The Missouri republican party has been dumping attack mail against Lexi Norris (D) in the 30th Legislative District open seat race. Apparently Missouri republicans have an unlimited amount of money to throw around to prop up their candidates thanks to dubya’s tax breaks for the top 1% and no campaign finance limits.

The usual suspects are writing the checks…

Think of it as wingnut welfare for republican political operatives.

Ah, an agricultural theme.

Missouri republicans probably don’t get their unintentional irony given that Lexi Norris (D) was “…raised on a Missouri Century Farm in Weston…”

Uh, she worked at a law firm (which she no longer works for) which, as part of it’s practice did some advocacy for their clients which involved getting governmental business/subsidies/whatever. Hell, we may as well lock up the entire republican party and throw away the key if that’s a morals charge by association that sticks. Oh, sorry, we forgot. *IOKIYAR

Their citation is from a student newspaper at the University of Missouri – Lexi Norris (D) was a senior and lobbied for higher education funding, including scholarships for students. The question then becomes, why does the Missouri republican party hate education and students? Just asking.

*it’s okay if you’re a republican

The Missouri State Democratic Party has paid for some positive mail on behalf of Lexi Norris (D):

It’s nice to see an occasional piece of positive political mail.

This is an open seat race with one Democratic Party candidate and one republican.

Lexi Norris, the Democratic Party candidate, filed her second quarter campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 15th:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe: COMMITTEE TO ELECT LEXI NORRIS

ReportDate:

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $32,124.27

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $12,420.00

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $44,802.30

15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $3,958.86

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $35,971.14

35. TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 29 + 30 + 31 – 32 – 33 – 34) $0.00

[emphasis added]

That’s a really good fundraising quarter. And a really low burn rate. Really low.

Let’s take a look at where the contributions came from:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: COMMITTEE TO ELECT LEXI NORRIS

Report Date: 07/15/2010

Carpenters’ District Council of KC and Vicinity Kansas City, MO 04/08/2010 $1,000.00

Local #124 Voluntary Political Fund Kansas City, MO 04/19/2010 $500.00

Teamsters Local Union No. 541 Kansas City, MO 05/20/2010 $500.00

I.B.E.W Local 53 Voluntary Political Fund Kansas City, MO 05/22/2010 $500.00

Local 610 Political Action Committee Fund Maryland Heights, MO 05/23/2010 $100.00

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Liberty, MO 06/11/2010 $250.00

Teamsters Local 245 Political Action Fund Springfield, MO 06/11/2010 $500.00

Teamsters Local 838 Political Action Fund Kansas City, MO 06/11/2010 $250.00

Teamsters Local 955 Political Action Fund Kansas City, MO 06/11/2010 $250.00

Teamsters Local Union 688 Political Action Committ Saint Louis, MO06/11/2010 $500.00

Missouri NEA-PAC Jefferson City, MO 06/26/2010 $325.00

Teamsters Local Union No. 541 Kansas City, MO 06/28/2010 $500.00

Working people! And a lot of other individual contributors.

The expenditures:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe: COMMITTEE TO ELECT LEXI NORRIS

ReportDate: 07/15/2010

B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS

Staples Kansas City, MO 04/05/2010 Office supplies $21.80

Staples Kansas City, MO 04/17/2010 Office Supplies $25.44

Jackson County Democratic Committee Independence, MO 04/25/2010 Advertisement $40.00

Staples Kansas City, MO 05/02/2010 Office supplies $21.80

MFWDC Kansas City, MO 05/16/2010 Campaign Ad $75.00

Staples Kansas City, MO 05/17/2010 Office supplies $27.24

Almar Printing Kansas City, MO 06/11/2010 Literature $1,071.43

United States Post Office Kansas City, MO 06/13/2010 PO Box renewal $50.00

Staples Kansas City, MO 06/21/2010 Office supplies/postage $88.28

ActBlue Cambridge, MA 06/30/2010 Credit card processing fe $46.05

[emphasis added]

There it is – that low burn rate. There’ll be plenty of stuff to spend money on after the August primary. Meanwhile, you think someone is going door to door?

Nick Marshall, the republican candidate, filed his second quarter 2010 campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 15th:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe: COMMITTEE TO ELECT NICK MARSHALL

ReportDate:

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $16,495.44

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $3,338.50

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $20,298.13

15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $8,641.22

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $9,890.45

35. TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 29 + 30 + 31 – 32 – 33 – 34) $123.17

[emphasis added]

Ouch. That’s not in the same league.

Let’s take a look at where the money came from:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: COMMITTEE TO ELECT NICK MARSHALL

Report Date: 7/10/2010

John S. Elliott Smithville, MO Inside Information 05/25/2010 $1,000.00

There are a number of small dollar contributors.

The expenditures:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe: COMMITTEE TO ELECT NICK MARSHALL

ReportDate: 7/10/2010

A. EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY

Debit Card Fees $1.75

Credit Card Merchant Fees $46.19

Pay Pal Fees $7.01

B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS

USPS Kansas City, MO 05/03/2010 Postage $5.15

USPS Platte City, MO 05/26/2010 Postage $88.00

USPS Kansas City, MO 06/10/2010 Postage $84.00

Dave’s Print Shop Dearborn, MO 06/24/2010 Labels,Letterhead & Envelopes $377.24

Glad Rents, Inc. Gladstone, MO 06/26/2010 Table/Chair Rental $82.96

Pizza Hut  Kansas City, MO 06/19/2010 Pizza for workers $49.07

The UPS Store Kansas City, MO 05/25/2010 Copies $10.48

Sam’s Club Kansas City, MO 06/19/2010 Food / Supplies for Volunteers $179.89

Lowe’s Home Centers Inc. Kansas City, MO 05/23/2010 Sign Supplies $38.70

Tomfooleries Restaurant & Bar  Kansas City, MO 06/07/2010 Food for Event $257.36

Koch and Cloumbia Bag North Kansas City, MO 04/05/2010 Poll Work Supplies $39.98

Vistaprint  Lexington MA 04/19/2010 Campaign Lit $191.24

Office Depot Kansas City, Mo 04/20/2010 Printer Toner $151.84

Ultimate Athletic Sportswear Co. Parkvill, MO 04/26/2010 Campaign Shirts $327.36

Ultimate Athletic Sportswear Co. Parkville, MO 64152 06/29/2010 Campaign Shirts $123.17

Preserving American Liberty Parkville MO 04/27/2010 Event Booth $50.00

TW Sportswear Kansas City, MO 04/30/2010 Campaign Banner $107.90

Donut King Kansas City, MO 06/21/2010 Volunteer Food $10.00

Mo. Fed. Rep. Women St. Louis, MO 04/15/2010 Campaign School $25.00

Mainstreet Parkville Assoc. Parkville, MO 05/19/2010 Parade Fee $20.00

Sams’ Club  Kansas City, MO 04/01/2010 Poll Work Supplies $41.66

USPS Antioch Station Kansas City, MO 05/03/2010 Postage $4.90

Wild Appricot Toronto, Ontario 05/07/2010 Online Services $25.00

Green Dragons Parkville, MO 05/20/2010 Booth Rental $75.00

USPS Antioch Station Kansas City, MO 04/09/2010 Postage $28.00

Smokehouse BBQ Gladstone, MO 06/29/2010 Food for Event $57.86

Wild Apricot Toronto, Ontario 06/08/2010 Online Services $25.00

Wild Apricot Toronto, Ontario 06/15/2010 Online Services $19.17

Office Depot Kansas City, MO 06/17/2010 Toner $81.35

Pizza! T-shirts! Donuts! Well, okay, campaign shirts.

Previously:

Campaign Finance – July 2009: Alexia Norris (D) in the 30th Legislative District

30th Legislative District: Alexia Norris – October 2009 campaign finance report

30th Legislative District: January 2010 campaign finance reports

30th Legislative District: April 2010 campaign finance reports

This is an open seat race.

Previously:

Campaign Finance – July 2009: Alexia Norris (D) in the 30th Legislative District

30th Legislative District: Alexia Norris – October 2009 campaign finance report

30th Legislative District: January 2010 campaign finance reports

Lexi Norris, the Democratic Party candidate, filed her first quarter campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on April 15th:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe: COMMITTEE TO ELECT LEXI NORRIS

ReportDate:

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $25,553.92

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $5,940.00

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $32,124.27

15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $2,491.82

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $25,018.18

35. TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 29 + 30 + 31 – 32 – 33 – 34) $0.00

[emphasis added]

Good numbers and a low burn rate. Let’s take a look at where the money came from:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: COMMITTEE TO ELECT LEXI NORRIS

Report Date: 04/15/2010

Citizens for Stephen Webber Columbia, MO 02/09/2010 $300.00

Committee to Elect Bill Skaggs Gladstone, MO 03/23/2010 $500.00

Committee to Elect Trent Skaggs Kansas City, MO 03/29/2010 $500.00

People in politics, a healthy number of individual small dollar contributions, and a few attorneys.

The expenditures:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe: COMMITTEE TO ELECT LEXI NORRIS

ReportDate: 04/15/2010

iPayment, Inc. Calabasas, CA 02/03/2010 Online fees $30.00

Staples Kansas City, MO 01/22/2010 Postage & Lit $54.38

Staples Kansas City, MO 03/03/2010 Lit $39.42

USPS Kansas City, MO 02/04/2010 Postage $198.00

USPS Kansas City, MO 03/03/2010 Postage $120.05

@dvocacy Washington, DC 01/03/2010 Online Consultation $112.75

ActBlue Cambridge, MA 03/31/2010 Online fees $42.28

Clay County Democratic Central Committee Kansas City, MO 03/22/2010 Contribution $135.00

iPayment, Inc. Calabasas, CA 01/08/2010 Online fees $87.78

Don’t you just love those low overhead Democratic campaigns?

The republican candidates, Nick Marshall, filed his first quarter campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on April 15th:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe: COMMITTEE TO ELECT NICK MARSHALL

ReportDate:

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $12,344.60

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $2,945.00

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $16,495.44

15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $6,008.99

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $11,684.42

35. TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 29 + 30 + 31 – 32 – 33 – 34) $2,623.41

[emphasis added]

Check out that burn rate.

What is it with republican candidates and their significant in-kind contributions to their own campaigns?:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: COMMITTEE TO ELECT NICK MARSHALL

Report Date: 4/12/2010

Nick Marshall Parkville, MO Self 03/03/2010 5584.94 $7.52 In-Kind

[emphasis added]

What, do we sense some potential for padding the totals?

Well, the interesting stuff must be in the expenditures:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe: COMMITTEE TO ELECT NICK MARSHALL

ReportDate: 4/12/2010

A. EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY

Debit Card Fee $3.25

Candidate Filing Fee $50.00

PayPal Fee $0.45

Database access $40.00

B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS

USPS Antioch Station Kansas City, MO 02/17/2010 Postage $836.00

Office Depot Kansas City, MO 02/11/2010 Return Envelopes $300.88

Jabr Business Solutions LLC Davis, CA 02/09/2010 Web Page $350.00

Chappels Restaurant North Kansas City, MO 03/11/2010 Kick off Event Food & Beverage $348.22

Merchant Solutions Kansas City, MO 02/01/2010 Credit Card Merchant Acct $102.08

OfficeMax Kansas City, MO 01/18/2010 Cardstock & Calendar $37.59

OfficeMax Kansas City, MO 02/06/2010 paper, envelopes, pens $239.28

OfficeMax Kansas City, MO 02/06/2010 Envelopes $35.25

OfficeMax Kansas City, MO 03/17/2010 Tape $17.38

Office Depot Kansas City, MO 02/06/2010 Toner & Paper $402.36

Office Depot Kansas City, MO 02/23/2010 Paper $22.75

Office Depot Kansas City, MO 02/28/2010 Paper $22.75

Office Depot Kansas City, MO 03/06/2010 Paper & Supplies $106.27

Office Depot Kansas City, MO 03/11/2010 Pens & Name Tags $23.42

Office Depot Kansas City, MO 03/14/2010 Postage & Envelopes $60.26

Sam’s Club Kansas City, MO 02/15/2010 Cardstock $36.86

Sam’s Club Kansas City, MO 03/20/2010 Food & Beverage $120.10

The UPS Store Kansas City, MO 02/17/2010 Copies $122.53

The UPS Store Kansas City, MO 03/10/2010 Copies $15.59

Merchant Solutions Kansas City, MO 03/08/2010 Credit Card Merchant Acct $15.00

Antioch Printing Kansas City, MO 03/19/2010 Printing Cards, hangers, Magnet $2,623.41 Incurred

I half expected to see an expenditure for “rock, paper, scissors”.

It appears that Sherri Plunkett (r) didn’t file to run, and she has liquidated her campaign assets.

Aw, I really wanted a primary where we could watch the republican candidates try to outrightwingnut each other and we could hurl witticisms like, “pass the popcorn.”

I wonder if Nick Marshall (r) printed all those door hangers for a potential primary campaign? That would be an awful waste now, wouldn’t it?