Governor Jay Nixon (D) filed his April quarterly campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission yesterday.
REPORT SUMMARY
JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 4/15/20112. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $1,667,744.67
13. Total All expenditures made this period $531,313.31
27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $2,070,485.22
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That’s a chunk of change. Let’s look at some of the contributions (it’s 135 pages in this report):
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL
JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 4/15/2011John Carley
P.O. Box 823
Buffalo MO 65622
n/a — retired
12/10/2010
$25.00Vivian Riche
1113 Old Logging Rd
Doe Run MO 63637
Retired Teacher — Retired
3/25/2011
$25.00W.C. Blow
13729 Waggoner Rd
Festus MO 63028-4531
Retired — retired
3/28/2011
$25.00Patricia Buehler
7533 Wayne
University City MO 63130
Self — Seamstress
12/10/2010
$15.00Mary Labrot
110 Northwood Avenue
Fredericktown MO 63645
retired — retired
12/14/2010
$30.00Donald Cowart
3925 S Bedford Ave
Independence MO 64055-3914
retired — retired
12/28/2010
$20.00Dominic Curcuru Sr.
36 Oxford Dr
Washington MO 63090-4622
Retired — retired
3/25/2011
$25.00Vera Arnhold
105 Cardinal Hill Rd
Winfield MO 63389-2708
Retired — retired
3/30/2011
$10.00
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You get the point.
Yeah, there are big bucks contributions in five figures from corporations, organized labor and the legal professions, too, but Democratic Party candidates can’t (shouldn’t and won’t) forget the people who support them and elect them to office. Right?
Let’s take a look at some of the expenditures:
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 4/15/2011
Imming Associates
20 Waterman Place
Saint Louis MO 63112
3/10/2011
Direct Mail
$4,514.00Renaissance Grand Hotel
800 Washington Avenue
Saint Louis MO 63101
11/30/2010
Venue Rental
$24,395.85Renaissance Grand Hotel
800 Washington Avenue
Saint Louis MO 63101
10/7/2010
Venue Rental
$3,200.00Hilton Hotels Capital
1100 16th St NW
Washington DC
2/24/2011
Lodging
$563.64Margaret Onken
2000 North Geyer
Saint Louis MO 63131
3/1/2011
Fundraising
$5,000.00Renaissance Grand Hotel
800 Washington Avenue
Saint Louis MO 63101
10/28/2010
Venue Rental
$3,200.00Renaissance Grand Hotel
800 Washington Avenue
Saint Louis MO 63101
12/10/2010
Venue Rental
$4,998.12Hilltop Public Solutions
1000 Potomac Street, NW Suite 500
Washington DC 20007
10/7/2010
Campaign Support
$10,609.75Kansas City Marriott Downtown
200 West 12th Street
Kansas City MO 64105
11/30/2010
Venue Rental
$19,298.45Margaret Onken
2000 North Geyer
Saint Louis MO 63131
3/17/2011
Fundraising
$5,000.00Margaret Onken
2000 North Geyer
Saint Louis MO 63131
10/14/2010
Fundraising
$5,000.00Margaret Onken
2000 North Geyer
Saint Louis MO 63131
1/14/2011
Fundraising
$5,000.00Margaret Onken
2000 North Geyer
Saint Louis MO 63131
11/30/2010
Fundraising
$5,000.00Bennett Petts & Normington
1010 Wisconsin Ave NW
Suite 208
Washington DC 20007
10/7/2010
Data
$29,400.00Bennett Petts & Normington
1010 Wisconsin Ave NW
Suite 208
Washington DC 20007
2/3/2011
Data
$30,800.00American Air Charter
18190 Edison Avenue
Chesterfield MO 63005
10/28/2010
Travel
$5,086.11Hilltop Public Solutions
1000 Potomac Street, NW Suite 500
Washington DC 20007
11/11/2010
Campaign Support
$10,410.25Contemporary Productions, LLC
190 Carondelet Plaza, Suite 1111
St. Louis MO 63105
11/30/2010
Event Production
$16,016.30Hilltop Public Solutions
1000 Potomac Street, NW Suite 500
Washington DC 20007
3/1/2011
Campaign Support
$13,056.81Hilltop Public Solutions
1000 Potomac Street, NW Suite 500
Washington DC 20007
3/1/2011
Campaign Support
$10,756.12Contemporary Productions, LLC
190 Carondelet Plaza, Suite 1111
St. Louis MO 63105
12/10/2010
Event Production
$15,346.31The Scholarship Fund
107 Reynolds Alumni Center
Columbia MO 65211
1/7/2011
Rental and Tickets
$44,801.00
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Fundraising, fundraising, and fundraising. Did we mention fundraising?
For Pete’s sake, this is a whole ‘nother league.