There are a lot of candidates running in the 121st Legislative District. Three Democrats and two republicans to be exact. We’ve previously written about the race:

121st Legislative District – first quarter campaign finance reports

121st Legislative District: 3 Democrats and 1 republican in the race

Three Democratic candidates in the 121st

Jim Jackson (D) filed his second quarter 2008 campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 9th:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe[ ]: JIM JACKSON 2008

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $11,435.00

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $5,525.00

3. ALL LOANS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $0.00

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $16,960.00

15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $9,055.70

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $7,904.30

[emphasis added]

Let’s take a look at contributions:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: JIM JACKSON 2008

Report Date: 7/8/2008

Missouri State Council Firefighters PAC St. Louis, MO 06/24/2008 $325.00

Citizens for Mike Talboy Kansas City, MO 06/27/2008 $325.00

Operative Plasterers’ & Cement Masons’ Local Union #518 PAC Independence, MO 6/27/2008 $325.00

Operating Engineers Local 101 Kansas City, MO 06/17/2008 $325.00

Teamsters Local Union No. 541 Blvd. Kansas City, MO 06/23/2008 $325.00

Roofers Local #20 P.A.C. Raytown, MO 06/23/2008 $300.00

Kuessner Committee John C. Kuessner Ellington, MO 05/15/2008 $325.00

Comm. to Elect Jeff Roorda Barnhart, MO 05/15/2008 $325.00

I.B.E.W. Local 53 Voluntary Political Fund Kansas City, MO 06/03/2008 $325.00

St. Louis Labor Council AFL-CIO Bridgeton, MO 06/12/2008 $200.00

Labor’s Educ. & Political Club Independent Kansas City, MO 06/17/2008 $300.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $950.00

[emphasis added]

Organized labor, Democratic house members, and individual contributors. Let’s take a look at expenditures:

Postage $26.00

Advertising $55.00

Advertising material $61.01

Midland Printing Sedalia, MO 05/16/2008 advertising $563.29

Midland Printing Sedalia, MO 05/06/2008 advertising 410.02

Heiman Lumber Holden, MO 06/19/2008 fence posts $304.79

Inks & Images Warrensburg, MO 06/10/2008 advertising $416.41

Woods & Grey Lee’s Summit, MO 64081 06/03/2008 advertising $5,000.00

Signs, brochures and advertising.

Anthony Arton (D) filed his second quarter 2008 campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 15th:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe[e]: ARTON 08

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $2,523.40

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $675.00

3. ALL LOANS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $0.00

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $3,198.40

15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $2,181.78

20. TOTAL ALL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE THIS ELECTION (SUM 16B + 19A) $973.76

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $543.22

[emphasis added]

Let’s take a look at contributions:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: ARTON 08

Report Date: 7/15/2008

Judy Elsberry Warrensburg, MO Elsberry Realty 04/03/2008 $250.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $425.00

Let’s look at expenditures:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe: ARTON 08

ReportDate: 7/15/2008

Office Supplies $16.32

Stamps $57.40

Fund raising web site charges $6.11

Office Depot Warrensburg, MO 04/17/2008 Supplies $159.49

Parker’s Supermarkete Warrensburg, MO 04/22/2008 Food and Beverage for “meet and greet” $180.75

Donahue Advertising Logan, OH 04/29/2008 Yard Signs $767.95

Yard signs.

Jeffrey Alvarado (D) filed his second quarter 2008 campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 15th:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe[e]: COMMITTEE TO ELECT JEFFREY ALVARADO

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $706.93

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $1,000.00

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $1,707.35

15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $706.93

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $425.25

[emphasis added]

Let’s look at contributions:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: COMMITTEE TO ELECT JEFFREY ALVARADO

Report Date: 7/14/2008

JEFFREY G. ALVARADO WARRENSBURG, MISSOUI 11/01/2008 $1,000.00

Self financing. Let’s look at expenditures:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe: COMMITTEE TO ELECT JEFFREY ALVARADO

ReportDate: 7/14/2008

KOKO WARRENSBURG, MO 05/28/2005 RADIO SHOW $220.00

THE STAR JOURNAL WARRENSBURG, MO 06/04/2008 ADVERTISMENT $304.80

Radio and newspaper ads.

Denny Hoskins (r) filed his second quarter 2008 campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 14th:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe: DENNY HOSKINS 2008

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $10,275.00

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $9,148.00

3. ALL LOANS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $1,000.00

7. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS PERIOD (SUM 5A + 6A) $10,348.15

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $20,623.15

15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $5,288.71

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $13,834.44

35. TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD

(SUM 29 + 30 + 31 – 32 – 33 – 34) $2,000.00

[emphasis added]

Let’s take a look at contributions:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: DENNY HOSKINS 2008

Report Date: 6/30/2008

RON RICHARD 2008 JOPLIN, MO 06/03/2008 $325.00

SANDRA THOMAS CPA FOR STATE AUDITOR KANSAS CITY, MO 06/03/2008 $325.00

129TH REPUBLICAN LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT COMMITTEE JOPLIN, MO 06/03/2008 $250.00

TAYLOR, HOSKINS & SHAW, CPAS, LLC CLINTON, MO CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT FIRM 06/21/2008 $325.00

republican politicians, a party committee, realtors, CPAs, his own business, and a “pass the hat” fundraiser…

Let’s look at expenditures:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe[e]: DENNY HOSKINS 2008

Report[ ]Date: 6/30/2008

A. EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY

Category Of Expenditures Amount Paid Or

Incurred This Period

SUPPLIES $339.00

POSTMASTER-POSTAGE $166.50

ADVERTISING $430.63

PAYPAL FEES $14.71

Okay, time out. Read that heading again. Then look at the numbers. This guy is supposed to
be a CPA and is supposedly running “to be the only CPA in the state legislature”?

Yeah, okay, each individual expenditure in each category was probably under a hundred dollars. But you’d think in the interest of transparency (Heh.) that the individual expenditures would be listed, eh?

Continuing…

GECCO GRAPHICS WARRENSBURG, MO 04/21/2008 ADVERTISING $143.01

KERLEY COPY CENTER WARRENSBURG, MO 04/21/2008 ADVERTISING $595.09

R&R ADVERTISING WARRENSBURG, MO 05/30/2008 ADVERTISING $225.00

OFFICE DEPOT WARRENSBURG, MO 05/08/2008 ADVERTISING $612.63

Advertising!

Steven Hedrick (r) filed a EXEMPTION STATEMENT OF LIMITED ACTIVITY FOR CANDIDATE WHO FILED STATEMENT OF EXEMPTION (pdf) on July 3rd.  

In the last few days three individuals have announced as Democratic candidates for the open seat in the 121st Legislative District.

The 121st includes the cities of Warrensburg, Holden, and Knob Noster in Johnson County. The University of Central Missouri and Whiteman Air Force Base (B-2 bomber) are also in the district.

Both Anthony Arton and Jeff Alvarado announced last Thursday at a meeting of the Johnson County Democratic Club in Warrensburg. Alvarado ran in 2006. Jim Jackson (who ran in 2002) announced today at the 4th Congressional District Federation of Democratic Women’s Club meeting in Warrensburg.

David Pearce (r-plastic smile) currently holds the seat. He has opted to run for the open 31st District Senate seat in 2008. In an open seat race in 2002 Pearce defeated Jim Jackson 4984 to 3301 – this was the most expensive race in the history of the district. In 2004 no Democratic party candidate filed. Pearce defeated a Libertarian candidate 10,212 to 1685. There aren’t that many Libertarians in Johnson County, but a significant number of Democratic voters weren’t going to cast their votes for Pearce. In 2006 Pearce defeated Jeff Alvarado 6405 to 2708 with a different Libertarian candidate getting 448 votes.

Anthony Arton, a University of Central Misouri student, is a former president of the College Republicans at Central, served as a legislative intern [pdf] for David Pearce, and is the student member [pdf] of Central’s Board of Governors. He grew up in Warrensburg. Arton switched from the republican party to the Democratic Party in August 2007.

Jeff Alvarado ran a small (and under financed) campaign in 2006 – at times he must have felt like he was tilting at windmills. Alvarado is retired from the Air Force. He lives in Warrensburg.

Jim Jackson is a former Mayor of Warrensburg. For close to 25 years he owned an operated an appliance store in downtown Warrensburg (the store was destroyed by a lightning caused fire a few years ago). He has been active on a variety of boards and in community issues.

In the interest of full disclosure: I participated extensively in Jim Jackson’s 2002 campaign.

Rumors abound about republican candidates. From “no one, yet” to notorious Johnson County Clerk Gilbert Powers.