For the republican candidate in the 2012 Attorney General race.

Follow the money.

The distribution of contributions to Ed Martin’s (r) campaign as indicated to the Missouri Ethics Commission in his 30 Day After General Election-11/6/2012 report [pdf] filed on December 6, 2012. The report covers the period from October 26, 2012 through December 1, 2012.

Missouri Ethics Commission

REPORT SUMMARY

MISSOURIANS FOR ED MARTIN [pdf] 12/6/2012

[….]

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $296,147.12

[….]

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

David Barklage 2427 Brookwood Dr Cape Girardeau MO 63701 Self — Consultant 11/2/2012 $2,500.00

Lawrence Collett PO Box 410 Saint Albans MO 63073 CEO — Cass Commercial 10/30/2012 $2,000.00

David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Tamko Building Products — Executive 11/2/2012 $100,000.00

William Landers 9 Cotswald Ln Princeton NJ 8540 Blackrock — Portfolio manager 11/6/2012 $5,000.00

Joan Langenberg 49 Conway Close Rd Saint Louis MO 63124 none — writer 10/30/2012 $7,000.00

Deanie Reis 7 Greenbriar Dr Saint Louis MO 63124-1819 retired — mother 11/3/2012 $2,500.00

Charles Willey 23 Summerhill Ln Chesterfield MO 63017 Self — Physician 10/31/2012 $5,000.00

Missouri Soybean Association PO Box 104778 Jefferson City MO 65110 10/27/2012 $5,000.00

Ann Wagner For Congress 14551 Manchester Road Manchester MO 63011 10/31/2012 $5,000.00

Eagle Forum Pac PO Box 618 Alton IL 62002 11/1/2012 $5,000.00

Friends of Tom Schweich 3220 W Edgewood Jefferson City MO 65109 11/1/2012 $2,500.00

CJW Enterprises Inc. 1134 Richland Meadows Dr Ballwin MO 63021 11/2/2012 $10,000.00

Forest Hills Properties LLC 1 Oak Ridge Dr Washington MO 63090 11/3/2012 $5,000.00

Citizens for Timothy Jones PO Box 434 Eureka MO 63025 11/5/2012 $5,005.00

Republican State Committee 204 E Dunklin Jefferson City MO 65102 11/6/2012 $5,000.00

Republican State Committee 204 E Dunklin Jefferson City MO 65102 11/16/2012 $1,800.00

David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Tamko Building Products — Executive 10/27/2012 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

David Humphreys contributed a total of $350,000.00 to Ed Martin’s campaign. The Republican State Committee contributed a total of $321,800.00. Other individuals and campaign committees contributed total amounts from $11,000.00 to $25,000.00.

That doesn’t appear to be particularly grassrootsie.

Previously: Campaign Finance: propping up Shane Schoeller (r) (December 9, 2012)

You think someone else was thinking the same thing?

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C031159 11/03/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER Life Sciences Fund of Greater KC P.O. Box 1865 Jefferson City MO 65102 11/2/2012 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

Previously:

Campaign Finance: that’ll remind everyone about those e-mails (August 28, 2012)

Attorney General Chris Koster (D): Ed Martin (r) smackdown ad (October 18, 2012)

Campaign Finance: if we can’t have a zombie apocalypse at least we could have Ed Martin (r) as AG (November 3, 2012)

And the award for “Best Tweet of the 2012 Campaign” goes to… (November 3, 2012)

Randy Turner ‏@rturner229

Rick Santorum endorses Ed Martin- search party formed to find people who care: http://rturner229.blogspot.com… … 10:29 PM – 2 Nov 12

We are not worthy.

One makes as much sense as the other.

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C121046 11/02/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR ED MARTIN David Humphreys PO Box 4050 PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Tamko Building Products President 11/2/2012 $100,000.00

C121046 11/02/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR ED MARTIN CJW Enterprises INC: Innovare Health Advocates 1134 Richland Meadows Dr Ballwin MO 63021 11/2/2012 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Ummm, brains….

Previously:

Campaign Finance: that’ll remind everyone about those e-mails (August 28, 2012)

Attorney General Chris Koster (D): Ed Martin (r) smackdown ad (October 18, 2012)

Previously: Campaign Finance: why, two can play at that same game… (October 27, 2012)

Ed Martin’s (r) campaign for Attorney General is the beneficiary of one of the republican campaign contribution saints of lost causes.

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C121046 10/27/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR ED MARTIN David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Tamko Building Products CEO 10/27/2012 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

Talk about disposable income. Literally

Saw the latest ad from Chris Koster’s (D) campaign for Attorney General during a commercial break for the early morning news:

Attorney General Chris Koster (D): The Attorney General is Missouri’s chief prosecutor and law enforcement officer. That’s been my career, prosecuting thousands of cases, from crooked stockbrokers to serial killers.

My opponent’s attack ads fail to mention he’s never prosecuted a single case in court. Not one. As Attorney General I’ll fight crime in a way my opponent never will.

Those are the issues and that’s the choice.

I’m Attorney General Chris Koster and I ask for your vote on November sixth.

When it comes down to it most voters want their office holders to just do the job well. Chris Koster’s campaign, through their ads, has been quite good at reinforcing that message with those voters.

You know, I’m almost feeling sorry for Ed Martin (r). Not really. I didn’t have you going for that feeling sorry part at all, did I?

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C071012 10/25/2012 KANDER FOR MISSOURI Missourians For Koster P.O. Box 1551 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/25/2012 $6,000.00

C000656 10/25/2012 MO HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Missourians for Koster P.O. Box 1551 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/25/2012 $20,000.00

C000801 10/25/2012 MO SENATE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Missourians for Koster P.O. Box 1551 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/25/2012 $20,000.00

C111177 10/25/2012 MONTEE FOR MISSOURI Missourians for Koster P.O. Box 1551 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/25/2012 $6,000.00

[emphasis added]

You know, Ed (r), if the Attorney General race was even in the neighborhood of being an actual contest…

Yep, this one is gonna leave a mark:

Narrator: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says Ed Martin is unfit for office. And Martin is running a campaign of pure hatred and dishonesty.

The Kansas City Star says Martin was a disaster as Governor Matt Blunt’s chief of staff. And Martin disregards truth, evidence, and reality.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics called Martin one of the most corrupt politicians in America. And while martin might not want to advertise that we thought voters deserved to know.

[paid for by Missourians for Koster, Gary Mallory, Treasurer]

Uh, yep, that left a mark.

In the Attorney General race, as if anyone who isn’t paying attention could figure out that it’s all about Ed (r):

Some signs can be too obtuse.

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C031159 10/17/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City Political Action Committee for Missouri 2301 Main St. Kansas City MO 64108 10/16/2012 $10,000.00

C031159 10/17/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER United Food & Commercial Workers Local #655 Elect Political Action Fund 300 Weidman Rd. Ballwin MO 63011 10/16/2012 $10,000.00

C031159 10/17/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER SEIU HealthCare Missouri PAC 5585 Pershing Ave. St Louis MO 63112 10/16/2012 $7,500.00

Other signs have a much greater impact.

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission, the twenty-first century weighs in on the Attorney General race.

C031159 10/04/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER Life Sciences Fund of Greater KC P.O. Box 1865 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/3/2012 $75,000.00

[emphasis added]