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Secretary of State – Primary – August 6, 2024

07 Wednesday Aug 2024

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[2024 file photo]

Via Missouri Secretary of State:

State of Missouri – Primary Election, August 06, 2024
Unofficial Results
as of 8/7/2024 2:30:46 PM

Secretary of State 3566 of 3566 Precincts Reported

Valentina Gomez Republican 47,931 7.449%
Shane Schoeller Republican 108,289 16.829%
Denny Hoskins Republican 157,116 24.418%
Adam J. Schwadron Republican 32,335 5.025%
Jamie Corley Republican 46,314 7.198%
Dean Plocher Republican 86,659 13.468%
Mary Elizabeth Coleman Republican 72,938 11.335%
Mike Carter Republican 91,866 14.277%
Party Total: 643,448

Monique Williams Democratic 123,270 34.429%
Barbara Phifer Democratic 146,284 40.856%
Haley Jacobson Democratic 88,491 24.715%
Party Total: 358,045

Carl Herman Freese Libertarian 2,402 100.000%
Party Total: 2,402

Total Votes: 1,003,895

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Denny Hoskins (r) [2023 file photo]

Heh. A plurality of 24.418% of the vote. How much did that cost Denny Hoskins (r) and his friends?

Via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

And:

And:

That’s about $3.00 per vote.

To compare:

Barbara Phifer (D) [2021 file photo].

That comes to approximately 50 cents per vote.

Previously:

Solidarity – Medicaid Expansion – Rally and March – Jefferson City, Missouri – July 1, 2021 (July 1, 2021)

Apparently, “chickenshit” is an important concept in internal GOP discourse (April 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: a face in the crowd (August 3, 2024)

It sounded like a good idea at the time (July 12, 2024)

31st Senate District – Primary Election – August 6, 2024

06 Tuesday Aug 2024

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All that money in the republican primary. And our friends in organized labor could have spent their energy on the real pro-union Democrat instead.

Democrat Ray James will face republican Rick Brattin in the November General Election for the 31st Senate District seat.

Via Missouri Secretary of State:

State of Missouri – Primary Election, August 06, 2024
Unofficial Results
as of 8/6/2024 9:38:46 PM

State Senator – District 31 61 of 61 Precincts Reported

Rick Brattin Republican 11,028 46.966%
Michael Haffner Republican 6,440 27.426%
Dan Houx Republican 6,013 25.608%
Party Total: 23,481

Raymond L. James Democratic 6,040 100.000%
Party Total: 6,040

Total Votes: 29,521

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Ray James, the Democratic Party candidate in the 31st Senate District.

Rick Brattin [2016 file photo].

Our favorite Rick Brattin (r) image, courtesy of a right wingnut PAC:

Previously:

Some right wingnuts with money really hate Rick Brattin (r) (July 25, 2022)

Are you certain it wasn’t Rick Brattin (r)? (February 3, 2023)

Rick Brattin (r) and his franked list of personal phobias (July 3, 2024)

Campaign Finance: You get what they pay for (July 25, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the money behind the “school choice” voucher scam designed to defund public education (July 30, 2024)

Campaign Finance: You get what they pay for (July 25, 2024)

There is no such thing as a “moderate” republican (July 26, 2024)

Lazy and incurious (July 30, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Solidarity ain’t what it used to be (August 2, 2024)

Do tell us about China (August 2, 2024)

The last piece – with a twist (August 5, 2024)

Vote today – Primary

06 Tuesday Aug 2024

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Today is Primary Election Day in Missouri.

Via the Missouri Secretary of State web site:

“Polling places open at 6:00 a.m. and remain open until 7:00 p.m. Those individuals arriving after the polling place has closed will not be allowed to vote. However, those individuals in line at 7:00 p.m. will be allowed to vote.”

[2024 file photo]

When I went to my local polling place early this morning to cast my Democratic Party primary ballot there were right wingnuts electioneering in the parking lot outside the twenty-five foot polling place limit [RSMo §115.637.(18)]. One was wearing a Will Scharf (r) t-shirt and carrying labeled “Vetted Candidates” material. This is the first time I’ve seen electioneering at my polling place. I didn’t engage them.

With nine (apparently) right wingnuts (one with a flamethrower) in the republican gubernatorial primary, six right wingnuts in the republican Lt. Gov. primary, eight right wingnuts (one with a flamethrower – burning books) in the republican Secretary of State primary, and six right wingnuts in the republican State Treasurer primary we can be assured that the eventual republican candidates for the general election will probably get there with just a plurality of the vote, possibly with somewhere between 20-30% of the vote. In Missouri there are only runoff primaries in case of numerical ties among any number of candidates in the race [RSMo §115.515].

The republican primary for Attorney General has two right wingnut candidates who have been relentlessly attacking each other with the assistance of PACs spending in seven figures. We’re rooting for a scoreless tie.

The successful right wingnut republican candidates will, of course, have unlimited finds backing them in the General Election.

You can view statewide office primary, General Assembly primary, and initiative results at the Missouri Secretary of State web site after the polls close

For the results of local races and issues check your local election authority web site.

Do tell us about China

02 Friday Aug 2024

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Our favorite image of Rick Brattin (r):

In today’s mail:

Ironic, eh?

Via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

In the republican primary:

Certified Candidate List
2024 Primary Election
[….]

State Senator – District 31
Republican

Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed

Rick Brattin P. O. BOX 421 HARRISONVILLE MO 64701 45 2/27/2024

Michael Haffner PO BOX 407 RAYMORE MO 64083 821 2/27/2024

Dan Houx P. O. BOX 115 WARRENSBURG MO 64093 997 2/27/2024

We’re rooting for a scoreless tie.

Pass the popcorn.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: You get what they pay for (July 25, 2024)

There is no such thing as a “moderate” republican (July 26, 2024)

Lazy and incurious (July 30, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Solidarity ain’t what it used to be (August 2, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Solidarity ain’t what it used to be

02 Friday Aug 2024

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There is no such thing as a moderate republican. You’d think individuals and organizations would learn. Instead, they persist in wanting to believe in some mythical unicorn despite all evidence to the contray.

In today’s mail:

Venn Diagram of Right Wingnut Orthodoxy – not complete

A right wingnut republican touting an endorsement from the AFL-CIO?

Nothing from Missouri NEA, eh?

And just think of the juxtaposition of an endorsement from the Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA) with “Defends the 2nd Amendment and voted repeatedly to guarantee Missourians right to conceal and carry”. Missouri Association of School Administrators, too?

“Protecting our kids from liberal indoctrination in our schools”? Is that book banning or book burning? Just asking.

Try as I might, I haven’t been able to find an International Allied Printing Trades Council label – “union bug” – on any of these mailings. Solidarity forever.

Previously:

There is no such thing as a “moderate” republican (July 26, 2024)

Lazy and incurious (July 30, 2024)

Campaign Finance: salting the Earth

31 Wednesday Jul 2024

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for a PAC propping up Will Scharf (r) in the republican Attorney General primary:

232374 07/31/2024 Defend Missouri The Concord Fund 8300 Boone Blvd Vienna VA 22182 7/31/2024 $1,400,000.00

Who they’ve been attacking:

Who they’ve been supporting.

We’re rooting for a scoreless tie.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: making the rubble bounce higher (July 25, 2024)

Campaign Finance: even more bounce for the buck (July 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Cody (r) who?

31 Wednesday Jul 2024

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Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for a PAC supporting one of the right wingnut republicans in the primary for State Treasurer:

C190891 07/30/2024 Ozark Gateway Leadership PAC MO Majority PAC P O Box 651 Perryville MO 63775 7/29/2024 $10,000.00

C190891 07/30/2024 Ozark Gateway Leadership PAC Prosperity Alliance, Inc. 9480 Main Street #1188 Fairfax VA 22031 7/29/2024 $95,000.00

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What they’re spending their money on – “8 Day Before Primary Report” at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

Who benefits?:

Via the Missouri Secretary of State’s office:

Certified Candidate List
2024 Primary Election
[….]
State Treasurer
Republican

Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed

Cody Smith 1012 EUCLID BLVD CARTHAGE MO 64836 80 2/27/2024

Andrew Koenig 741 SHERWICK TERRACE MANCHESTER MO 63021 213 2/27/2024

Lori Rook 2832 S. INGRAM MILL RD. SUITE 100 SPRINGFIELD MO 65804 242 2/27/2024

Vivek Malek PO BOX 144 JEFFERSON CITY MO 65102 3/26/2024

Tina Goodrick 5102 MOCKINGBIRD LANE ST. JOSEPH MO 64506 3/26/2024

Karan Pujji 4441 BROWN RD BERKELEY MO 63134 3/26/2024

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One of six republicans in the primary, and not the current office holder.

Who else has been contributing (via the Missouri Ethics Commission)?:

C190891 06/28/2024 Ozark Gateway Leadership PAC Jennifer Monheiser 2580 Ranson Rd. Lees Summit MO 64082 KC Recycling and Waste Solutions Owner 6/28/2024 $6,850.00

C190891 07/02/2024 Ozark Gateway Leadership PAC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 Retired Retired 7/2/2024 $25,000.00

C190891 07/12/2024 Ozark Gateway Leadership PAC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 Retired Retired 7/12/2024 $25,000.00

C190891 07/16/2024 Ozark Gateway Leadership PAC New Day Healthcare 1839 E. Independence St Suite K Springfield MO 65804 7/16/2024 $10,000.00

C190891 07/18/2024 Ozark Gateway Leadership PAC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 Retired Retired 7/18/2024 $50,000.00

C190891 07/25/2024 Ozark Gateway Leadership PAC Viceroy Government Relations 101 S. Hanley Rd. Ste. 1280 St Louis MO 63105 7/24/2024 $5,004.17

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Pass the popcorn.

Campaign Finance: the smell of fear and popcorn

30 Tuesday Jul 2024

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the PAC propping up right wingnut Andrew Bailey (r) in the republican Attorney General primary:

C222296 07/30/2024 Liberty and Justice PAC Cheyenne International LLC 120 S Central Ave St Louis MO 63105 7/30/2024 $20,000.00

C222296 07/30/2024 Liberty and Justice PAC Ketchmark & McCreight, P.C. 11161 Overbrook Road Leawood KS 66211 7/29/2024 $250,000.00

C222296 07/30/2024 Liberty and Justice PAC D & R Morgan Property, LLC 112 South Hanley Road Clayton MO 63105 7/29/2024 $15,500.00

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What they and Rex Sinquefield are paying for – via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

All for Andrew Bailey (r):

Up to yesterday the Liberty and Justice PAC has spent a total of $4,967,221.87 on Andrew Bailey (r).

You get what you pay for:

Judge rules Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey can be questioned under oath
By: Jason Hancock – July 26, 2024 2:30 pm

A Clay County judge on Friday refused to reverse her order from earlier this month that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey answer questions under oath about conversations with a local official that may have violated legal ethics rules.

Judge Karen Krauser ordered Bailey to sit for a deposition after it was discovered he and a deputy met with a member of the Jackson County Legislature without the knowledge of the county’s attorneys.

Bailey filed a lawsuit in December over Jackson County’s property assessment process, and the Jackson County Legislature is a named defendant.

The meetings appear to have violated the rules of professional conduct set out by the Missouri Supreme Court, which prohibit attorneys from meeting with individuals involved in a lawsuit without the consent of their lawyer. Krauser ordered Bailey to answer questions under oath about the meetings from Jackson County’s attorneys.

[….]

Pass the popcorn:

Previously:

Campaign Finance: making the rubble bounce higher (July 25, 2024)

Campaign Finance: even more bounce for the buck (July 26, 2024)

Campaign Finance: fast turn around

27 Saturday Jul 2024

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C242989 07/27/2024 Missouri First Conservative PAC DACA Partners III LP 2 Huntleigh Woods St Louis MO 63131 7/26/2024 $300,000.00

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That’s a lot of money.

It’s a new PAC:

In their July 27, 2024 “Twenty-four Hour Expenditure Report”:

A new PAC takes out a $300,000.00 loan (with interest!) to fund direct mail against two of the six right wingnut republican Lieutenant Governor candidates. Go figure.

Holly Rehder (r) [2013 file photo].

You think Holly Rehder (r) is insulted about the penny difference? Just asking.

Via the Missouri Secretary of State’s office:

Certified Candidate List
2024 Primary Election

Lieutenant Governor
Republican

Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed

Holly Rehder 380 NATCHEZ TRACE SCOTT CITY MO 63780 324 2/27/2024

Dave Wasinger 11939 MANCHESTER ROAD SUITE 317 DES PERES MO 63131 348 2/27/2024

Lincoln Hough 662 S KICKAPOO SPRINGFIELD MO 65804 431 2/27/2024

Paul Berry III 11932 BARBARA MARYLAND HEIGHTS MO 63043 491 2/27/2024

Tim Baker PO BOX 122 ROBERTSVILLE MO 63072 3/1/2024

Matthew E. Porter 4577 AUSTIN KNOLL CT. SAINT CHARLES MO 63304 3/26/2024

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DACA Partners III LP 2 Huntleigh Woods St Louis MO 63131? Also via the Missouri Secretary of State’s office:

Heh. David Wasinger (r).

Pass the popcorn.

There is no such thing as a “moderate” republican

26 Friday Jul 2024

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In the mail from a PAC propping up Dan Houx (r) in the 31st Senate District primary:

A nice reminder that right wingnuts have controlled the Missouri General Assembly for over twenty years.

“…funding the National Guard at our Southern Border”

What did Arkansas ever do to us?

“Protecting our kids from liberal indoctrination in our schools”

He doesn’t want them to read, you know, books.

“Defend the 2nd Amendment and voted repeatedly to guarantee Missourians right to conceal and carry”

….In an average year, 1,288 people die and 2,312 are wounded by guns in Missouri. Missouri has the 8th-highest rate of gun violence in the US….

….In Missouri, the rate of gun deaths increased 70% from 2011 to 2020, compared to a 33% increase nationwide. The rate of gun suicides increased 37% and gun homicides increased 130% compared to a 12% increase and 70% increase nationwide, respectively….

“Balanced Missouri’s Budget…”

Missouri’s budget is balanced every year. It has to be. It’s a constitutional requirement.

“Keeping boys out of girls’ sports”

Yeah, like we’re all really worried about that.

“Made Missouri the most-pro-life state in the nation and defunded Planned Parenthood”

All by himself. Uh, Planned Parenthood provides health care services to women. Cutting that access is nothing to brag about.

There is no such thing as a “moderate” republican.