The 51st Legislative District encompasses portions of Warrensburg and Johnson County, part of Pettis County, and a significant amount of Saline County. In 2012 the open seat race was decided by a relatively narrow margin:

State Representative – District 51 (22 of 22 Precincts Reported)

Gary L. Grigsby Democrat 6,244 46.4%

Dean A. Dohrman Republican 6,714 49.9%

Bill Wayne Libertarian 504 3.7%

Total Votes 13,462

This, after republican interests dumped a lot of cash and radio ads in the district.

There’s going to be a rematch. And the third quarter 2013 campaign finance reports have been filed and are available at the Missouri Ethics Commission

Dean Dohrman (r) (left) and Gary Grigsby (D) (right). [file photos]

The overall numbers, first, for Dean Dohrman (r), the incumbent:

REPORT SUMMARY

COMMITTEE TO ELECT DEAN DOHRMAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE [pdf] 10/14/2013

1. Total Receipts For This Election Previously Reported $2,490.34

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $7,375.00

10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $2,371.64

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $5,554.15

[emphasis added]

Meh.

For Gary Grigsby (D):

REPORT SUMMARY

GRIGSBY FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 10/14/2013

1. Total Receipts For This Election Previously Reported $0.00

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $10,005.31

10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $0.00

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $10,005.31

[emphasis added]

Oh, yes, this race is going to be interesting. Very interesting. Dean Dohrman (r) votes in Jefferson City like he won the last election by twenty-five points. That is far from the reality. And now he has an extensive legislative record of right wingnut crazy. You can bet voters in the 51st Legislative District are going to hear a lot about that this time around.

The contributions:

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

COMMITTEE TO ELECT DEAN DOHRMAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE [pdf] 10/14/2013

Glazer’s Missouri PAC

101 E High St

Jefferson City MO 65101

7/1/2013

$250.00

AMEC PAC

2722 East McCarty St

Jefferson City MO 65101

7/11/2013

$250.00

Ditzfeld Transfer

305 Curry Dr

Sedalia MO 65301

7/12/2013

$400.00

MO Beer Wholesalers PAC

13535 Bahnfyre Dr

St Louis MO 63128

7/20/2013

$250.00

Home Builders Industry PAC

10104 Old Olive St Rd

St Louis MO 63141

7/20/2013

$325.00

William Riggins

225 Harrison

Marshall MO 65340

Economic Development Director

7/22/2013

$400.00

Friends of Caleb Jones

PO Box 5

California MO 65018

7/22/2013

$1,000.00

Friends of Tilley

100 S Jackson

Perryville MO 63775

7/22/2013

$250.00

MAPAC

PO Box 1785

Jefferson City MO 65102

7/22/2013

$300.00

Centurytel, Inc

PO Box 4065

Monroe LA 71211

7/22/2013

$250.00

Independent Electrical Contractors PAC

12704 Pennridge Dr

Bridgeton MO 63044

7/22/2013

$150.00

Friends of Diehl

2404 White Stable Rd

Town and Country MO 63131

7/27/2013

$1,000.00

Missouri State Assessors Association

PO Box 339

New London MO 63459

8/6/2013

$500.00

MOSFA PAC, Inc

121 Madison St

Jefferson City MO 65101

8/9/2013

$500.00

MSI Corporate

730 Cool Springs Blvd

Franklin TN 37067

8/29/2013

$500.00

Friends of Diehl

2404 White Stable Rd

Town and Country MO 63131

9/4/2013

($2,000.00 [aggregate]) $1,000.00

[emphasis added]

Not very many little old ladies on that list, eh? Well, maybe not completely:

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $50.00

[emphasis added]

The fundraising statement (to “Play Golf with Representative Stanley Cox and Representative Dean Dohrman. Sponsorships & entry fees”) might explain the dearth of $15.00 checks.

Somebody has an interest in state government while the teabagger populace is distracted by shiny baubles.

We’re not surprised. Dean Dohrman (r) has been an amiable tool for the republican leadership and the lunatic fringe in the Missouri General Assembly. But, I repeat myself.

The contributions for Gary Grigsby (D):

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

GRIGSBY FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 10/14/2013

Taunia Adams

805 S Roache St

California MO 65018

Van Adams’ Law Firm — ParaLegal

9/27/2013

$100.00

Ruth Doyle

302 Johnson Dr

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired

9/26/2013

$250.00

Deems – Babs Brooks

PO Box 777

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired

9/26/2013

$50.00

Osborne for State Representative

510 Kirkpatrick St

Odessa MO 64076

9/26/2013

$1,000.00

Wesley – Marilyn True

532 Hamilton St

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired

9/27/2013

$100.00

Terry – Mary Yunt

1407 Northfield Park Blvd

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired

9/27/2013

$50.00

Edgar Lakin

5620 SW Hawick Lane

Topeka KS 66614

Retired

9/27/2013

$250.00

Fred Wilson

108 Meadow Ln

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired

9/27/2013

$50.00

Larry Meyer

13 NW 515

Warrensburg MO 64093

Self Employed

9/28/2013

$200.00

Charles Owings

411 SW 200

Centerview MO 64019

Farmer

9/26/2013

$50.00

Eva Thomas

5712 Cherry

Kansas City MO 64110

Retired

9/27/2013

$50.00

Kenneth Brown

614 Darrow St.

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired

9/26/2013

$50.00

Winifred Soper

517 Ash St.

Slater MO 65349

Retired

9/27/2013

$50.00

Louise Blumhorst

762 S. English

Marshall MO 65340

Retired

9/26/2013

$25.00

William Brame

507 Streck Ct Apt D

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired

9/28/2013

$250.00

Karen Williamson-Hurst

315 E Gay St

Warrensburg MO 64093

Housewife

9/27/2013

$50.00

Monica Penrose

1693 NW 615

Kingsville MO 64061

Cass County — Deputy Prosecutor

9/28/2013

$100.00

Peggy Cochran

PO Box 890

Rocky Mount MO 65072

Retired

9/27/2013

$100.00

JC Owsley

Rt 91, Box 1894

Cross Timbers MO 65634

Farmer

9/29/2013

$50.00

Resa Dudley

902 S Oak

California MO 65018

Dept of Nat Resources — Misc Professional

9/28/2013

$25.00

Charlotte Shaffer

160 SW 101

Warrensburg MO 64093

Housewife

9/30/2013

$25.00

Judy Vickrey

1700 Sunrise St

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired

9/30/2013

$50.00

Joyce Bailey

405 Hamilton

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired

9/30/2013

$50.00

Selene Nikaido

227 NE 71

Warrensburg MO 64093

Warrensburg School District

9/30/2013

$100.00

Gail Hughes

1005 Pamela Dr.

California MO 65018

Retired

9/29/2013

$100.00

Vonnieta Trickey

11328 Claywell Rd

Russellville MO 65074

Unknown

9/29/2013

$100.00

Jeanette Welch

232 NW 51

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired

9/26/2013

$50.00

Harold Schwartz

27128 Marina Ln

Barnett MO 65011

Retired

9/29/2013

$20.00

Susan Cook

2909 Sue Drive

Jefferson City MO 65109

MASW — Office & Operations Manager

9/29/2013

$25.00

Charles Fenner

18775 Hwy YY

Marshall MO 65340

Self Employed/Saline County — Farmer/Commissioner

9/28/2013

$100.00

Richard Pemberton

30521 E. Highway 41

Marshall MO 65340

Farmer

9/28/2013

$100.00

Mildred Conner

15045 Hwy 20

Malta Bend MO 65339

Retired

9/30/2013

$100.00

Rosamae Bentley

28512 Watermill Road

Marshall MO 65340

Retired

9/29/2013

$25.00

Joe Pac

7086 Richmond Ctr

St Louis MO 63105

9/28/2013

$5,000.00

Irene Sims

24324 Wildcat Rd

Marshall MO 65340

Unknown

9/30/2013

$25.00

Deleta Williams

110 E. Hale Lake Rd

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired

9/30/2013

$50.00

Nellie Grigsby

413 E North St, Apt 16

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired

9/28/2013

$125.00

Kile Guthrey Jr

25615 Hwy F

Miami MO 65344

Retired

9/30/2013

$100.00

Carl Foster

1424 Grandview Dr.

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired

9/30/2013

$25.00

Mary Peterson

503 E Eastwood St

Marshall MO 65340

Retired

9/30/2013

$25.00

Rebecca Limback

1102 Tyler

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired

9/30/2013

$35.00

Frank Swisher

22689 N Saline 65 Hwy

Marshall MO 65340

Retired

9/30/2013

$250.00

Dorothy Clements

37309 Koala Ave

Miami MO 65344

Retired

9/30/2013

$20.00

Daniel Morgan

429 NE 500

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired

9/30/2013

$100.00

Bernadette Cleary

1635 The Oaks

Marshall MO 65340

Retired

9/27/2013

$100.00

Nellie Grigsby

413 E North St, Apt 16

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired

9/30/2013

$150.00

Kari Wiss

3024 S Black Forest Ave

Blue Springs MO 64015

Developing Potential — Director of Operations

9/28/2013

$100.00

Dennis Cochran

PO Box 191

Holden MO 64040

Student

9/30/2013

$25.00

Gary Grigsby

110 E Market St

Warrensburg MO 64093

Self Employed — Music Store

9/30/2013

$175.00

Gary Grigsby

303 S Mitchell

Warrensburg MO 64093

CANDIDATE

9/30/2013

$5.31

[emphasis added]

Nice touch. $5.31.

One PAC. No indication that there are any golfers on the list.

That’s a difference in the grass roots there, don’t you think?  

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Dean Dohrman (r) in the 51st Legislative District (November 11, 2012)

Campaign Finance: Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r) – FEC October quarterly report (October 11, 2011)

Dean Dohrman (r) is somewhat adept at showing up for photo ops at the state institutions important to his district, this after screwing them in Jefferson City:

Bill signing Kabuki (July 12, 2013)

And the really, really important legislation Dean Dohrman (r) supports:

SB 267 – wingnut dogma – there’s no such thing as a moderate republican (May 11, 2013)

SB 265: tinfoil hats – there’s no such thing as a moderate republican (May 11, 2013)

HB 436: nullification – there’s no such thing as a moderate republican (May 10, 2013)

HB 42: Why do anything productive when you can cater to right wingnut paranoids instead? (April 9, 2013)

HB 46: twiddling while Rome burns (April 6, 2013)

HB 732: we don’t need to talk about that (February 27, 2013)

HB 400: apparently wire coat hangers aren’t considered a chemical (February 2, 2013)

Previously:

HB 436: loonier than Wayne LaPierre at a press conference (February 5, 2013)

National Firearms Act (NFA)

….Firearms subject to the 1934 Act included shotguns and rifles having barrels less than 18 inches in length, certain firearms described as “any other weapons,” machineguns, and firearm mufflers and silencers….

Uh that would be sawed off shotguns, fully automatic machineguns, and silencers.

FIRST REGULAR SESSION

[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]

SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 436

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1204S.04T          2013

AN ACT

To repeal sections 21.750, 571.030, 571.101, 571.107, 571.117, and 590.010, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof fourteen new sections relating to firearms, with a penalty provision.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

[….]

3. (1) All federal acts, laws, orders, rules, and regulations, whether past, present, or future, which infringe on the people’s right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 23 of the Missouri Constitution shall be invalid in this state, shall not be recognized by this state, shall be specifically rejected by this state, and shall be considered null and void and of no effect in this state.

           (2) Such federal acts, laws, orders, rules, and regulations include, but are not limited to:

           (a) The provisions of the federal Gun Control Act of 1934;

           (b) The provisions of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968…

[….]

[bold emphasis in original, underline emphasis added]

In the Journal of the Missouri House for May, 8, 2013:

[….]

2273 Journal of the House [pdf]

On motion of Representative Funderburk, SCS HCS HB 436, as amended, was truly agreed

to and finally passed by the following vote:

AYES: 116

Allen Anderson Austin Bahr Bernskoetter

Berry Black Brattin Brown Burlison

Cierpiot Conway 10 Conway 104 Cookson Cornejo

Cox Crawford Curtman Davis Diehl

Dohrman Dugger Elmer Engler English

Entlicher Fitzpatrick Fitzwater Flanigan Fowler

Fraker Frame Franklin Frederick Funderburk

Gannon Gatschenberger Gosen Grisamore Guernsey

Haahr Hampton Hansen Harris Hicks

Higdon Hinson Hodges Hoskins Hough

Houghton Hubbard Hurst Johnson Jones 50

Justus Keeney Kelley 127 Koenig Kolkmeyer

Korman Lair Lant Lauer Leara

Love Lynch Marshall Mayfield McCaherty

McGaugh McKenna Messenger Miller Moon

Morris Muntzel Neely Neth Parkinson

Pfautsch Phillips Pike Pogue Redmon

Rehder Reiboldt Remole Rhoads Richardson

Riddle Roorda Ross Rowden Rowland

Scharnhorst Schatz Schieber Schieffer Shull

Shumake Smith 120 Solon Sommer Spencer

Stream Swan Thomson Torpey Walker

White Wieland Wilson Wood Zerr

Mr Speaker

NOES: 038

Anders Barnes Butler Carpenter Colona

Curtis Dunn Ellinger Ellington Englund

Hummel Kirkton Kratky LaFaver May

McCann Beatty McDonald McManus McNeil Meredith

Mitten Montecillo Morgan Newman Nichols

Norr Otto Pace Peters Pierson

Rizzo Runions Schupp Smith 85 Swearingen

Walton Gray Webb Wright

PRESENT: 000

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 009

Burns Cross Gardner Haefner Kelly 45

Lichtenegger Mims Molendorp Webber

Representative Diehl declared the bill passed.

Speaker Jones resumed the Chair.

[….]

[emphasis added]

Yes, you got that right. A veto proof majority in the Missouri General Assembly voted to nullify federal prohibitions of sawed off shotguns, fully automatic machineguns, and silencers.

Forget seersucker. It looks like scratchy gray wool uniforms are back in vogue. [That sarcastic reference to the last serious nullification disagreement which was settled almost 150 years ago came from someone else on the Internets.]

There’s even more right wingnutty goodness in HB 436:

….6. Any official, agent, or employee of the United States government who enforces or attempts to enforce any of the infringements on the right to keep and bear arms included in subsection 3 of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor….

[emphasis in original]

Oh, that’ll cost a lot of money to litigate all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

It looks like Representative Dean Dohrman (r) has earned his keep.

And Representative Denny Hoskins (r) is running for a leadership position:

Denny Hoskins, CPA

Missouri House of Representatives

District 54

Capitol Report

May 10th, 2013

[….]

….I am pleased to officially announce my candidacy for Speaker Pro Tem of the Missouri House of Representatives. As you may, or may not know, Rep. Jason Smith, current Speaker Pro Tem, is running for the vacant Congressional seat in Missouri’s 8th district. I believe I have the experience, character, and conviction needed to fill the position. Speaker Pro Tem is selected by a vote of my House colleagues, many of whom have already expressed their support of my candidacy….

[….]

Heh. Service is its own reward.    

Previously: Election 2012: 51st Legislative District (November 6, 2011)

Via the Missouri Secretary of State:

State Representative – District 51 (22 of 22 Precincts Reported)

Gary L. Grigsby Democrat 6,236 46.4%

Dean A. Dohrman Republican 6,706 49.9%

Bill Wayne Libertarian 504 3.7%

Total Votes 13,446

It wasn’t exactly a landslide. Looking at the county results makes it appear even less so, via the Missouri Secretary of State:

State Representative – District 51 – County

Johnson

Gary L. Grigsby DEM – 2,459

Dean A. Dohrman REP – 2,610

Bill Wayne LIB – 242

Pettis

Gary L. Grigsby DEM – 360

Dean A. Dohrman REP – 1,190

Bill Wayne LIB – 53

Saline

Gary L. Grigsby DEM – 3,417

Dean A. Dohrman REP – 2,906

Bill Wayne LIB – 209

Saline County didn’t go very well for Dean Dohrman (r), did it? As for the others, what would help the margin? Money.

Dean Dohrman (r) (left) with Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r) (center) at the Governor’s Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia on July 16, 2012. Gee, you think Dean Dohrman (r) regretted wearing that Akin (r) sticker three days later?

As for ideology, Dean Dohrman (r) found himself in familiar right wingnut company (from his campaign web site):

Right to Life

I believe that life should be protected from conception to natural end.

That’s all of it. No word on what Dean Dohrman (r) thinks about Todd Akin’s (r) or Richard Mourdock’s (r) opinions on the subject.

We’ll look forward to reporting on those future votes against war and to repeal the death penalty.

Gun Rights

My thoughts on a man or woman’s right to bear arms.

Does this foreshadow a future vote in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment?

Role of States

Our Founders established a system of separation of powers and checks and balances.  In Federalist 45, James Madison stated that the primary function of the federal government is national defense and the bulk of other government falls upon the states.  Obviously, this has been lost over the years, and we need to return to the original concept of Madison.  The government closest to the people is the best government.

Ah, a tenther. As if the Constitution and over two hundred years of precedent and stare decisis don’t matter.

Let’s look at the money, starting with a lot of late money for direct mail coming from the Missouri republican party (via the Missouri Ethics Commission):

DIRECT EXPENDITURE REPORT

MO REPUBLICAN PARTY [pdf] 11/2/2012

Dean Dohrman P.O. Box 234 La Monte MO 65337-0234 Representative 51 11/1/2012 $10,654.29

[emphasis added]

On the same report:

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

MO REPUBLICAN PARTY 11/2/2012

King Strategic Communications 4605 Morse Road Suite 201 Columbus OH 43230 11/1/2012 IE direct mail Dohrman $10,654.29

[emphasis added]

It’s the same expenditure, it has to be reported under both categories (who they gave the money to for the mailing and the candidate on who’s behalf they directed that mail).

But, wait, there’s more:

CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY SINGLE DONOR – TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTION

C111221 COMMITTEE TO ELECT DEAN DOHRMAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE [pdf] 10/29/2012

House Republican House [sic] Committee Inc PO Box 1313 Jefferson City, MO 65102 10/29/2012 $13,080.50

[emphasis added]

And what did the HRCC spend all that money on?:

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC [pdf] 10/30/2012

Victory Enterprises 5200 30th Street SW Suite 7 Davenport IA 52802-3039 10/29/2012 Radio Buy-D. Dohrman $13,080.50

[emphasis added]

Over $13,000.00 on radio in a really small media market? That doesn’t even leave room for regular programming.

So, big money from outside the district floods in from republican campaign committees funded by big dollar donors and the beneficiary manages to lose in county with the largest population in the district? And the candidate barely manages to eke out a win overall against a severely underfunded opponent? Hallelujah! That’d be a considered a mandate for a right wingnut.

Wait, there’s even more, via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

Committee Expenditures for Candidates

Report Year: 2012 Last Name: Dohrman

Dean Dohrman PO Box 234 La Monte MO 65337 House 51 Support 07/18/2012 $17.70 MO RIGHT TO LIFE PAC 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/7/2012

Dean Dohrman PO Box 234 La Monte MO 65337 House 51 Support 10/10/2012 $11.81 MO RIGHT TO LIFE PAC 8 Day Before General Election-11/6/2012

Dean Dohrman PO Box 234 La Monte MO 65337 House 51 Support 10/18/2012 $25.35 MO RIGHT TO LIFE PAC 8 Day Before General Election-11/6/2012

Dean Dohrman PO Box 234 La Monte MO 65337 House 51 Support 10/29/2012 $23.39 MO RIGHT TO LIFE PAC 24 Hour Expenditure Report-11/6/2012 General

[emphasis added]

What? Mail lists? Phones?

This Missouri Right to Life:

Missouri Right to Life president writes impassioned plea for support for Akin

By Rudi Keller

Posted August 25, 2012 at 11:18 a.m.

….”Over the course of this past week, Missouri Right to Life has been inundated with requests for interviews regarding Todd Akin. We responded by issuing a statement in support of Cong. Akin’s defense of the life of an unborn child conceived in rape. Nothing has changed with the MRL PAC endorsement of Cong. Akin for the U.S. Senate.

“Cong. Akin’s statement defending the lives of unborn children conceived in rape has been misinterpreted and attacked by the media, anti-life extremists, and many squeamish Republicans who lack the intestinal fortitude to defend their own platform which states: ‘we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed.’

“While Cong. Akin stumbled in making the point that there is a difference between a rape assault and statutory rape, and the incidence of pregnancy resulting from rape is low, his statement to not punish an innocent child for the crime of the father and defending the life of that child is what really has the anti-life extremists so exorcised….

Nah, Dean Dohrman (r) probably wasn’t concerned about wearing that Todd Akin (r) sticker at the State Fair.

Wait, there’s even more. Who are some of those big dollar contributors?:

24 HOUR NOTICE OF LATE CONTRIBUTIONS / LOANS RECEIVED C111221 [pdf]

COMMITTEE TO ELECT DEAN DOHRMAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE

Friends of Todd Richardson PO Box 1226 Poplar Bluff, MO 63902 10/30/2012 [$]500.00

[emphasis added]

24 HOUR NOTICE OF LATE CONTRIBUTIONS / LOANS RECEIVED C111221 [pdf]

COMMITTEE TO ELECT DEAN DOHRMAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE

Parson For State Senate 940 N Redel Place Bolivar, MO 65613 11/1/2012 [$]1,000.00

Citizens For Hoskins PO Box 118 Warrensburg, MO 64093 11/1/2012 [$]500.00

[emphasis added]

There’s more, from the “8 Day Before General Election” report:

CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED

COMMITTEE TO ELECT DEAN DOHRMAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE [pdf] 10/29/2012

Friends of Diehl 2404 White Stable Rd Town and Country MO 63131 10/9/2012 $1,000.00

Citizens For Hinson PO Box 67 St Clair MO 63077 10/15/2012 $250.00

Friends of Caleb Jones PO Box 5 California MO 65018 10/19/2012 $250.00

[emphasis added]

Gee, that’s a chunk of republican politicians from outside the district kicking in.

What have we here, a “wink, wink, nod, nod” shell game? (from the same 8 day report):

EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE

COMMITTEE TO ELECT DEAN DOHRMAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE [pdf] 10/29/2012

C. Contributions Made (Regardless of Amount)

HRCC PO Box 1313 Jefferson City MO 65101 10/10/2012 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Why, yes, that’s the same [sic] republican committee that dropped $13,080.50 in radio in the district on behalf of Dean Dohrman (r).

From Dean Dohrman’s (r) campaign web site, a quick mention of education:

Job Growth

The government cannot grow the economy.  There are certain public services and works that must be paid for, police, education, roads and bridges, but these functions do not provide the growth needed for a healthy economy.  The best way to reach prosperity is for the government to provide an environment where entrepreneurs and workers can thrive.  Individual motivation, innovation, and competition are the keys to Missouri’s future.

We look forward to covering Dean Dohrman’s (r) constituent town halls. Especially in the three counties with higher education institutions.

Via the Missouri Secretary of State:

State Representative – District 51 (22 of 22 Precincts Reported)

Gary L. Grigsby Democrat 6,236 46.4%

Dean A. Dohrman Republican 6,706 49.9%

Bill Wayne Libertarian 504 3.7%

Total Votes 13,446

Unlimited money and attack mail from the Missouri republican party win the day.

We’ve been covering the retail politics Gary Grigsby’s (D) 51st Legislative District campaign. Last night he advanced to the general election, garnering two thirds of the vote in his primary race.

Gary Grigsby (D) at the Johnson County Courthouse last night getting results by phone from the two other counties in the 51st Legislative District.

Via the Missouri Secretary of State:

Office / Candidate Name Votes % of Votes

State Representative – District 51 (22 of 22 Precincts Reported)

Gary L. Grigsby DEM 1,303 66.9%

Raymond F. Kinney DEM 646 33.1%

Dean A. Dohrman REP 2,588 100%

Bill Wayne LIB 26 100%

Total Votes 4,563

[emphasis added]

Previously:

Gary Grigsby (D) in the 51st Legislative District: retail politics (August 4, 2012)

Signs: Party, what party? (July 14, 2012)

Interview with Gary Grigsby (D), candidate in the 51st Legislative District (May 26, 2012)

For the candidates with primary opponents this is the last weekend before the election on Tuesday to get some campaigning in.

Gary Grigsby, a Democratic party candidate in the 51st Legislative District, sets out for some last weekend before the primary campaigning.

Unlike many of the statewide campaigns and some state senate races with their very large media budgets – you’ve seen the television commercials – most House candidates work the phones, go door to door, put up signs, run a few newspaper ads and drop a few home grown mail pieces. The mail and other contacts are directed at frequent voters – those people who actually bother to show up and vote in off year, primary, and local issue elections. On Tuesday evening the candidates will find out if it all worked.

It’s retail politics the way it should be.

This past week we sat down to speak with Gary Grigsby (D), a Democratic Party candidate in the 51st Legislative District. The district extends from the eastern part Warrensburg in Johnson County, through parts of western Pettis County, into Marshall in Saline County. Gary Grigsby has owned and operated a small business in downtown Warrensburg for a number of years, lives in Johnson County, and was raised in Saline County. We spoke about the economy, jobs, and education:

Video by Jerry Schmidt.

Previously:

Unofficial Primary Results: 122nd Legislative District (August 3, 2010)

122nd Legislative District: April 2010 campaign finance reports (April 23, 2010)

Gary Grigsby at Missouri Boys State (June 22, 2008)

What’s a republican incumbent to do? The Appellate Apportionment Commission cut Representative Denny Hoskin’s (r) base out from under him.

The map of the new 51st Legislative District, including the eastern half of Warrensburg, part of Pettis County, and the city of Marshall in Saline County – from the Appellate Apportionment Commission.

Denny Hoskins (r) lives approximately two and a half miles from the far southwest corner of the new 51st Legislative District. A district which, at close to fifty miles from corner to corner, includes a good chunk of Saline County and the city of Marshall in Representative Joe Aull’s (D) old district. Representative Aull (D) cannot run again due to term limits.

Knob Noster, in eastern Johnson County and a significant contributor to Hoskin’s margin in 2008 (a narrow victory with a recount), is now lumped in with Sedalia in the new 52nd Legislative District. On the other side, Warrensburg is cut in half, with the University of Central Missouri (and those presidential election year student voters in the dorms) in the new 54th Legislative District.

Let’s take look at that new 51st Legislative District:

Appellate Apportionment Commission

House Redistricting Plan

Election Returns Data [pdf]

2002 through 2010 Merged, 2008 and 2010

November 30, 2011

District 51

% Democratic 02 to 10 58.5%

% Republican 02 to 10 41.5%

% Democratic 2008 55.7%

% Republican 2008 44.3%

% Democratic 2010 51.1%

% Republican 2010 48.9%

Whoa. A 58.5% Democratic performing district, with a 51.1% performance in 2010 when Democrats didn’t bother voting? 2012 won’t be 2010.

And to further demonstrate that the Appellate Apportionment Commission has a sick sense of humor and is well attuned to karma, the Missouri Valley Community Action Agency is located in Marshall. Uh, oh.

From September 2010:

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r) and the Film Festival: that was then, this is now – part 2 (September 28, 2010)

The saga of a small town film festival, a desperate republican politician, teabaggers and the stimulus continues.

Remember this, from Representative Denny Hoskins’ (r-noun, verb, CPA) September 20, 2010 Capitol Report?:

…My own questions were based on those I received from constituents concerning the film festival.  As you can see, I did not request funding be withheld or rescinded.  I simply asked how people who need assistance would be helped by the film festival.  Since the film festival was held, I have received even more questions from constituents.  The idea of a film festival or similar event to shine a spotlight on the Warrensburg community is not in itself a bad idea.  How to pay for this event is what concerns me…

[emphasis added]

In today’s Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal, front page, above the fold:

9/28/2010 1:44:00 PM

Spotlight still shines on film fest [broken link]

Jack Miles

Editor

….Rep. Denny Hoskins took partial credit for the withdrawal of funds in a Sept. 10 release labeled, “Rep. Denny Hoskins helps recover Social Services funding inappropriately used….”

Apparently it’s really convenient to immediately claim credit when teabaggers have been complaining and it’s also really convenient to walk it all back when more rational constituents wonder what the big to do was all about….

And, according to RBH (via e-mail), the population breakdown in the new 51st Legislative District is:

HD51 population split by county

Johnson: 13156

Pettis: 3834

Saline: 18449

The results in the 26th Legislative District (Marshall and Saline County) in 2010?:

Official Election Returns

State of Missouri General Election  – November 2, 2010 General Election

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

As announced by the Board of State Canvassers

on Tuesday, November 30, 2010

State Representative – District 26 – Summary

Precincts Reporting 28 of 28

 Aull, Joe DEM 9,271 100.0%

Total Votes   9,271

State Representative – District 26 – County

Aull, Joe   DEM

 LAFAYETTE 3,945

 SALINE 5,326

That’s right, no republican bothered to run in 2010, a republican teabagger year.

And 2008?:

Official Election Returns

State of Missouri General Election  – 2008 General Election

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

As announced by the Board of State Canvassers

on Tuesday, December 02, 2008

State Representative – District 26 – Summary

Precincts Reporting 30 of 30

 Aull, Joe DEM 13,211 100.0%

Total Votes   13,211

State Representative – District 26 – County

Aull, Joe   DEM

 LAFAYETTE 5,647

 SALINE 7,564

Again. It’s the same story in 2006.

In 2004:

Official Election Returns

State of Missouri General Election

Tuesday, November 02, 2004

As announced by the Board of State Canvassers

on Wednesday, December 01, 2004

State Representative – District 26 – County

[….]

SALINE

Aull, Joe DEM 5,989

Begley, Kevin  REP 2,539

That’s a huge margin.

This doesn’t look very good for Representative Denny Hoskins (r). There may be an out:

Missouri Constitution

Article III

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

Section 4

Qualifications of representatives.

Section 4. Each representative shall be twenty-four years of age, and next before the day of his election shall have been a qualified voter for two years and a resident of the county or district which he is chosen to represent for one year, if such county or district shall have been so long established, and if not, then of the county or district from which the same shall have been taken.

Source: Const. of 1875, Art. IV, § 4.

[….]

Since the Appellate Apportionment Commission came up with the new districts less than a year before the 2012 election, does “…if such county or district shall have been so long established, and if not, then of the county or district from which the same shall have been taken….” mean that Denny Hoskins can run in the 54th Legislative District by moving to the west side of Warrensburg, or in the 52nd Legislative District by moving to Knob Noster? Does he even need to move for 2012? Just asking.

And if Denny Hoskins (r) decides to run in the 51st Legislative District does anyone think the HRCC will run robocalls on his behalf? Do republicans have all the money they need?