Consider the following, from the 2011 legislative session:

HB 28: and you thought the era of wedge issue politics was over (December 4, 2010)

FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 28

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SATER.

[….]

….No licensed pharmacy in this state shall be required to perform, assist, recommend, refer to, or participate in any act or service in connection with any drug or device that is an abortifacient, including but not limited to the RU486 drug and emergency contraception such as the Plan B drug….

And this, from the 2014 legislative session:

SB 519, HB 1307, HB 1313: wait, wait, wait (January 12, 2014)

Abortion legislation prefiled on December 1, 2013:

SB 519 Amends the current waiting period for having an abortion from 24 hours to 72 hours

Sponsor: Sater

LR Number: 4423S.03I Fiscal Note available

Committee: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence

Last Action: 1/9/2014 – Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Journal Page: S64

[emphasis added]

12/1/2013 Prefiled

1/8/2014 S First Read–SB 519-Sater S35

1/9/2014 Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee S64

[….]

It’s the same individual and the same wedge issue, just in different chambers of the General Assembly.

Now consider this:

March 10 2014 12:16 PM

Republican Who Blamed Pregnant Rape Victims for Not Taking Plan B Tried to Restrict Plan B Access

By Amanda Marcotte

….The latest entrant is Missouri state legislator David Sater, who is sponsoring a bill that would extend the waiting period for an abortion from 24 hours to 72 hours. Naturally, there’s no rape exception, and naturally, Sater’s got some strong words about the irresponsibility of rape victims to justify not including one. “If a woman decides not to go to the hospital and not get the ‘Plan B,’ they’re making a decision to keep that child if they get pregnant,” he said. “If the woman found out she was pregnant three or four weeks down the line, they had made the decision not to do some preventative things like Plan B….”

….Sater may believe that women need to be swift in their Plan B procurement, but he also apparently thinks that it should be very difficult for women to procure Plan B. In 2010, Sater sponsored a bill that would allow pharmacies not to stock emergency contraception if they don’t want to and prevent women-presumably including rape victims-from suing pharmacies for not doing so. So, rape victims: You’re expected to get it together so quickly post-rape that you don’t forget to take emergency contraception, even though you’re not allowed to expect any pharmacies to actually stock the stuff….

[emphasis added]

Think about that. Senator David Sater (r) believes that the waiting period for an abortion should be extended from 24 to 72 hours. And he also believes that there should be no exception for rape victims because it’s up to them to immediately access and use “Plan B”. He also believes that “Plan B” access should be limited. That’s not consistency, that’s not logic, that’s our right wingnut republican controlled General Assembly in action.

Is anyone really surprised?

Oh, by the way, Senator Sater (r) is a pharmacist:

….Senator Sater is a native of Barry County where he owned and operated Sater Pharmacy for almost thirty years. He is a 1972 graduate of the University Missouri – Kansas City School of Pharmacy….

   

Today, via Twitter:

Claire McCaskill ‏@clairecmc

While I disagree with @sarah_steelman on many things, @BrunnerForMo should be ashamed of the ridiculous lies in his ad against her. 1:39 PM – 7 Jun 12

Uh, Claire, think of it as a preview of coming attractions.

Previously: The Political Year in Pictures – 2011 (December 29, 2011)

We did this last year with Our top 16 traffic generating stories of 2010.

There are some patterns to our readers’ interests. Occupy, occupy, occupy. Working people. Child labor. Teabaggers. Money. Racism. Office holders and their constituents. Money. There you have it, our current political climate in a nutshell.

Our top twenty for 2011 from the top:

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#1 Occupy Wall Street comes to St. Louis (October 2, 2011)

99 > 1

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#2 Sen. Nieves is a bully and a fraud (May 19, 2011)

The republican members of the Missouri General Assembly never fail to generate traffic. This story was about an elected representative’s interaction with constituents.

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#3 Todd Akin greets peaceful constituents. With cops.  (August 25, 2011)

When a republican member of Congress is afraid of little old ladies who aren’t teabaggers packing sidearms.

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#4 Wecome to post-racial America (August 6, 2010)

This story was at #5 in 2010. It still generates traffic and it’s moved up the list.

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#5 Rallies in Jefferson City, Saturday, Feb. 26th: organized labor or teabaggers – photos (February 26, 2011)

Photos from the competing rallies at the state capitol. The folks at the organized labor rally were gathered in solidarity with Wisconsin workers. The teabaggers on the other side of the capitol were obsessed with communists. I kid you not.

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#6 In which I explain who showed up for Ed Martin’s dance (February 17, 2011)

Half the battle is in actually showing up.

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#7 Jane Cunningham hearts child labor (February 14, 2011)

Again, a republican member of the Missouri General Assembly leads the way. And it just goes to show that Newt Gingrich (r) doesn’t have an original thought in his head.

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#8 Our long municipal nightmare is at long last over (March 23, 2011)

Kansas City gets a new mayor, Sly James.

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#9 Missouri Teachers Are Denied Social Security Benefits (October 22, 2007)

Yep, another oldie, but goodie. This post from our early days continues to generate significant traffic. Teh Google is so useful.

And it’s moved up a spot from last year.

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#10 Bank of America foreclosing unjustly on Mike and Mary Boehm (December 21, 2010)

A real family, not statistics, in the foreclosure crisis. From late in 2010.

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#11 Rallies in Jefferson City, Saturday, Feb. 26th: support organized labor or teabaggers, your pick (February 24, 2011)

The lead up to #5 above.

….I thought accusing someone of being a communist went out with high button shoes. Evidently not for fascists….

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#12 Should Democrat Tracy McCreery run as an Independent? (October 7, 2011)

A House seat special election, a legislative committee selected candidate, and an independent in the race. The progressive independent won.

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#13 Police roust Occupy STLers from sleeping bags at 4:15 a.m. (October 5, 2011)

Having DFHs around public spaces inconveniently reminds the top one percent that they’ve been winning the class war.

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#14 Missouri State House Redistricting, an introduction (May 15, 2011)

An explanation of the history and the process of legislative district redistricting by our colleague who could probably run the show better than anyone else.

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#15 Why do conservatives hate poor people? (April 19, 2010)

What has become the universal question of our time. From 2010.

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#16 The Post-Dispatch fails St. Louisans again (March 12, 2011)

Suppose you held a downtown rally and over four thousand people show up. If the local paper of record doesn’t bother to cover it does the dead tree media make a sound in the twenty-first century forest when it falls?

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#17 Is Dave Spence a new GOP contender for governor? (October 23, 2011)

Why, yes he is. And with two million dollars of his own money.

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#18 Missouri American Water Company: as bad as Ameren? (June 8, 2011)

Profits, worker contracts, and rate increases.

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#19 Friday Public Art Blogging: Thomas Hart Benton’s Mural in the Capitol (May 1, 2009)

A sample of our public art blogging from 2009. Teh Google is awesome.

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#20 Welcome to the Midtown KC chapter of Drinking Liberally (January 4, 2011)

Sometimes it’s nice to meet face to face.

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What a year. And 2012 is an election year. Think about that for a minute.

Over the course of the last year we covered a number of government and political events in Missouri (and elsewhere), in the process taking thousands of photographs. Most of them didn’t make it into the blog. Some of the things we saw and heard made us smile, made us think, made us gasp, made us hope, and made us despair. We thought we’d provide a retrospective of some of the pictures and stories we consider to be memorable.

January 5, 2011 – The Missouri General Assembly begins the legislative session –

Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D) brings the House into session.

We covered the opening of the Missouri General Assembly session. Again.

Teabaggers, and nullification, and the cult of the lost cause, oh my! (January 5, 2011)

Teabagger rally at the state capitol: when astroturfing lobbyists speak, they listen… (January 5, 2011)

Opening of the legislative session in Jefferson City: January 5, 2010 (January 6, 2011)

Our hopes were dashed. Again.

January 19, 2011 – Senator Claire McCaskill (D) sits down for a talk with bloggers at her Kansas City office.

Senator Claire McCaskill (D) sat down for a conversation with Missouri political bloggers for over an hour in her office in Kansas City. Five years ago the thought of doing so wouldn’t have crossed anyone’s mind. The world has changed.

Senator Claire McCaskill (D): a conversation with bloggers in Kansas City (January 20, 2011)

Senator Claire McCaskill (D): a conversation with bloggers in Kansas City, part 2 (January 20, 2011)

Senator Claire McCaskill (D): a conversation with bloggers in Kansas City, part 3 (January 21, 2011)

Senator Claire McCaskill (D): a conversation with bloggers in Kansas City, part 4 (January 22, 2011)

February 26, 2011 – Teachers and organized labor rally in solidarity with Wisconsin workers at the state capitol in Jefferson City.

Photo by Joan Ferguson, Show Me Progress.

In late February teachers and organized labor held a rally in solidarity with Wisconsin workers at the state capitol in Jefferson City. There was a much smaller astroturf teabagger rally on the opposite side of the building at the same time.

Rallies in Jefferson City, Saturday, Feb. 26th: support organized labor or teabaggers, your pick (February 24, 2011)

Rallies in Jefferson City, Saturday, Feb. 26th: organized labor or teabaggers – photos (February 26, 2011)

Voices of Organized Labor in Jefferson City on February 26, 2011 (February 27, 2011)

An editor for the Wisconsin State Journal, a Madison paper, contacted us in April about using the photo in their coverage of the ongoing rallies at their state capitol. We granted permission and they ran the photo, with a credit.

Wisconsin: “Thank God for Missouri…” (April 21, 2011)

March 22, 2011 – Sly James is elected Mayor of Kansas City – speaking with the media.

In March we had to make a choice about which post election gathering to cover for the two candidates running for Mayor of Kansas City. We made the correct one.

Sly James: Mayor-elect of Kansas City – photos (March 23, 2011)

Our long municipal nightmare is at long last over (March 23, 2011)

May 29, 2011 – President Barack Obama speaks at the memorial service for victims of the Joplin tornado

on the campus of Missouri Southern State University.

In late May we covered the memorial service on the campus of Missouri Southern State University for the victims of the Joplin tornado.

Governor Jay Nixon in Joplin – remarks (May 30, 2011)

President Obama in Joplin – photos and remarks (May 30, 2011)

Some thoughts on Joplin (June 2, 2011)

June 16, 2011 – Governor Jay Nixon (D) addresses Missouri Boys State on the campus of the University of Central Missouri.

Missouri Boys State 2011 (June 11, 2011)

Former Governor Bob Holden at Missouri Boys State: Q and A, part 1 (June 12, 2011)

Former Governor Bob Holden at Missouri Boys State: Q and A, part 2 (June 13, 2011)

Governor Jay Nixon (D) signs HB 233 into law at Missouri Boys State (June 16, 2011)

Former Senator John Danforth at Missouri Boys State: Q and A, part 1 (June 16, 2011)

Former Senator John Danforth at Missouri Boys State: Q and A, part 2 (June 19, 2011)

June 17, 2011 – A rally in support of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security at Senator Claire McCaskill’s (D) office in St. Louis.

In June we had one of those rare Show Me Progress blog gatherings where the westsiders joined the eastsiders in St. Louis. We used the opportunity to cover two events.

St. Louis: calling on Sen. McCaskill (D) to protect Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security (June 18, 2011)

Definitely not a teabagger… (June 18, 2011)

Definitely not a teabagger, part 2 (June 20, 2011)

St. Louis: Jefferson Jackson Dinner – photos (June 18, 2011)

St. Louis: Jefferson Jackson Dinner – Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor (D) (June 19, 2011)

August 10, 2011 – Representative Vicky Hartzler (r) listens at a town hall in Warrensburg, Missouri.

Representative Vicky Hartzler (r) held town halls in Clinton and Warrensburg in August. People other than teabagger true believers attended and there was significant pushback against Representative Hartzler’s agenda from many in attendance.

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): town halls in Clinton and Warrensburg (August 10, 2011)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): town hall in Warrensburg, part 1 (August 11, 2011)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): town hall in Warrensburg, part 2 (August 12, 2011)

Vicky Hartzler is trying trying to scare you (August 12, 2011)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): town hall in Warrensburg, part 3 (August 13, 2011)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): town hall in Warrensburg, part 4 (August 14, 2011)

September 18, 2011 – Paul Begala (D) speaks to the media at the Harkin Steak Fry in Indianols, Iowa.

In what has become an annual September road trip for us, we once again made the trek to Indianola, Iowa to cover the annual Harkin Steak Fry.

The 2011 Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola, Iowa (September 18, 2011)

The 2011 Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola, Iowa: Senator Bernie Sanders (I) (September 19, 2011)

The 2011 Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola, Iowa: Paul Begala – part 1 (September 20, 2011)

The 2011 Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola, Iowa: Paul Begala – part 2 (September 22, 2011)

The 2011 Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola, Iowa: Paul Begala – part 3 (September 23,2011)

October 9, 2011 – Occupy Kansas City marches down to the Plaza.

In October the Occupy Wall Street movement changed the conversation across America, including in Kansas City.

The Occupation of Kansas City: Day 9 (October 8, 2011)

Occupy Kansas City (October 8, 2011)

The picture I didn’t take (October 8, 2011)

Occupy KC, Day Ten: The day the occupation came to me (October 9, 2011)

Occupy Kansas City: a concert, a few speeches, and a march (October 9, 2011)

Occupy Kansas City: a concert, a few speeches, and a march – part 2 (October 10, 2011)

October 30, 2011 – Occupy Kansas City holds a downtown rally and marches in the streets.

Occupy Kansas City: rally and march from Ilus Davis Park (October 30, 2011)

Occupy Kansas City: rally and march from Ilus Davis Park, part 2 (October 31, 2011)

Videos from Occupy Kansas City October 30 rally! (November 1, 2011

Videos from Occupy Kansas City October 30 rally! – part 2 (November 2, 2011)

December 6, 2011 – President Barack Obama speaks in Osawatomie, Kansas.

Photo by Jerry Schmidt, Show Me Progress.

President Obama made a speech in Osawatomie, Kansas.

President Obama in Osawatomie, Kansas (December 6, 2011)

President Obama in Osawatomie, Kansas: the crazification factor kicks in (December 7, 2011)

Obama Speech at Osawatomie, Kansas 2011 Video(December 9, 2011)

December 19, 2011 – A conversation in front of the Middleton, Wisconsin City Hall

between a recall petition signature gatherer and a supporter of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (r).

We had the opportunity to interview folks taking part in the recall process against Governor Scott Walker (r) in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin: in the trenches for the recall of Gov. Scott Walker (r) (December 19, 2011)

Wisconsin: in the trenches for the recall of Gov. Scott Walker (r), part 2 (December 21, 2011)

Wisconsin: in the trenches for the recall o
f Gov. Scott Walker (r), part 3 (December 23, 2011)

Wisconsin: they were misinformed? (December 26, 2011)

We look forward to more of the same in the coming year.

Tracy McCreery (D) defeats the Democratic Party nominee, Jeff O’Connell, and the republican candidate.

From the Missouri Secretary of State:

Unofficial Election Returns

State of Missouri Special Election  – Legislative District 83

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

State Representative – District 83   Precincts Reporting 15 of 15

  OConnell, Jeff DEM 1,096 29.2%

  Brennan, Patrick REP 1,005 26.8%

  McCreery, Tracy IND 1,647 43.9%

Total Votes   3,748

At least Patrick Brennan (r) got to add still another proof to the General Theory of Crazification.

Update:

The St. Louis County republican web site reacts predictably.

Tracy McCreery wins 83rd.

Abortion activist, Tracy McCreery, wins Missouri 83rd District election.

While Missouri needs a government to support all of our businesses, identity politics will be the order of the day in the 83rd.

“…Missouri needs a government to support all of our businesses…” That world view would probably explain some of the result for the republican candidate.

“…identity politics will be the order of the day…” Project much?

St. Louis GOP is a publication from the St. Louis County Central Committee. This group is made up of elected committeemen and committeewoman from each township in St. Louis County. Their goal is to identify Republicans for office and help get them elected.

[emphasis added]

And, apparently, to add even more proof to the General Theory of Crazification.

From the Missouri Secretary of State:

Unofficial Election Returns

State of Missouri Special Election  – Legislative District 39

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

State Representative – District 39   Precincts Reporting 13 of 13

  Morgan, Judy DEM 2,663 77.4%

  Landes, Jamie Barker REP 778 22.6%

Total Votes   3,441

Well, that wasn’t very close.

From the Missouri Secretary of State:

Unofficial Election Returns

State of Missouri Special Election  – Legislative District 15

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

State Representative – District 15   Precincts Reporting 13 of 13

  Paul Woody DEM 1,836 48.3%

  Sommer, Chrissy REP 1,874 49.3%

  Slantz, Bill LIB 94 2.5%

Total Votes   3,804

Thirty-eight votes. All of the battle is in showing up.

There’s a special election for the 39th Legislative District seat today. The twenty-four hour reports for the Democratic Party candidate, Judy Morgan, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

24 HOUR NOTICE OF LATE CONTRIBUTIONS / LOANS RECEIVED

C111127 FRIENDS OF JUDY MORGAN [pdf]

Mike Merl Gladstone, MO 64118 10/31/2011 $400.00

[emphasis added]

24 HOUR NOTICE OF LATE CONTRIBUTIONS / LOANS RECEIVED

C111127 FRIENDS OF JUDY MORGAN [pdf]

SEIU Missouri State Council PAC St Louis, MO 63139 11/3/2011 $350.00

[emphasis added]

24 HOUR NOTICE OF LATE CONTRIBUTIONS / LOANS RECEIVED

C111127 FRIENDS OF JUDY MORGAN [pdf]

Missouri State U.A.W. P.A.C. Hazelwood, MO 63042 11/3/2011 $500.00

[emphasis added]

Organized labor (working people!).

The republican candidate, Jamie Landes, did not file any twenty-four hour reports.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: 83rd Legislative District – 8 Day Before Special Election reports (November 2, 2011)

Should Democrat Tracy McCreery run as an Independent? (October 7, 2011)

There’s a special election for the 83rd Legislative District seat tomorrow. Twenty-four hour reports at the Missouri Ethics Commission, for Tracy McCreery (D):

24 HOUR NOTICE OF LATE CONTRIBUTIONS / LOANS RECEIVED

C111047 MCCREERY FOR MISSOURI [pdf]

Rutledge Group, Inc. Saint Louis, MO 63114 10/29/2011 $400.00

[emphasis added]

24 HOUR NOTICE OF LATE CONTRIBUTIONS / LOANS RECEIVED

C111047 MCCREERY FOR MISSOURI [pdf]

Mary Anne Sedey Saint Louis, MO 63104 11/1/2011 $500.00

NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri PAC St Louis, MO 63110 11/1/2011 $1,000.00

[emphasis added]

24 HOUR NOTICE OF LATE CONTRIBUTIONS / LOANS RECEIVED

C111047 MCCREERY FOR MISSOURI [pdf]

Megan Hull Washington, DC 20007 11/2/2011 $1,000.00

[emphasis added]

24 HOUR NOTICE OF LATE CONTRIBUTIONS / LOANS RECEIVED

C111047 MCCREERY FOR MISSOURI [pdf]

Harriet Brown Augusta, MO 63332 11/3/2011 $1,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s a total $3,900.00.

And, for Jeff O’Connell (D):

24 HOUR NOTICE OF LATE CONTRIBUTIONS / LOANS RECEIVED

C111166 FRIENDS TO ELECT JEFF OCONNELL [pdf]

Friends of Ryan McKenna Crystal City, MO 63019 11/1/2011 $300.00

James B Nutter Kansas City, MO 64113 11/1/2011 $1,000.00

Hoisting Engineers Local 513 Pol. & Edu. Fund Bridgeton, MO 63044 10/31/2011 $500.00

John Alberici St Louis, MO 63114 10/24/2011 $1,000.00

Union Labor Life Insurance Company 8403 Colesville Rd. Silver Spring, MD 20910 10/24/2011 $5,000.00

Ameristar Casino St. Charles St Charles, MO 63301 10/24/2011 $500.00

Midwest Region Laborers Political League Edu. F Bridgeton, MO 63044 10/27/2011 $500.00

[emphasis added]

24 HOUR NOTICE OF LATE CONTRIBUTIONS / LOANS RECEIVED

C111166 FRIENDS TO ELECT JEFF OCONNELL [pdf]

Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562 Vol. Pol. Educ St Louis, MO 63138 11/4/2011 $500.00

[emphasis added]

That’s a total of $9,300.00.

The republican candidate, Patrick Brennan, has not filed any twenty-four hour reports.

There’s a special election for the vacated 15th Legislative District seat on November 8th. Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C111143 10/25/2011 CITIZENS FOR SOMMER HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, INC. P.O. BOX 1313 JEFFERSON CITY MO 65102 10/24/2011 $18,981.00

[emphasis added]

Think there’ll be any robocalls?

The republican candidate, Chrissy Sommer, previously had a desultory fundraising record:

REPORT SUMMARY

CITIZENS FOR SOMMER [pdf] 10/17/2011

1. Total Receipts For This Election Previously Reported $5,339.00

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $11,635.00

10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $4,697.73

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $11,626.88

34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $500.00

The Democratic Party candidate, Paul Woody:

REPORT SUMMARY

CITIZENS FOR PAUL WOODY [pdf] 10/17/2011

1. Total Receipts For This Election Previously Reported $15,073.54

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $12,350.00

10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $2,692.74

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $23,699.18

34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $2,079.54

There was a difference, until the HRCC stepped in.

Paul Woody (D) ran for the seat in 2010:

Official Election Returns

State of Missouri General Election  – November 2, 2010 General Election

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Click here for a printer friendly version

State Representative – District 15 – Summary

Precincts Reporting 16 of 16

Woody, Paul DEM 4,404 34.4%

Faith, Sally A. REP 7,632 59.6%

Slantz, Bill LIB 765 6.0%

Total Votes   12,801

And, yes, Bill Slantz, the Libertarian, is running again, too.

Back to the campaign finance reports. Some of the contributions to Chrissy Sommer’s (r) campaign:

CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED

CITIZENS FOR SOMMER [pdf] 10/17/2011

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $10.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $1,095.00

CITIZENS FOR HINSON SAINT CLAIR MO 63077 9/10/2011 $300.00

CITIZENS FOR TIMOTHY W. JONES EUEKA MO 63025 9/13/2011 $500.00

CITIZENS FOR DWIGHT SCHARNHORST MANCHESTER MO 63021 9/13/2011 $100.00

CITIZENS FOR MIKE THOMSON MARYVILLE MO 64468 9/13/2011 $200.00

CITIZENS FOR MYRON METH LIBERTY MO 64068 9/13/2011 $150.00

COMMITTEE TO ELECT TOM FLANIGAN CARTAGE MO 64836 9/13/2011 $100.00

PATRONS FOR LYLE E. ROWLAND CEDAR CREEK MO 65627 9/13/2011 $150.00

FRIENDS OF LINCOLN HOUGH SPRINGFIELD MO 65801 9/13/2011 $500.00

MISSOURI REPUBLICAN PARTY JEFFERSON CITY MO 65101 9/13/2011 $450.00

AMERISTAR CASINO ST CHARLES SAINT CHARLES MO 63301 9/22/2011 $1,000.00

POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FOR HEALTH (HEALTH PAC) JEFFERSON CITY MO 65102 9/27/2011 $350.00

And on and on. You get the picture.

Some of the contributions to Paul Woody’s (D) campaign:

CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED

CITIZENS FOR PAUL WOODY [pdf] 10/20/2011

Sarah Mullen-Dominguez St Louis MO 63116 Lewis Rice Fingersh 7/2/2011 $350.00

Judy Baker Columbia MO 65201 Dept of Health and Human Services 7/2/2011 $100.00

Gary McKiddy St Charles MO 63301 Retired 7/7/2011 $30.00

UTU PAC Jefferson City MO 65101 7/14/2011 $325.00

Kay Drey St Louis MO 63130 Retired 7/28/2011 $100.00

Harry Bixler St Charles MO 63303 Retired 7/25/2011 $20.00

Teamsters Local Union 541 Kansas City MO 64130 9/11/2011 $300.00

[emphasis added]

There is a distinct difference.