Really?

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141055 12/29/2014 HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR David Farr 1 Fair Oaks Dr St Louis MO 63124 Emerson Electric CEO 12/29/2014 $15,000.00

You’ve got to wonder if he plays chess.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Do they want you to yawn? (December 23, 2014)

Campaign Finance: yet, it’s not weekly (December 16, 2014)

Campaign Finance: layaway (December 15, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Ooooh, we bet that made Catherine Hanaway (r) really, really nervous! (December 12, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Would direct deposit be more convenient? (December 9, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Every Tuesday (December 2, 2014)

Campaign Finance: through rain, through snow, through gloom of night… (November 25, 2014)

Campaign Finance: weekly retainer (November 18, 2014)

Campaign Finance: keeping up appearances (November 11, 2014)

Every time Rex Sinquefield signs a check a campaign consultant gets their wings… – part 2 (October 28, 2014)

Every time Rex Sinquefield signs a check a twenty-something campaign consultant gets their wings… (October 22, 2014)

Campaign Finance: making a choice (October 15, 2014)

Campaign Finance: a choice (October 1, 2014)

Campaign Finance: wachet auf (September 17, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Which side are you on? (June 30, 2014)

Campaign Finance: waking up at the end of the quarter (June 25, 2014)

Campaign Finance: different friends (June 14, 2014)

Campaign Finance: This probably qualifies as an oxymoron… (May 22, 2014)

In the last week at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C001135 11/13/2014 A BETTER MISSOURI WITH GOVERNOR JAY NIXON Carey & Danis LLC 8235 Forsyth Boulevard FL. 11 Saint Louis MO 63105 11/12/2014 $15,000.00

C001135 11/20/2014 A BETTER MISSOURI WITH GOVERNOR JAY NIXON Peabody Investments Corp. 701 Market Street Saint Louis MO 63101 11/18/2014 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Who knows?

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C031159 11/24/2013 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER Holman Schiavone, LLC 4600 Madison Suite 810 Kansas City MO 64112 11/22/2013 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

Previously:

Campaign Finance: expending political capital (November 16, 2013)

Campaign Finance: the Attorney General giveth away and the Attorney General taketh in (November 17, 2013)

Campaign Finance: they’re probably not going to produce the campaign commercials (November 24, 2013)

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission, first, from Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) campaign:

C001135 09/26/2011 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI UFCW Local 655 Elect Political Fund 300 Weidman Road Ballwin MO 63011 9/26/2011 $10,000.00

C001135 09/26/2011 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI Jeffrey Fort 7745 Spanish Lake Drive Las Vegas NV 89113 Self Business Investor 9/26/2011 $10,595.58

[emphasis added]

Hmm. That last one is an odd amount. Do you think he emptied out his piggy bank? Well, it could be that.

Then, there’s Lieutenant Governor (R) Peter Kinder‘s campaign getting those “plus one dollar” contributions after the long drought:

C091145 09/26/2011 FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Robert Hermann 777 Cella Road St Louis MO 63124 Retired Retired 9/26/2011 $5,001.00

C091145 09/26/2011 FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Menlo Smith 15009 Manchester Rd. # 284 Ballwin MO 63011 Sunmark Capital Corp. Chairman 9/26/2011 $5,001.00

C091145 09/26/2011 FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Hunter Engineering Company 11250 Hunter Drive Bridgeton MO 63044 9/26/2011 $5,001.00

C091145 09/26/2011 FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Randy Herzog 600 S Riverside Road St Joseph MO 64502 Herzog Contracting Executive 9/26/2011 $5,001.00

C091145 09/26/2011 FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Orscheln Management Co. 2000 US Hwy 63 South Moberly MO 65270 9/26/2011 $5,001.00

C091145 09/26/2011 FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Douglas Albrecht 16 Upper Ladue Road St Louis MO 63124 Bodley Group Executive 9/26/2011 $5,001.00

[emphasis added]

Just making sure that everyone else knows about their heavy hitter contributions to the beleaguered leading republican candidate (still, not officially) for governor?

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Keeping up with the Governor? Not so much – part 2 (September 23, 2011)

Campaign Finance: throwing good money after bad? (September 21, 2011)