The republican establishment money machine is dumping cash into the race for State Auditor between incumbent Susan Montee (D) and challenger Tom Schweich (r-rock star) at a rate that is astonishing obscene. The thing is, they don’t care about appearances or what anyone else thinks.
Just yesterday, 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
C091153 SCHWEICH FOR AUDITOR [pdf] 10/20/2010
Republican State Committee
Jefferson City, MO
10/20/2010
$100,000.00Sam Fox
St. Louis, MO
Harbour Group
10/20/2010
$100,000.00David C. Humphreys
Joplin, MO
Tamko Building Products
10/20/2010
$25,000.00
[emphasis added]
Those aren’t typos. That’s a total of $225,000.00. There’s more.
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
C091153 SCHWEICH FOR AUDITOR [pdf] 10/20/2010
Roy Pfautch
St. Louis, MO
Civic Services, Inc.
10/20/2010
$10,000.00
[emphasis added]
Seems kind of cheap in comparison, don’t it?
State Auditor Susan Montee (D) just released another television commercial:
Announcer: They’re calling this the great recession, the worst downturn in eighty years. The state faces tough choices like cutting services or raising taxes. A dangerous time to elect someone with no accounting and no auditing experience, like Tom Schweich.
State Auditor Susan Montee is a twenty-five year CPA who’s conservative management has saved us millions. And, after all we’ve been through, we need an auditor who’s actually an auditor, Susan Montee.
And the republican challenger, who will he look after?:
COMMITTEE: MECID:C091153
SCHWEICH FOR AUDITORElectronically Filed Reports
I.D. Report Date Received
19712 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 10/20/2010
19707 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 10/20/2010
19167 OCTOBER – COMMITTEE QUARTERLY REPORT 10/16/2010
19001 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 10/15/2010
17223 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 10/05/2010
17213 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 10/05/2010
16870 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 10/01/2010
16829 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 09/30/2010
16777 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 09/29/2010
16656 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 09/25/2010
16597 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 09/23/2010
16586 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 09/22/2010
16529 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 09/20/2010
16207 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 09/08/2010
15956 30 DAY AFTER PRIMARY ELECTION 09/02/2010
15054 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 08/30/2010
13958 24 HOUR NOTICE – PRIMARY ELECTION 08/02/2010
13904 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 07/31/2010
13801 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 07/30/2010
13418 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 07/27/2010
13357 24 HOUR NOTICE – PRIMARY ELECTION 07/27/2010
13151 8 DAY BEFORE PRIMARY ELECTION 07/26/2010
11474 JULY – COMMITTEE QUARTERLY REPORT 07/15/2010
8910 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 06/30/2010
8283 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 05/27/2010
7617 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 05/03/2010
7569 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 04/30/2010
7412 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 04/26/2010
7210 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 04/22/2010
7125 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 04/20/2010
6707 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 04/15/2010
6235 APRIL – COMMITTEE QUARTERLY REPORT 04/14/2010
5191 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 04/08/2010
4685 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 04/05/2010
4510 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 04/02/2010
4308 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 03/31/2010
4168 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 03/29/2010
3975 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 03/26/2010
3945 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 03/25/2010
3875 Other(Report of Contribution Received Over $5000) 03/24/2010
1686 JANUARY – COMMITTEE QUARTERLY REPORT 01/15/2010
Yep, there’s an awful lot of “grassroots” folks in there who can afford to make thos large campaign contributions over $5,000.00 don’t you think?