Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission, for the republican challenger in the 19th Judicial Circuit in Cole County:

C141122 11/02/2014 CITIZENS FOR STUMPE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN PARTY PO BOX 73 JEFFERSON CITY MO 65102 10/30/2014 $24,000.00

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He didn’t do much in the campaign fundraising department before the inscrutably sourced Republican State Leadership Committee PAC money dropped:

C141122: Citizens For Stumpe

611 East Capitol Ave Ste 1 Committee Type: Candidate

Jefferson City Mo 65101 Party Affiliation: Republican

[….] Established Date: 03/17/2014

  Termination Date:

Information Reported On: 2014 – 8 Day Before General Election-11/4/2014

Beginning Money on Hand $4,381.40

Monetary Receipts + $104,250.00

Monetary Expenditures – $97,745.91

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $0.00

Subtotal     $6,504.09

Ending Money On Hand   $10,885.49

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Justice may be blind, but it certainly appears that it takes a lot of money to get a seat at the table.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Who is getting propped up this time? (October 3, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Now we know… (October 6, 2014)

Campaign Finance: But wait, there’s more… (October 12, 2014)

Others are noticing (October 17, 2014)

Campaign Finance: topping off the tank (October 17, 2014)

What you’d get to see of a campaign finance full moon if the RSLC cut a check in Missouri (October 20, 2014)

Campaign Finance: be the judge (October 23, 2014)

Campaign Finance: a Cole County courtroom drama (October 27, 2014)

Campaign Finance: judge the details (October 30, 2014)

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C000960 10/17/2014 MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE Claire McCaskill 1941 Spring House Dr St Louis MO 63122 United States Senate 10/17/2014 $50,000.00

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That’s $540,000.00 since February, $250,000.00 in the month of October.

We hadn’t noticed the junior senator from Missouri doing the same for his party, but then again, he doesn’t have to because, well, checkmate.

Previously: Campaign Finance: I, Rex (August 21, 2012)

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C091068 09/01/2012 HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired Retired 9/1/2012 $15,000.00

C101046 09/01/2012 MISSOURI CLUB FOR GROWTH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 8/31/2012 $160,000.00

[emphasis added]

Astroturf!

Representative Jake Zimmerman (D-83) is a candidate for St. Louis County Assessor.

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN Sandy Rothschild & Associates 7751 Carondelet Ave. St Louis MO 63105 2/10/2011 $2,500.00

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN Stone, Leyton & Gershman 7733 Forsyth Blvd. St Louis MO 63105 2/10/2011 $5,000.00

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN AT&T Missouri Employee PAC One AT&T Center St Louis MO 63101 2/10/2011 $1,000.00

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN Electrical Workers Voluntary Political 5850 Elizabeth Ave. St Louis MO 63110 2/11/2011 $1,000.00

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN One Missouri Fund P.O. Box 16761 St Louis MO 63105 2/11/2011 $1,000.00

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN Central St. Louis Co. Fire Fighers PAC 115 McMenamy Rd. St Peters MO 63376 2/11/2011 $600.00

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN Professional Fire Fighters of Eastern MO Local 2665 PAC 115 McMenamy Rd. St Peters MO 63376 2/11/2011 $1,000.00

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN McCulloch for Prosecutor Committee 928 Kimswick Manor Ln Ballwin MO 63011 2/11/2011 $5,000.00

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN Kirsten Kaufman 41 Central Park West New York NY 10023 Homemaker 2/10/2011 $1,000.00

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN Kenton Knickmeyer 10 Douglass Ln St Louis MO 63122 Attorney 2/10/2011 $1,000.00

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN David Kaplan One PO Box Square Boston MA 02109 Attorney 2/10/2011 $1,000.00

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN Terry Bloomberg 47 Frontenac Estates Dr St Louis MO 63131 Developmental Child Care 2/11/2011 $2,500.00

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN Janet ONeal 2214 Lakewood Dr. Cape Girardeau MO 63701 Homemaker 2/11/2011 $2,400.00

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN Stephanie Peterson 129 Lodge Creek Circle Charlottesville VA 22903 Homemaker 2/11/2011 $1,000.00

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN Patricia Wolkowitz 11581 New London Dr St Louis MO 63141 Retired 2/11/2011 $2,500.00

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN Kenneth Kranzberg 50 Picardy Ln St Louis MO 63124 Kranson Industries 2/11/2011 $2,000.00

C051130 02/11/2011 CITIZENS FOR JAKE ZIMMERMAN Robert Blitz 61 Portland Dr. Saint Louis MO 63131 Attorney 2/11/2011 $2,500.00

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That’s $33,000.00 if anyone wants to keep track.