In 2014 we posted almost nine hundred stories on government and politics here at Show Me Progress. A significant number documented the scourge of unlimited money in Missouri politics. Other posts covered the people and events who affected and will affect the people of Missouri.

Our top ten traffic generating posts from 2014:

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1. The Evolution of Rick Brattin’s obsession with evolution (February 15, 2014)

The promotion of ignorance by one of the Missouri General Assembly’s leading intellectual lights.

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2. Bad things happen when good people vote (June 17, 2014)

Competing early voting ballot initiatives – one real, one fake.

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3. Rep. Rick Brattin (r): Ready! Fire! Aim! (January 16, 2014)

A list of bills filed in the House by one of the General Assembly’s leading intellectual lights.

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4. Close to Home (July 17, 2014)

A personal story about the death penalty in Missouri.

From a comment: “…The critical question is not whether they deserve to die.  It us whether we deserve to kill.  It is not about them; it is about us.”

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5. #YesAllWomen — Because it Happens to Every Woman (May 27, 2014)

Another personal story.

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6. SB 509: the moment when all hope for the future of Missouri died (May 6, 2014)

We were in the side gallery of the House and caught the moment with a camera when Representative Keith English was escorted to the floor by a member of the republican majority to cast the deciding vote to override Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of SB 509, a law with far reaching negative consequences for civilization as we know it in Missouri. If you think that’s all hyperbole you haven’t been paying attention.

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7. Attorney General Chris Koster (D) in Warrensburg – March 22, 2014 (March 23, 2014)

A supporter’s modification of an old campaign sign piqued the interest of media across the state.

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8. Don’t pick a fight with someone who buys electrons by the terabyte and is obviously baiting you (August 6, 2014)

Representative Keith English, another of the General Assembly’s leading intellectual lights, made the mistake of picking a fight with Blue Girl on Facebook.

Vivian: Big mistake. Big. Huge….

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9. Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): the human face on the consequences of your rigid ideology (October 18, 2014)

Representative Vicky Hartzler (r) met Randy Huggins’ grandson for the first time at the lineup before the start of the University of Central Missouri homecoming parade.

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10. Nate Irvin (D) in the 4th Congressional District (August 7, 2014)

The unknown, grossly underfunded, and eminently more qualified challenger to Representative Vicky Hartzler (r).

From the Kansas City Star (October 24, 2014):

….We can’t think of a single reason to recommend sending Hartzler back to Washington for a third term….

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Previously:

The Political Year in Pictures – 2014 (December 26, 2014)

The Political Year in Pictures – 2014, part 2 (December 30, 2014)

Previously:

The Political Year in Pictures – 2014 (December 26, 2014)

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 continue our retrospective of some of the pictures and stories we consider to be memorable.

A constituent in a rural area of the 4th Congressional District expressed their displeasure with Representative Vicky Hartzler (r) – February 2014

Minority Leader Jacob Hummel (D) on the floor of the House – May 6, 2014.

To no avail – after a rally for Medicaid expansion at the state Capitol – May 6, 2014.

Representative Chris Kelly (D) on the floor of the House – May 8, 2014.

My favorite state representative (April 23, 2014)

QOTD: Rep. Chris Kelly (D) (May 8, 2014)

Representative Chris Kelly (D): “No filter…” (September 7, 2014)

Attorney General Chris Koster (D) at Truman Days in Kansas City – May 31, 2014.

Truman Days 2014 in Kansas City – Friday night (May 31, 2014)

Truman Days 2014 in Kansas City – Saturday night – photos (June 1, 2014)  

Kansas City Mayor Sly James (D) at Missouri Boys State – June 15, 2014.

Governor Jay Nixon (D) at Missouri Boys State – June 19, 2014.

David Axelrod – Missouri Boys State – June 14, 2014 (June 15, 2014)

Kansas City Mayor Sly James – Missouri Boys State – June 15, 2014 – on guns (June 16, 2014)

Governor Jay Nixon – Missouri Boys State – June 19, 2014 – on voting (June 19, 2014)

A happy warrior:

Nate Irvin (D), the Democratic Party candidate who unsuccessfully challenged Representative Vicky Hartzler (r)

in the 4th Congressional District – August 6, 2014.

“We can’t think of a single reason to recommend sending Hartzler back to Washington…” (October 25, 2014)

Rival candidates for the 2016 republican nomination for governor:

Catherine Hanaway (r) at the Missouri State Fair Governor’s Ham Breakfast – August 14, 2014.

State Auditor Tom Schweich (r) at the Missouri State Fair Governor’s Ham Breakfast – August 14, 2014.

Ready for 2016:

Hillary and Bill Clinton at the last Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola, Iowa – September 14, 2014.

 

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.

The Missouri General Assembly opened its session on January 8, 2014. And then it went down hill from there.

Representative Jill Schupp (D) (left) and Representative Chris Kelly (D) on the House floor.

When the General Assembly goes into session in January 2015 Representative Chris Kelly (D) will no longer be in the House, opting to not run for another term. Jill Schupp (D) will be a Senator, having triumphed in a very expensive race with a republican legacy candidate.

Opening of the 2014 legislative session – photos (January 8, 2014)

In March Senator Claire McCaskill (D) held a number of town halls across the state:

Senator Claire McCaskill (D) at a Columbia, Missouri town hall – March 17, 2014.

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D): showing up is more than half the battle (March 17, 2014)

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D): press Q and A – March 17, 2014 (March 18, 2014)

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D): press Q and A – Kansas City – March 19, 2014 (March 19, 2014)

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D): March 19, 2014 town halls in Kansas City and Higginsville – photos (March 20, 2014)

SB 509, the end of the world as we know it:

Representative Keith English casts the final vote to override Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of SB 509.

New Missouri Rule: if the governor governs right of center you can’t call him a “liberal” (July 1, 2013)

Bill signing Kabuki (July 12, 2013)

Rep. Chris Kelly (D): HB 253 – “I’d like to know what your opinion is.” (July 19, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r): probably not gonna sustain the Governor’s veto of HB 253 (August 19, 2013)

Sec. of State Jason Kander (D) to Texas Gov. Rick Perry (r): You forgot about that Medicaid thing? (August 23, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r) to UCM on HB 253: I don’t care, I’d rather be the new Speaker Pro Tem (August 24, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r): your constituents know what you’re doing to them (August 26, 2013)

HB 253: Because those dissolute leeches at the public trough should shut up, that’s why! (August 28, 2013)

Missouri Democratic Party on HB 253: Yes, yes, let’s talk about Texas Gov. Rick Perry (r)…. (August 28, 2013)

AG Chris Koster (D) to Speaker Jones (r) on HB 253: you all certainly made a mess of things… (August 29, 2013)

Speaker Tim Jones (r) and HB 253: hone your legal analytical skills litigating birth certificates (August 30, 2013)

HB 253: any way you slice it (September 11, 2013)

HB 253: Watch out – It’ll be baaaaaaaaaack (September 11, 2013)

SB 509: once more, with feeling (April 17, 2014)

SB 509: “….We’d like to think that most of them are not simpletons….” (April 18, 2014)

SB 509: Governor Jay Nixon (D) strikes back (April 22, 2014)

SB 509: dueling on Twitter (April 22, 2014)

SB 509: Would you like some whine with your bill? (April 23, 2014)

SB 509: strange gyrations (April 23, 2014)

The Missouri GOP, Evel Knievel and political stuntsmanship (April 24, 2014)

SB 509: the folks back home ain’t buying what they’re selling (April 24, 2014)

SB 509: in a wingnutshell (April 28, 2014)

SB 509: the folks back home ain’t buying what they’re selling – part 2 (April 29, 2014)

SB 509: thank the FSM (or the deity of your choice) for Kansas (May 1, 2014)

SB 509: veto it is (May 1, 2014)

SB 509: Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) Veto (May 2, 2014)

SB 509: That’s a mighty interesting legal citation you got there… (May 2, 2014)

SB 509: “Brawndo! It’s got electrolytes!” (May 3, 2014)

SB 509: You were expecting anything else? (May 5, 2014)

SB 509: not so much these days (May 6, 2014)

The face of shame (May 6, 2014)

SB 509: the moment when all hope for the future of Missouri died (May 6, 2014)

Dude, you’ve got bigger problems than an out of the way blog with dozens of readers (May 6, 2014)

The day Missouri went down the toilet (May 7, 2014)

Dude, you’ve got bigger problems than an out of the way blog with dozens of readers – part 2 (May 8, 2014)

…and now you know the rest of the story (May 8, 2014)

This won’t be the last story on SB 509 (May 8, 2014)

In May Vice President Joe Biden spoke at an event promoting infrastructure at the riverfront construction project next to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (the Arch):

Vice President Joe Biden (D) in the rain at the Arch in St. Louis.

Vice President Joe Biden in St. Louis – May 13, 2014 (May 14, 2014)

The Fourth of July.

The 4th of July – 2014 (July 4, 2014)

In August no statewide Democratic office holders showed at the Missouri State Fair Governor’s Ham Breakfast. There was something going on in Ferguson, Missouri that took their attention:

Senator Roy Blunt (r) at the Missouri State Fair Governor’s Ham Breakfast.

What if you had a ham breakfast and the Governor couldn’t be there? (August 14, 2014)

Vicky Hartzler talking about water and pesky regulations at the Missouri State Fair (August 14, 2014)

Sen. Roy Blunt (r): bad, bad EPA, bad (August 15, 2014)

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (r): …don’t drink the water, and don’t breathe the air… (August 17, 2014)

A Kansas City moment of silence concerning Ferguson, Missouri:

A speaker at the Kansas City moment of silence for Michael Brown and Ferguson, Missouri.

Kansas City moment of silence – August 14, 2014 (August 14, 2014)

#NMOS14 Moment of Silence Kansas City Mike Brown Rally (August 16, 2014)

We followed candidates:

Representative Vicky Hartzler (r) at a campaign event in Warrensburg, Missouri on August 22, 2014.

Once again, some Meta (August 23, 2014)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r) – in Warrensburg – August 22, 2014 (August 23, 2014)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r) – in Warrensburg – August 22, 2014 – Q and A on farming (August 24, 2014)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r) – in Warrensburg – August 22, 2014 – voter turnout as an existential threat (August 25, 2014)

On September 14, 2014 Hillary and Bill Clinton were the featured speakers at the last Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola, Iowa.

Hillary Clinton at the last Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola, Iowa.

Oh yeah, Hillary’s gonna run (August 18, 2014)

Go North (September 3, 2014)

Road Trip! – the 2014 Harkin Steak Fry (September 5, 2014)

Bet the farm (September 14, 2014)

The Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola, Iowa – September 14, 2014 (September 15, 2014)

Hillary Clinton at the Harkin Steak Fry: “I’m back!” (September 15, 2014)

In the Fall a blimp in the skies of Missouri became a tangible campaign symbol for the excesses of money in politics.

Rex Sinquefiled’s blimp.

“…We smiled and waved, sittin’ there on that sack of seeds.” (September 20, 2014)

The only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys (October 1, 2014)

Follow the blimp, then check the area for concentrations of hot air… (October 11, 2014)

The twenty-something campaign consultants who spend Rex Sinquefield’s money think your stoopit (October 22, 2014)

Campaign Finance: maybe the blimp is running out of gas (October 24, 2014)

The campaign consultants who spend Rex Sinquefield’s money think your stoopit – part 2 (October 28, 2014)

Campaign Finance: rearranging the deck chairs on the blimp (December 24, 2014)

Our friends at Progress Missouri sponsored a progressive summit in Columbia, Missouri on December 5 and 6, 2014.

ACLU Program Associate Mustafa Abdullah at Progress Missouri’s Progressive Summit in Columbia, Missouri.

I <3 Columbia (December 6, 2014)

I <3 Columbia – part 2 (December 6, 2014)

Progressive Summit in Columbia, Missouri – December 6, 2014 (December 7, 2014)

Progressive Summit in Columbia, Missouri – New Media – December 6, 2014 (December 8, 2014)

It’s interesting watching the back and forth in social media over the election.

Here’s the thing, if you didn’t bother to vote on Tuesday and it wasn’t because a substantive physical impediment was placed in your path, no matter how much you protest otherwise, you’re just lazy.

And please, voter ID laws in various states are designed to put substantive barriers to voting in place. If you try to start an argument here that voter ID laws are needed to combat voter impersonation fraud you’re an idiot. Anyone who has worked a polling place on election day knows that the process in a polling location makes voter impersonation fraud a very risky enterprise for anyone who would attempt it. As if that risk is worth one vote in an election?

You were offended by all those mud slinging attack ads? They were designed to offend you so that you wouldn’t bother voting. The people who promote and use those ads want to encourage laziness. It’s all about suppressing voter turnout. If you want to make those ads stop get off your ass and vote. If everyone voted the very reason for the existence of those very, very expensive ads is gone. They people who pay for those ads may be cynical and vindictive, but they’re not stupid. They don’t waste money on things that don’t work. They’re expecting that voters are too lazy to figure that one out.

If you say you don’t like what either of the major parties stand for and say that’s why you don’t vote, you’re just lazy. Because if you weren’t lazy what you could do is go to your polling place on Election Day, pull a ballot, not mark it (that’s technically called an “undervote”), and turn it in.

Consider this – nationwide 38% of registered voters (not people eligible to register to vote – that’s a larger group) cast ballots in the election. The nationwide split of the vote cast for the two major parties was approximately 52%-48%. Do the math if you’re not lazy.

Spare me the “they just didn’t give me a reason to vote” excuse. You don’t need an excuse to vote, unless you’re lazy.

If close to 100% of registered voters pulled ballots and only 19% cast votes for the prevailing issue or candidate we’d laugh in their faces if anyone tried to claim that they “won” or they had a “mandate”.

If you didn’t pull a ballot on Tuesday and there was no physical impediment to your doing so, I don’t want to know you.

The election results in the St. Louis County Executive race between Steve Stenger (D) and Rick Stream (r):

SUMMARY REPORT        GENERAL ELECTION                UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

RUN DATE:11/04/14     ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI

RUN TIME:11:37 PM     TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014

                                                      VOTES PERCENT

          PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 685).  .  .  .  .       685  100.00

          REGISTERED VOTERS – TOTAL .  .  .  .  .   669,488

          BALLOTS CAST – TOTAL.  .  .  .  .  .  .   294,310

          VOTER TURNOUT – TOTAL  .  .  .  .  .  .             43.96

 COUNTY EXECUTIVE

             (WITH 681 OF 681  COUNTED)

          STEVE STENGER (DEM) .  .  .  .  .  .  .   137,638   47.73

          RICK STREAM (REP).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .   135,870   47.12

          THEO (TED) BROWN, SR. (LIB)  .  .  .  .     7,970    2.76

          JOE PASSANISE (CON) .  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,200    1.11

          WRITE-IN.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,665    1.27

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My, that was close.

There was a lot of money raised and spent in this race. A lot of money.

Just the contributions over $5,000.00 for the republican candidate (via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C061248 06/27/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM David Spence 2021 S Warson Rd St Louis MO 63124 Legacy Pharmaceutical Chief Executive 6/25/2014 $15,000.00

C061248 07/12/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM James S McDonnell III 40 Glen Eagles Dr St Louis MO 63124 Retired 7/11/2014 $10,000.00

C061248 07/24/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Cunningham Campaign Committee 1602 Timberlake Manor Pkwy Chesterfield MO 63017 7/24/2014 $75,000.00

C061248 07/28/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 7/25/2014 $100,000.00

C061248 07/28/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Drury Development Corporation 721 Emerson Road Suite 200 St Louis MO 63141 7/25/2014 $10,000.00

C061248 07/31/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Friends of Tom Schweich 3220 W Edgewood Suite E Jefferson City MO 65109 7/30/2014 $10,000.00

C061248 08/10/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Lewis & Clark Ozarks Mountain Forum 1736 E Sunshine St Ste 402 Springfield MO 65804 8/9/2014 $25,000.00

C061248 08/20/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Thompson Coburn LLP One Bank Plaza St Louis MO 63101 8/19/2014 $10,000.00

C061248 08/21/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM August Busch III 1 Mid Rivers Mall Drive Suite 210 Saint Peters MO 63376 Retired 8/21/2014 $7,500.00

C061248 09/03/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Ann Scott 150 Carondelet Plz Unit 1403 St Louis MO 63105 Self-Employed 9/3/2014 $10,000.00

C061248 09/07/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM John Danforth 911 Tirrill Farms Rd St Louis MO 63124 Attorney 9/6/2014 $10,000.00

C061248 09/07/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Menlo Smith 14 Ballantrae Court St Louis MO 63131 Retired 9/6/2014 $12,000.00

C061248 09/16/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Centene Management Company LLC 7700 Forsyth Blvd St Louis MO 63105 9/16/2014 $10,000.00

C061248 09/25/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM David Spence 2021 S Warson Rd Saint Louis MO 63124 Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging 9/25/2014 $15,000.00

C061248 09/26/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Drury Development Corporation 721 Emerson Road Suite 200 St Louis MO 63141 9/26/2014 $10,000.00

C061248 10/01/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Schmitt for Missouri PO Box 220722 Kirkwood MO 63122 10/1/2014 $10,000.00

C061248 10/16/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Sam Fox 7701 Forsyth Blvd. Suite 600 St Louis MO 63105 Harbour Group 10/15/2014 $7,500.00

C061248 10/16/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Doug Albrecht 16 Upper Ladue Rd. St Louis MO 63124 Bodley Group 10/15/2014 $10,000.00

C061248 10/16/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Lewis & Clark Northern Missouri Forum 575 Witte Industrial Ct. Troy MO 63379 10/16/2014 $10,000.00

C061248 10/21/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Schmitt for Missouri PO Box 220722 Kirkwood MO 63122 10/21/2014 $12,500.00

C061248 10/22/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM David Spence 7733 Forsyth Blvd, Suite 1375 St Louis MO 63105 Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging 10/20/2014 $15,000.00

C061248 10/22/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Missourians for Tim Jones PO Box 434 Eureka MO 63025 10/20/2014 $10,500.00

C061248 10/23/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Citizens to Elect Mike Kehoe PO Box 105527 Jefferson City MO 65110 10/21/2014 $12,500.00

C061248 10/24/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM David L Steward PO Box 1724 Maryland Heights MO 63043 Worldwide Technology 10/22/2014 $20,000.00

C061248 10/25/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Committee To Elect Ron Richard 1419 W 4th St Joplin MO 64801 10/23/2014 $12,500.00

C061248 10/25/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Citizens to Elect Kurt Schaefer Attorney General PO Box 1614 Columbia MO 65205 10/24/2014 $18,000.00

C061248 10/25/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Ann Wagner for Congress PO Box 50 Ballwin MO 63022 10/24/2014 $49,054.50

C061248 10/25/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Hanaway For Governor 7509 Nw Tiffany Springs Parkway Suite 300 Kansas City MO 64153 10/24/2014 $12,500.00

C061248 10/25/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Robert Low PO Box 4208 Springfield MO 65808 Prime Inc. 10/24/2014 $20,000.00

C061248 10/25/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Steven Trulaske 7770 Forsyth Blvd Suite 1220 St Louis MO 63105 True Manufacturing 10/24/2014 $15,000.00

C061248 10/27/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Stan Herzog PO Box 1089 St Joseph MO 64502 Herzog Contracting CEO 10/27/2014 $25,000.00

C061248 10/28/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Andrew Puzder 570 Meadow Wood Lane Montecito CA 93108 CKE Restaurants 10/28/2014 $10,000.00

C061248 10/31/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM John Brunner 11939 Manchester Rd. #151 St Louis MO 63131 Retired 10/31/2014 $6,250.00

C061248 10/31/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM David Spence 7733 Forsyth Blvd Suite 1375 St Louis MO 63105 Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging 10/31/2014 $15,000.00

C061248 10/31/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Peter Herschend 538 Oak Bluff Road Branson MO 65616 Herschend Family Entertainment 10/31/2014 $20,000.00

C061248 11/01/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Emerson Electric Co. 8000 West Florissant Avenue PO Box 4100 St Louis MO 63136 10/31/2014 $10,000.00

C061248 11/03/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Ann Wagner for Congress PO Box 50 Ballwin MO 63022 11/3/2014 $5,001.00

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Ain’t that a who’s who?

Previously:

Campaign Finance: the recharging continues (August 20, 2014)

Campaign Finance: they’re fixin’ to spend a lot of money (August 21, 2014)

Campaign Finance: move along, nothing new to see here (September 26, 2014)

Can you balance political harakiri against the satisfaction of slapping a fool in the face? (October 3, 2014)

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D): on Rick Stream (r) running for St. Louis County Executive (October 14, 2014)

Campaign Finance: welcome to Missouri, St. Louis County edition (October 30, 2014)

In the open seat 24th Senate District race between Jill Schupp (D) and John Ashcroft (r):

Office/Candidate Name Party Votes % of Votes

State Senator – District 24 160 of 160 Precincts Reported

Jill Schupp Democratic 27,662 49.925%

John R. Ashcroft Republican 26,030 46.980%

Jim Higgins Libertarian 1,715 3.095%

Total Votes: 55,407

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Apparently there are still pockets of Missouri where you can’t buy a legacy a seat. Yet.

Jill Schupp (D) versus the legacy (r) in the 24th Senate District (October 25, 2014)

Campaign Finance: paving the legacy’s path to the Senate in gold (October 19, 2014)

Campaign Finance: polling, polling, polling… (September 24, 2014)

Campaign Finance: all in on the legacy (September 23, 2014)

Campaign Finance: supporting the legacy in $10,000.00 increments (September 5, 2014)

Campaign Finance: legacies (August 27, 2014)

“He said legacies usually get asked to pledge automatically.” (August 7, 2014)

Campaign Finance: all that money in the 24th Senate District republican primary (August 3, 2014)

Campaign Finance: 24th Senate District – July quarterly campaign finance reports (July 18, 2014)

Campaign Finance: end of quarter confidence in the 24th Senate District (July 3, 2014)

Campaign Finance: 24th Senate District – April quarterly campaign finance reports (April 19, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Friends of the family?  (April 11, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Make room for daddy? (April 7, 2014)

Campaign Finance: trying to catch up in the 24th Senate District (March 31, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Schupp (D) and Lamping (r) in the 24th Senate District – 4th quarter 2013 (January 15, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Schupp (D) and Lamping (r) in the 24th Senate District – 3rd quarter 2013 (October 21, 2013)

Does that include a ride on the blimp? (November 1, 2014)

Ben Casselman @bencasselman

So voters want a higher minimum wage, legal pot, abortion access and GOP representation. Ok then. 8:10 PM – 4 Nov 2014

Update:

Hunter ‏@HunterDK

Voters hate Congress more than any other time in history, vow to elect ppl who will make it worse. A bit strange, at least. 10:58 PM – 4 Nov 2014

Cognitive dissonance, it’s not just for breakfast anymore.

In the 4th Congressional District race:

Office/Candidate Name Party Votes % of Votes

U.S. Representative – District 4 368 of 368 Precincts Reported

Nate Irvin Democratic 46,438 26.347%

Vicky Hartzler Republican 119,995 68.081%

Herschel L. Young Libertarian 9,786 5.552%

Gregory A Cowan Write-in 35 0.020%

Total Votes: 176,254

Well, we’ll have plenty of material to mock during the next two years.

Previously:

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): Ebola! (October 27, 2014)

“We can’t think of a single reason to recommend sending Hartzler back to Washington…” (October 25, 2014)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): the human face on the consequences of your rigid ideology (October 18, 2014)

In the 51st Legislative District rematch between Gary Grigsby (D) and Dean Dohrman (r):

Office/Candidate Name Party Votes % of Votes

State Representative – District 51 19 of 19 Precincts Reported

Gary Grigsby Democratic 3,106 37.585%

Dean A. Dohrman Republican 4,727 57.200%

Bill Wayne Libertarian 431 5.215%

Total Votes: 8,264

County Gary Grigsby, DEM Dean A. Dohrman, REP Bill Wayne, LIB

Johnson 1,357 1,792 195

Pettis 172 781 47

Saline 1,577 2,154 189

Previously:

Dean Dohrman (r) thinks your stoopit (October 10, 2014)

Dean Dohrman (r) thinks your stoopit – part 2 (October 16, 2014)

Dean Dohrman (r) thinks your stoopit – part 3 (October 18, 2014)

Dean Dohrman (r) thinks your stoopit (so do his friends) – part 4 (October 24, 2014)

Dean Dohrman (r): the inconvenient truth of those votes for SB 509 (November 1, 2014)

We got a lot of mail today in the 51st Legislative District (November 1, 2014)

The last piece of mail (November 3, 2014)

Mrs. Landingham: …if you think we’re right, and you won’t speak up ’cause you can’t be bothered, then, God, Jed, I don’t even want to know you.

This morning is west central Missouri.

If you can’t be bothered to vote in this election I don’t even want to know you.