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Campaign Finance: the HRCC – making the rubble bounce in the 135th Legislatve District

04 Sunday Nov 2018

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The campaign finance record for the republican incumbent in the 135th Legislative District, via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C161073: Friends Of Steve Helms
Committee Type: Candidate
2261 East Kirkwood
Springfield Mo 65804
Party Affiliation: Republican
Established Date: 03/07/2016
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – 8 Day Before General Election-11/6/2018
Beginning Money on Hand $40,005.77
Monetary Receipts + $10,350.00
Monetary Expenditures- $34,214.16
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($23,864.16)
Ending Money On Hand $16,141.61

Meh.

The Democratic Party challenger:

C180264: Citizens For Rob Bailey
Committee Type: Candidate
829 S Weller Ave
Springfield Mo 65802
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Established Date: 04/05/2018
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – 8 Day Before General Election-11/6/2018
Beginning Money on Hand $5,054.06
Monetary Receipts + $9,185.00
Monetary Expenditures – $9,496.89
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($311.89)
Ending Money On Hand $4,742.17

What? Something is going on here:


Spending in opposition to the Democratic Party candidate:


MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION DIRECT EXPENDITURE REPORT
11/2/2018 HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, INC

Rob Bailey 829 Weller Ave Springfield MO 65802 Missouri State Representative HD135 [opposed] 11/1/2018 $108,080.00
[….]
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR EXPENDITURE
11/2/2018 HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, INC

Victory Enterprises 5200 30th Street SW Suite 7 Davenport IA 52802 11/1/2018 Television media buy for opposition of candidate. $100,010.00

[emphasis added]

In the Springfield media market. Seriously?

“…Man, that’s just mean. That’s mean, man…”

Ah, this is the why – in 2016:

State of Missouri – State of Missouri – General Election, November 08, 2016
Official Results
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers on December 12, 2016

State Representative – District 135
25 of 25 Precincts Reported
Randy Alberhasky Democratic 7,177 44.163%
Steve Helms Republican 8,187 50.378%
David Carr Libertarian 887 5.458%
Total Votes: 16,251

Previously:

Campaign Finance: making the rubble bounce in the 50th Legislative District (November 2, 2018)

Campaign Finance: making the rubble bounce in the 50th Legislative District

02 Friday Nov 2018

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In August of 2017, via the Missouri Secretary of State:

State of Missouri – Special – State Legislative District 50 – August 08, 2017
State Representative – District 50, unexpired term
27 of 27 Precincts Reported
Sara Walsh Republican 3,741 52.103%
Michela Skelton Democratic 3,439 47.897%
Total Votes: 7,180

That was close. The rematch is on November 6th.

Michela Skelton (D) [2017 file photo].

The House Republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) is very interested in this race. At this point in the election cycle any campaign expenditure over $250.00 must be reported within twenty-four hours. The HRCC is spending serious money against Michela Skelton (D) in the 50th Legislative District.

Via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION DIRECT EXPENDITURE REPORT
11/1/2018HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, INC

Michela Skelton PO Box 441 Ashland MO 65010
Missouri State Representative HD50 [opposed]
10/31/2018 $70,026.65

Michela Skelton (D) should be flattered. That’s close to $20.00 a vote on behalf of Sara Walsh (r) based on the results of the 2017 special election.

Sara Walsh (r) [2018 file photo].

How have the candidates’ campaign fundraising been going? For Sara Walsh (r), the [now] incumbent:

C161082: Friends Of Sara Walsh
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 14
Ashland Mo 65010
Party Affiliation: Republican
Established Date: 03/08/2016
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – 8 Day Before General Election-11/6/2018
Beginning Money on Hand $41,280.62
Monetary Receipts + $11,063.63
Monetary Expenditures – $40,524.20
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($29,460.57)
Ending Money On Hand $11,820.05

And for Michela Skelton (D), the [again] challenger:

C171263: Friends Of Michela Skelton
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 441
Ashland Mo 65010
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Established Date: 09/13/2017
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – AMENDED 8 Day Before General Election-11/6/2018
Beginning Money on Hand $39,104.25
Monetary Receipts + $14,721.08
Monetary Expenditures – $35,255.38
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($20,534.30)
Ending Money On Hand $18,569.95

Well, there was a rough parity of sorts.

That $70,026.65 expenditure by the House Republican Campaign Committee seems a might bit excessive, don’t you think?

Campaign Finance: wakey, wakey

15 Saturday Sep 2018

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Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the House Republican Campaign Committee [HRCC]:

C091068 09/14/2018 HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, INC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 Retired Retired 9/13/2018 $90,000.00

[emphasis added]

The checkbook is open.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Oh, pretty please, bring back the blimp… (September 10, 2018)

Campaign Finance: pass it around

21 Tuesday Aug 2018

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The republican majority in the Missouri General Assembly, you know, the ones who brought you Proposition A – “right to get paid less”…

This past weekend at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the HRCC:

C091068 08/19/2018 HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, INC Uniting Missouri PAC PO Box 444 Farmington MO 63640 8/18/2018 $50,000.00

How nice for them. There were quite a few more contributions for the HRCC in this batch.

That particular contribution is from a new PAC:

C180490: Uniting Missouri Pac
Committee Type: Political Action
Po Box 444
Farmington Mo 63640
Established Date: 06/29/2018
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/7/2018
Beginning Money on Hand $100.00
Monetary Receipts + $225,000.00
Monetary Expenditures – $75.70
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $224,924.30
Ending Money On Hand $225,024.30

[emphasis added]

That’s a significant remaining balance.

“John Hancock, Chairman” Heh.

And where does Uniting Missouri PAC get its money?:

C180490 07/19/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC MARK GARDNER 4803 S NATIONAL AVE STE 300 SPRINGFIELD MO 65810 GARDNER CAPITAL INC 7/18/2018 $25,000.00

C180490 07/19/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC MACO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC PO BOX 68 CLARKTON MO 63837 7/18/2018 $25,000.00

C180490 07/19/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC SPIRE MISSOURI INC 700 MARKET ST ST LOUIS MO 63101 7/18/2018 $20,000.00

C180490 07/19/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC EXPRESS SCRIPTS ONE EXPRESS WAY 5226 STATE ROAD H ST LOUIS MO 63121 7/18/2018 $25,000.00

C180490 07/19/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC PHOENIX HOME CARE 3033 S KANSAS EXPRESSWAY SPRINGFIELD MO 65807 7/18/2018 $20,000.00

C180490 07/19/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC REPUBLIC SERVICES INC 18500 N ALLIED WAY PHOENIX AZ 85054 7/18/2018 $10,000.00

C180490 07/19/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC TORCH ELECTRONICS LLC 17650 GARDEN RIDGE CIRCLE WILDWOOD MO 63038 7/18/2018 $10,000.00

C180490 07/19/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC STERLING BANCSHARES INC 1100 STERLING DRIVE POPLAR BLUFF MO 63901 7/18/2018 $20,000.00

C180490 07/25/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC RIGHTCHOICE MANAGED CARE INC 3075 VANDERCAR WAY AP OH3403-A300 CINCINNATI OH 45209 7/25/2018 $25,000.00

C180490 08/15/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC ANHEUSER BUSCH ONE BUSCH PLACE ST LOUIS MO 63118 8/13/2018 $10,000.00

Uniting Missouri under corporate special interests is more like it.

It’s their world, the rest of us get to live in it.

If only there was an initiative on the November ballot…

Previously:

Campaign Finance: teaching your children well (August 20, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Grassroots! [not]

20 Friday Jul 2018

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One person. One million dollars.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the Missouri House Republican Campaign Committee [HRCC] from one of the Republican Party’s favorite checkbooks:

C091068 07/19/2018 HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, INC David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 TAMKO Building Products Inc CEO 7/19/2018 $1,000,000.00

[emphasis added]

The HRCC will do a lot of damage with that money.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: wholly owned subsidiary (July 11, 2018)

Campaign Finance: wholly owned subsidiary

11 Wednesday Jul 2018

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the HRCC:

C091068 07/11/2018 HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, INC Committee For Accountable Government In Missouri 7509 NW Tiffany Springs Pkwy Suite 300 Kansas City MO 64153 7/11/2018 $219,383.51

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In the past

C151174 03/03/2017 COMMITTEE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN MISSOURI David Humphreys P O Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 TAMKO Building Products Executive 3/2/2017 $100,000.00

C151174 02/22/2016 COMMITTEE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN MISSOURI David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 TAMKO Executive 2/17/2016 $250,000.00

C151174 02/25/2016 COMMITTEE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN MISSOURI Sarah Atkins 4713 Rock Springs Rd Arlington VA 22207 TAMKO Building Products Consultant 2/25/2016 $250,000.00

C151174 03/24/2016 COMMITTEE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN MISSOURI David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 TAMKO Executive 3/18/2016 $250,000.00

C151174 06/02/2016 COMMITTEE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN MISSOURI David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 TAMKO Executive 6/2/2016 $250,000.00

C151174 06/02/2016 COMMITTEE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN MISSOURI Sarah Atkins 4713 Rock Spring Rd Arlington VA 22207 TAMKO Building Products Consultant 6/2/2016 $250,000.00

C151174 06/23/2016 COMMITTEE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN MISSOURI David Humphreys P O Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 TAMKO Building Products Executive 6/22/2016 $500,000.00

C151174 08/25/2016 COMMITTEE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN MISSOURI David Humphreys P O Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 TAMKO Building Products Executive 8/24/2016 $1,000,000.00

C151174 09/27/2016 COMMITTEE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN MISSOURI Sarah Humphreys Atkins 4713 Rock Springs Rd Arlington VA 22207 TAMKO Building Products Quality Consultant 9/27/2016 $1,000,000.00

C151174 10/26/2016 COMMITTEE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN MISSOURI David Humphreys P O Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 TAMKO Building Products Executive 10/24/2016 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

C151174 09/14/2015 COMMITTEE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN MISSOURI David Humphreys P O Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 TAMKO Owner 9/14/2015 $500,000.00

C151174 12/08/2015 COMMITTEE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN MISSOURI Sarah Humphreys Atkins 220 W. 4th St Joplin MO 64802 Tamko Building Products Executive 12/8/2015 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

Good times.

C151174: Committee For Accountable Government In Missouri
Committee Type: Political Action
7509 Nw Tiffany Springs Parkway Suite 300
Kansas City Mo 64153
Established Date: 09/11/2015
Termination Date: 07/03/2018
[….]

[emphasis added]

A transfer of assets, eh?

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Account…ability (February 23, 2016)

Campaign Finance: Account…ability – part 2 (February 25, 2016)

Campaign Finance: Account…ability – part 3 (March 25, 2016)

Campaign Finance: Tamko! (June 3, 2016)

Campaign Finance: the right to spend as much as you want to influence elections in Missouri (August 25, 2016)

Campaign Finance: just keep writing those $1,000,000.00 checks (September 27, 2016)

Campaign Finance: committee values (October 26, 2016)

Campaign Finance: here we go again (March 3, 2017)

Campaign Finance: there you go

27 Saturday Jan 2018

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“Eventually.” Heh.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the House Republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) from the RSLC PAC:

C091068 01/26/2018 HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, INC RSLC Missouri PAC 1201 F Street NW Suite 675 Washington DC 20004 1/25/2018 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Just passing through. Who would have thought?

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Where to? (January 26, 2018)