Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C010201 11/24/2014 SLAY FOR MAYOR Centene Corporation 7700 Forsyth Blvd. St Louis MO 63105 11/24/2014 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

C091061 11/24/2014 SCOTT SIFTON FOR MISSOURI Joe Keaveny for Senate 6219 Westminster St Louis MO 63130 11/24/2014 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Previously:

Sen. Scott Sifton (D): running for Attorney General in 2016 (November 10, 2014)

Campaign Finance: the long road to 2016 (November 12, 2014)

Senator Scott Sifton (D) [file photo].

On Monday:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Monday, November 10, 2014

[….]

SCOTT SIFTON ANNOUNCES BID FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL

Becomes the first announced Democratic candidate

ST. LOUIS – State Senator Scott Sifton announced today his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for Missouri Attorney General in 2016. Sifton would be returning to the office where his legal career began.

“I am tremendously grateful for the experience I gained early in my legal career working on special prosecutions and defending against criminal appeals in the Missouri Attorney General’s office,” Sifton said. “I pledge that as Attorney General, I will work to make Missouri safer for every family, consumer, community and business.”

While with the Attorney General’s office, Sifton worked to uphold the sentences imposed on murderers, drug dealers, rapists, child abusers and drunk drivers.  He also worked on special prosecutions in cases of public corruption, senior fraud, nursing home patient neglect and methamphetamine manufacturing.

In the Senate, Sifton has championed strong ethics rules for legislators, having refused to accept lobbyist gifts and introduced a bill banning them.  He has also pushed legislation to expand the use of DNA evidence in criminal investigations, reform Missouri’s school transfer law, protect consumers and reduce property taxes for seniors. He also advocates for veterans’ benefits as a member of the Missouri Veterans Commission.  

About Scott Sifton

Sen. Sifton was raised in Gladstone, Missouri, a suburb in the Kansas City Northland. He graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree from Truman State University and earned his law degree from the University of Michigan. He is a practicing attorney and partner at the St. Louis law firm of Husch Blackwell.  His experience in 15 years of private practice includes civil rights, Hancock Amendment, Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, consumer protection, non-profit management, environmental, false advertising, criminal, occupational disease, licensing, administrative law and shareholder matters, all of which the Office of Attorney General addresses as well.  He represented the special deputy receiver in the clean-up of the National Prearranged Services scam, one of the largest consumer fraud schemes in Missouri history.

Sifton’s public service began on the Affton School Board in 2001, where he served until 2010, including two terms as board president.  He won election to the Missouri House of Representatives in south St. Louis County in 2010, a year in which Democrats lost 17 seats.  In 2012, he defeated incumbent Republican State Senator Jim Lembke in one of the most hotly contested races in recent Missouri history, becoming the first Democrat to defeat a full-term Republican Senator in recent memory.

Sifton lives in Affton and has two children.

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C091061 11/11/2014 SCOTT SIFTON FOR STATE SENATE Scott Vorhees 510 W. 6th Street Joplin MO 64801 Johnson, Vorhees and Martucci 11/11/2014 $5,001.00

[emphasis added]

We’re gonna need a bigger boat.

Previously:

Sen. Scott Sifton (D): running for Attorney General in 2016 (November 10, 2014)

Today:

South County Democrat Scott Sifton launches run for attorney general

ST. LOUIS COUNTY • Democratic state Sen. Scott Sifton today ended months of speculation by confirming he will indeed seek his party’s nomination for attorney general in 2016.

A South County Democrat, Sifton served in the Missouri Attorney General’s office at the onset of his legal career….

Via Twitter:

Jason Rosenbaum ‏@jrosenbaum

And somewhere, does Mike Sanders weep? #MOAG [….] 12:19 PM – 10 Nov 2014

Really.

Fairfax: ….Man, that’s just mean. That’s mean, man.

Previously: Truman Days 2014 in Kansas City – Friday night (May 31, 2014)

We’ve been covering the Jackson County Democratic Committee’s annual Truman Days celebration at the Holiday Inn Coco Key in Kansas City this weekend. Last night’s speakers at the Truman Days gala dinner included Representative Emanuel Cleaver, Attorney General Chris Koster, and keynote speaker, Representative Linda Sanchez.

State Senator Scott Sifton (left) and William Grimes, the Democratic Party candidate in the 57th Legislative District (right).

Former Governor Roger Wilson.

Cass County Prosecutor Teresa Hensley.

Representative Emanuel Cleaver.

Senator Harold Caskey and Kay Caskey at Truman Days in Kansas City. Senator Caskey and Senator Ed Quick

were awarded the Jackson County Democratic Committee’s 2014 Senator Ronnie DePasco Public Service Award.

Attorney General Chris Koster.

Representative Linda Chavez Sanchez, the keynote speaker for the evening.

We’re covering the Jackson County Democratic Committee’s annual Truman Days celebration at the Holiday Inn Coco Key in Kansas City this weekend. On Friday night it’s an opportunity for candidates, their supporters, and activists to meet each other and talk about their campaigns and the political landscape in Missouri.

Winston Apple, a Democratic Party candidate in the 29th Legislative District.

Patty Johnson, the Democratic Party candidate in the 56th Legislative District.

Understandably there’s a strong presence from organized labor at Truman Days.

Getting a living wage is not a zero sum game.

Bill Hedge, a Democratic Party candidate in the 6th Congressional District.

State Senator Scott Sifton (D).

Proud to be union – and a veteran.

Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders (D).

This evening speakers at the Truman Days gala will include Representative Emanuel Cleaver, State Treasurer Clint Zweifel, Secretary of State Jason Kander, Attorney General Chris Koster, Governor Jay Nixon and keynote speaker, Representative Linda Sanchez.  

Via the Missouri Secretary of State:

State Senator – District 1 (106 of 106 Precincts Reported)

Scott Sifton Democrat 45,486 50.9%

Jim Lembke Republican 43,858 49.1%

Total Votes 89,344

[emphasis added]

Yes, this Jim Lembke (r) will no longer serve in the Missouri Senate come January.

Scott Sifton (D), the Senator-elect, will have a different agenda (from his campaign web site):

….”Lobbyists shower gifts, meals and trips on elected officials for one reason – it works,” said Scott Sifton. “There aren’t lobbyists for ordinary citizens in Jefferson City. We need to take the gifts-for-access model off the table.”

Sifton has never accepted a meal, trip or gift from a lobbyist – and he never will.

Sifton continued, “I agree with Republican State Senator John Lamping (R-24), who was quoted, ‘We, as elected officials, need to hold ourselves to the highest standards.'” Lamping, like Sifton, accepts no gifts, no trips, and no free meals.

“My first piece of legislation I file will be a total ban on lobbyist gifts to legislators, their staffs and their families. It has to stop.” Sifton concluded.

[emphasis added]

That would be a good start.

Somebody must think there are vulnerable republicans in the Missouri Senate. The past few days at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C091061 09/22/2012 SCOTT SIFTON FOR SENATE Missouri Democratic State Committee State Account PO Box 719 Jefferson City MO 65102 9/22/2012 $7,500.00

C091061 09/22/2012 SCOTT SIFTON FOR SENATE Democratic Senatorial Committee PO Box 7319 Columbia MO 65205 9/22/2012 $25,000.00

C081050 09/23/2012 MARY STILL FOR SENATE MO Senate Democratic Campaign Committee PO Box 7319 Columbia MO 65205 9/22/2012 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

The candidates in the 1st Senate District:

State Senator – District 1

Democrat

Scott Sifton 9814 BERWICK PL ST LOUIS MO 63123 3/27/2012

Republican

Jim Lembke 812 ANN LYNN CT ST LOUIS MO 63125 3/20/2012

[emphasis added]

The candidates in the 19th Senate District:

State Senator – District 19

Democrat

Mary Wynne Still PO BOX 933 COLUMBIA MO 65205 2/28/2012

Republican

Kurt Schaefer PO BOX 1614 COLUMBIA MO 65205 2/28/2012

[emphasis added]

The latest summaries, in the 1st Senate District:

C010450: Lembke For Senate

Information Reported On: 2012 – 30 Day After Primary Election-8/7/2012

Beginning Money on Hand $308,626.64

Ending Money On Hand $332,584.66

[emphasis added]

C091061: Scott Sifton For Senate

Information Reported On: 2012 – 30 Day After Primary Election-8/7/2012

Beginning Money on Hand $9,240.08

Monetary Receipts $110,995.11

Ending Money On Hand $36,336.62

[emphasis added]

In the 19th Senate District:

C081145: Citizens To Elect Kurt Schaefer

Information Reported On: 2012 – 30 Day After Primary Election-8/7/2012

Beginning Money on Hand $556,849.12

Ending Money On Hand $590,975.02

 [emphasis added]

C081050: Mary Still For Senate

Information Reported On: 2012 – 30 Day After Primary Election-8/7/2012

Beginning Money on Hand $138,893.39

Ending Money On Hand $149,597.04

[emphasis added]

The republicans have all the money the need. The Democratic candidates have demonstrated an ability to raise money. These races are going to be very interesting to watch.