7/29/2010

Jeff Roe

Kansas City, MO

consultant 7/28/2010

$10,000.00

[emphasis added]

The candidates:

State Senate – District 8

Republican

BRYAN PRATT BLUE SPRINGS MO 53 2/23/2010

WILL KRAUS LEES SUMMIT MO 238 2/23/2010

GARY DUSENBERG BLUE SPRINGS MO 340 2/23/2010

Libertarian

KEVIN PARR GRAIN VALLEY MO 3/19/2010

Why is it that Libertarians never seem to get those big campaign contributions? You’s think proponents of the laissez faire, hey big government leave me alone, political philosophy would be raking it in from all those corporate capitalists. You’d think.

(considering breaking news on the story, parts of it got gobbled up and revised – here’s an dead tree edition of the story for you all to digest)

A friend on Twitter mentioned that Will Kraus’ website was pitching him for the 8th Senate district and it was just a banner at first:

And now, the site fully updated itself to be for the 8th Senate District race:

The letter notes support from Brian Yates (R-Quik Cash). And was a surprising twist in the mystery Lee’s Summit Conservative that Brian Yates will endorse saga. But maybe I missed when Will Kraus went to Lee’s Summit, I know that the current location that you can donate cash to his campaign is in Raytown. And Raytown is in the 11th. (Although it’s worth noting on the website that Kraus said that Yates’ resignation inspired him to run for the State Senate, which is not exactly a conclusion to the endorsement deal, but it’s probably in the bag.)

Now, parts of the 48th are in the 8th Senate District. When betting on a primary, it’s not entirely reasonable to bet on the guy who has half his house district in a Senate District (Kraus) over guys with their entire House District in the Senate district (Dusenberg and Pratt). But if there’s anything that we all love, it’s bloody contentious primaries. It’s an Eastern Jackson County tradition.

The 48th district, which will be open two years early due to Will Kraus’ sudden Senate run, went around 54/45 for Obama last November. Which should inspire a tough contest for the seat.

Ever get the impression that Brian Yates may not entirely like someone in the Establishment?