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Campaign Finance: making the rubble bounce in the 50th Legislative District

02 Friday Nov 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House

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50th Legislative District, campaign finance, House Republican Campaign Committee, HRCC, Michela Skelton, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commissiom, Sara Walsh

In August of 2017, via the Missouri Secretary of State:

State of Missouri – Special – State Legislative District 50 – August 08, 2017
State Representative – District 50, unexpired term
27 of 27 Precincts Reported
Sara Walsh Republican 3,741 52.103%
Michela Skelton Democratic 3,439 47.897%
Total Votes: 7,180

That was close. The rematch is on November 6th.

Michela Skelton (D) [2017 file photo].

The House Republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) is very interested in this race. At this point in the election cycle any campaign expenditure over $250.00 must be reported within twenty-four hours. The HRCC is spending serious money against Michela Skelton (D) in the 50th Legislative District.

Via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION DIRECT EXPENDITURE REPORT
11/1/2018HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, INC

Michela Skelton PO Box 441 Ashland MO 65010
Missouri State Representative HD50 [opposed]
10/31/2018 $70,026.65

Michela Skelton (D) should be flattered. That’s close to $20.00 a vote on behalf of Sara Walsh (r) based on the results of the 2017 special election.

Sara Walsh (r) [2018 file photo].

How have the candidates’ campaign fundraising been going? For Sara Walsh (r), the [now] incumbent:

C161082: Friends Of Sara Walsh
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 14
Ashland Mo 65010
Party Affiliation: Republican
Established Date: 03/08/2016
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – 8 Day Before General Election-11/6/2018
Beginning Money on Hand $41,280.62
Monetary Receipts + $11,063.63
Monetary Expenditures – $40,524.20
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($29,460.57)
Ending Money On Hand $11,820.05

And for Michela Skelton (D), the [again] challenger:

C171263: Friends Of Michela Skelton
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 441
Ashland Mo 65010
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Established Date: 09/13/2017
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – AMENDED 8 Day Before General Election-11/6/2018
Beginning Money on Hand $39,104.25
Monetary Receipts + $14,721.08
Monetary Expenditures – $35,255.38
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($20,534.30)
Ending Money On Hand $18,569.95

Well, there was a rough parity of sorts.

That $70,026.65 expenditure by the House Republican Campaign Committee seems a might bit excessive, don’t you think?

50th Legislative District – special election – that was close

08 Tuesday Aug 2017

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House

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50th Legislative District, Michela Skelton, missouri, Sara Walsh, special election

The special election to fill a vacancy in the 50th Legislative District was today. The results are in.

Michela Skelton (D) [2017 file photo].

From the Missouri Secretary of State site:

State of Missouri – Special – Legislative District 50 – August 8, 2017
Unofficial Results
as of 8/8/2017 9:25:50 PM
Office/Candidate Name Party Votes % of Votes
State Representative – District 50
27 of 27 Precincts Reported

Sara Walsh Republican 3,737 52.076%

Michela Skelton Democratic 3,439 47.924%
 
Total Votes:7,176

298 vote margin. That was close.

That’s what an unapologetic Democratic candidate and a disciplined campaign can do in what was considered a “safe” republican district.

Campaign Finance: at the last minute in the 50th Legislative District

05 Saturday Aug 2017

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House

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50th Legislative District, campaign finance, Michela Skelton, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, special election

The special election to fill the vacancy in the 50th Legislative District is on August 8th:

At the Missouri Ethics Commission, for Sara Walsh (r):

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
24 HOUR NOTICE OF LATE CONTRIBUTIONS/LOANS RECEIVED
C161082
Friends Of Sara Walsh 8/4/2017

Missouri Realtors PAC, Inc PO Box 30635 Columbia, MO 65205 8/4/2017 $1,000.00

Ameren Missouri PAC PO Box 780 Jefferson City, MO 65102 8/4/2017 $500.00

Alliance For Business & Technical Ed 101 E. High St. Jefferson City, MO 65101 8/4/2017 $500.00

[emphasis added]

For Michela Skelton (D):

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
24 HOUR NOTICE OF LATE CONTRIBUTIONS/LOANS RECEIVED
C171041
Friends Of Michela Skelton 8/2/2017

Taxpayer in Support of Public Education 1810 East Elm Street Jefferson City, MO 65101 8/1/2017 $500.00

EMILY’s List – NF Fund 1800 M Street NW Ste 375N Washington, DC 20036 8/1/2017 $1,500.00

[emphasis added]

And:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION 24 HOUR NOTICE OF LATE CONTRIBUTIONS / LOANS RECEIVED
C171041
Friends Of Michela Skelton 8/3/2017

GRASSROOTS VICTORY PAC 1225 I ST NW SUITE 1250 Washington, DC 20005 8/2/2017 $2,600.00

Missouri Democratic State Committee Po Box 719 Jefferson City, MO 65102 8/2/2017 $893.83

We’ll found out what worked on Tuesday night.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: HRCC spending with less than a week to go in the 50th Legislative District special election (August 2, 2017)

Campaign Finance: HRCC spending with less than a week to go in the 50th Legislative District special election

02 Wednesday Aug 2017

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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50th Legislative District, campaign finance, House Republican Campaign Committee, HRCC, Michela Skelton, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Sara Walsh, special election

From the House Republican Campaign Committee’s [HRCC] 8 day report (before the August 8th special election in the 50th Legislative District) filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR EXPENDITURE
7/31/2017 HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, INC [pdf]

Victory Enterprises 5200 30th Street SW Suite 7 Davenport IA 52802 7/24/2017 Social media services buy – opposition to Michela Skelton/Missouri $4,500.00

Victory Enterprises 5200 30th Street SW Suite 7 Davenport IA 52802 7/24/2017 Website construction – opposition to Michela Skelton/Missouri $750.00

Victory Enterprises 5200 30th Street SW Suite 7 Davenport IA 52802 7/24/2017 Media production opposition to Michela Skelton/Missouri House District 50 $1,300.00

Remington Research Group 1420 NW Vivion Road Suite 113 Kansas City MO 64118 7/24/2017 Survey research for and to be used by HRCC Inc $3,500.00

And what’s the Missouri Republican Party doing in the 50th Legislative District special election?:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
DIRECT EXPENDITURE REPORT
7/31/2017 MO Republican Party [pdf]

Sara Walsh PO Box 14 Ashland MO 65010 State Rep Dist 50 7/20/2017 $6,952.73

[emphasis added]

That was for direct mail.

And recent contributions received?:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED
7/31/2017 MO Republican Party

House Republican Campaign Committee PO Box 1313 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/19/2017 $10,000.00

House Republican Campaign Committee PO Box 1313 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/26/2017 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

The circle will be unbroken.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Eh, what’s up doc? – again (July 21, 2017)

Campaign Finance: What’s up with that? (July 23, 2017)

Campaign Finance: You were expecting anything else? (July 24, 2017)

What a friend we have in Putin

15 Saturday Jul 2017

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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50th Legislative District, Austin Stukins, Сделать Америку великой Снова, Michela Skelton, missouri, social media, Twitter

In the United State Constitution:

Article VI
….no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

There’s a special election coming up in the 50th Legislative District. This afternoon, from the Executive Director of the Missouri republican Party, attacking the Democratic Party candidate:

Austin Stukins‏ @austinstukins
.@SkeltonFor50 caught spewing communist manifesto. Tried to defend it using the Bible… funny thing is, she’s an agnostic. #blasphemy
4:05 PM – 15 Jul 2017

“Caught”? We never get out of junior high school.

Attacking your political opposition for “spewing” the communist manifesto? Didn’t that kind of language go out with high button shoes? Just asking.

They’re irony challenged, aren’t they?

#blasphemy? Really? Since when did we become a country where it’s accepted practice to question the religious orthodoxy or the religious beliefs of our political opponents?

Judy Baker (D): speaking up for organized labor

26 Sunday Mar 2017

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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50th Legislative District, Jefferson City, Judy Baker, Michaela Skelton, missouri, organized labor, right to get paid less, Unions

Yesterday afternoon supporters of organized labor in Missouri gathered in Jefferson for a small rally in the Capitol rotunda. Judy Baker (D) was one of the featured speakers:

Judy Baker (D) speaking in support of organized labor in Jefferson City, March 25, 2017.

Judy Baker (D): ….So, it’s a great day to rally. Why is it a great day to rally? And you are a rally whether you think so or not. Because, just yesterday you saw what could happen when people rise up, stand up for themselves and their neighbors, and this country. While there have been some grim days of late for our Democracy and so much has seemed lost, we must cling to conviction that our Democracy was built for moments like these for us to stand up…

[….]

But times like these require the best of us. It requires that we get up, stand up, rise up, and speak up. And that’s what we are doing today. When we come together as in past days of the labor movement we join hands, we lock arms, we march again and again. And as Martin Luther King, Jr. said, all progress is precarious. All progress is precarious. That phrase has come to live with us this past decade and culminated in the most under represented political system of our lifetime. Do you feel unrepresented? I feel unrepresented. A lot of people, the majority of this country, feels unrepresented.

Well, we’ve come here today, ever so small, but ever so mighty, to tell the powerful that we are awake. We are awake. Because of fear we have seen the rise of those who want to take us backwards. But we are awake. They want to restore some ideal they have in their mind when power was concentrated and they little guy served the master. But we are awake. They want to harken back to a day that never really existed. But we are awake.

[….]

…The tragedy [Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire] brought widespread attention to the dangers of sweatshop conditions in factories and led to the development of a series of laws, and yes, regulations, those terrible God awful things, that save people. The danger of fire in factories like the Triangle Shirtwaist was well known, but high levels of corruption in both the garment industry and city government generally insured that no useful precautions were taken to prevent fires. For a hundred and six years since the labor movement has worked hard to change that using the influence of joining together, leveraging bargaining power, and the power of marching, striking, and speaking up.

We stand here today to do the same, because the times call for it. The defeat of the [Republican] health care bill yesterday proves that we can make a difference. The people of the United States see that the doors are locked and being locked every day, they see that the ladders don’t reach to them, they see that the safety nets are broken. So they stood up, they marched, and they spoke up against the seriously flawed health care bill, a so-called fix, because we are awake.

The assault on worker’s rights is a national movement. It will take a national movement to take it back. While the GOP has had its way on right to work for less in Missouri this is not over. The people have yet to speak up and speak on it. And they will on a referendum. Missouri, prior to the passing of right to work, recently was considered a battleground state on the issue. We’re here today to show it is still a battleground state on the issue. We are here today to show it is still available to the voters to make up their minds.

The average worker in right to work states makes twelve point two percent less than other states. Missouri can’t afford that, frankly. The average worker is less likely to have health insurance. Right to work states have higher poverty, more infant mortality, weaker education systems, and higher workplace fatalities. The decline of unions in this country is directly correlated to the rise in income inequality and poverty. The transfer of wealth has been to the wealthy. Insuring worker’s rights insures all boats can rise together.

We need a Supreme Court that protects worker’s rights. We need to make sure that any changes to health care are not actually just tax breaks for the wealthy, while twenty-four million people get left behind. President Trump himself yesterday lost a two point five million dollar tax break to himself. You can clap. [applause]

We can’t expect the politically connected to give back power now. It will take the coordinated efforts of the many to take back this power. I am here today to do two things. Help rally hard working Missourians to action for the next election, to bring about change, elect people like Michela Skelton [in the 50th Legislative District], and build the wave we need to bring Missouri back to its roots of Democratic and working family values.

The best thing that we can do to rally is remember that rally is a verb. It means to gather, organize, and inspire anew. So, what will rally us? I think it is to refresh, and to commit to what it is we know to be true about our values and spend less talking about what we are against. And stand firm for what we are for. We will make change by empowering people to fight for and build our future.

One of my favorite Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes is, human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle, the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

You’ve proven today you are. This is us. This is who we are. We’re the ones who by our actions and voices can make a difference. And we must be on the lookout for anyone who’ll put party before people.

When you woke up today you realized you were powerful. You were worthy of standing up. And others were worthy to stand up for. When you woke up today you realized this movement can happen without you, but will be better with you. When you woke up today you remembered what you were passionate about. We are awake. And being so, think of all we can do. There is much to be done and the times demand it. Let’s do this together.

If you can’t go door to door, then write a note. If you can’t write a note, then make a call. If you can’t make a call, then send a contribution. If you can, do all of these things. Just stay awake.

Let’s unlock the doors, extend the ladders, and strengthen the safety nets. We can do this together.

Thank you for being here. Let’s get to work. [applause]

Michela Skelton (D) after speaking in support of organized labor in Jefferson City, March 25, 2017.

Previously:

You got that right (March 25, 2017)

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