Working people.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Chris Koster’s (D) probable 2016 gubernatorial campaign:

C031159 09/08/2015 KOSTER FOR MISSOURI UAW-V-CAP 8000 East Jefferson Avenue Detroit MI 48214 9/8/2015 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

You could call that an enthusiastic answer.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: inexorable (July 7, 2015)

Campaign Finance: I’ll see your managed care and raise you a home health service… (July 14, 2015)

Chris Koster (D) – July 2015 Campaign Finance Report (July 18, 2015)

Campaign Finance: no surprise here (July 21, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a different constituency (July 29, 2015)

Campaign Finance: no rest (August 3, 2015)

PPP Missouri Poll: 2016 U.S. Senate and Governor – August 11, 2015 (August 11, 2015)

Campaign Finance: rolling in (August 15, 2015)

Campaign Finance: hoist one or two (August 22, 2015)

Campaign Finance: on the phone (August 27, 2015)

Campaign Finance: If this keeps up (and it will) we’re gonna run out of snappy headlines… (August 28, 2015)

Which citizens matter in Missouri? (August 29, 2015)

Campaign Finance: there’s no place like homes (August 31, 2015)

Soap or Earwax?

Some out-of-state money for one of the 2016 republican candidates for Attorney General, reported via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C151132 09/04/2015 HAWLEY FOR MISSOURI Herman Rowland Sr 1 Jelly Belly Ln Fairfield CA 94533 Jelly Belly Candy Co Chairman 9/4/2015 $6,200.00

[emphasis added]

It must be a Ronald Raygun thing.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: no limits (August 22, 2015)

Understanding your job… (September 4, 2015)

Well, not comparatively.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Peter Kinder’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:

C151161 09/05/2015 MISSOURIANS FOR PETER KINDER Larus Corporation 12444 Powerscourt Drive Suite 170 St Louis MO 63131 9/4/2015 $10,000.00

C151161 09/05/2015 MISSOURIANS FOR PETER KINDER CNS Corporation 500 E. 9th Street Kansas City MO 64106 9/5/2015 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

It’s not chess either.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Peter who? (May 6, 2015)

Campaign Finance: What’s up with that? (May 29, 2015)

Campaign Finance: running for Governor, may run for Governor, exploring a run for Governor (June 13, 2015)

Campaign Finance: running for Governor, may run for Governor, probably running for Governor (June 25, 2015)

Campaign Finance: in the past this might have been impressive (July 1, 2015)

Campaign Finance: wild card (July 6, 2015)

Peter Kinder (r) announces for the 2016 gubernatorial race (July 12, 2015)

Peter Kinder (r) – July 2015 Campaign Finance Report (July 17, 2015)

Campaign Finance: If this keeps up… (July 28, 2015)

PPP Missouri Poll: 2016 U.S. Senate and Governor – August 11, 2015 (August 11, 2015)

Campaign Finance: What else is new? (August 25, 2015)

Campaign Finance: Everyone thinks they’re so cute when they’re little… (September 4, 2015)

…or even what doing the job you want entails.

Yesterday via Twitter, on the Kentucky county clerk who won’t issue marriage licenses:

Rachel Held Evans @rachelheldevans

No one’s being jailed for practicing her religion. Someone’s being jailed for using the government to force others to practice her religion. 1:30 PM – 3 Sep 2015

You might be surprised by the number people who apparently don’t understand that, even some with law degrees.

So, one of the 2016 republican candidates for Attorney General in Missouri just had to weigh in:

Missouri Attorney General candidate expresses support for jailed Kentucky clerk

Friday, September 4, 2015 ~ Updated 3:19 PM

By Tyler Graef Southeast Missourian

Missouri Attorney General candidate Josh Hawley on Friday denounced the jailing of county clerk Kim Davis of Kentucky and called for more clearly defined protections for religious people in the public sphere…..

[….]

….”[A recorder of deeds in Missouri] should be able to opt out and designate someone else, a deputy or another official to issue the license instead,” Hawley said during a phone interview. “That would protect their constitutional rights and also allow for that license to be issued.”

Uh, correct us if we’re wrong, but it wasn’t that the Kentucky county clerk didn’t want to personally issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, but as the public official in charge of the office she wasn’t allowing the issuance of any licenses to any couples. That is a significant difference.

A statement by Jake Zimmermann (D), one of the Democratic Party candidates for Attorney General in 2016, in response to Josh Hawley’s (r) statements as reported in the newspaper article:

“The Attorney General’s job is to enforce the law, not to make it up as you go along.  Marriage equality is the law of the land.  If you don’t understand that, you shouldn’t be running for Attorney General.”

 

Comparatively.

…until you take a closer look.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Peter Kinder’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:

C151161 09/04/2015 MISSOURIANS FOR PETER KINDER Robert Hartle 2201 Walton Dr Suite A Jackson MO 63755 RCH Development Real Estate Developer 9/2/2015 $5,001.00

[emphasis added]

Earlier in the week for John Brunner’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:

C151077 09/01/2015 MISSOURIANS FOR JOHN BRUNNER Kevin Childress 1001 W 57th St Kansas City MO 64113 My Freight World Technologies Inc. CEO 8/31/2015 $5,100.00

[emphasis added]

They’re twins, in more ways than one.

Dueling 2016 republican lieutenant governor campaigns:

C091129 09/03/2015 PARSON FOR MISSOURI Peter Herschend 538 Oak Bluff Road Branson MO 65616 Silver Dollar City Principal 9/3/2015 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

C141581 09/03/2015 MISSOURIANS FOR RANDLES R Lee Harris 3815 W 84th Terr Leawood KS 66206 Cohen-Esrey Real Estate Services, LLC President 9/3/2015 $5,001.00

[emphasis added]

The latter has a really, really big head start.

Not chess, but close.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Eric Greitens (r) 2016 exploratory gubernatorial campaign::

C151053 09/03/2015 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI Michael L Goguen Trust 3000 Sand Hill Rd Ste. 4-250 Menlo Park CA 94025 9/3/2015 $500,000.00

C151053 09/03/2015 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI McKinley Financial Partnership 320 N Main St Ste. 200 Ann Arbor MI 48104 9/3/2015 $200,000.00

[emphasis added]

Those aren’t typos.

Does anyone think they’ll move to Missouri so they can vote in the primary?

Previously:

Campaign Finance: There is another? (February 25, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a little bit more (February 26, 2015)

Campaign Finance: A new bandwagon? (March 6, 2015)

Campaign Finance: but wait, there’s more (March 10, 2015)

Campaign Finance: that’ll help finance a whole lot of exploring (March 12, 2015)

Campaign Finance: it’s going to be a good quarter (March 16, 2015)

Campaign Finance: still exploring (March 17, 2015)

Campaign Finance: gone quiet (March 21, 2015)

Campaign Finance: not quiet at all (March 25, 2015)

Campaign Finance: eat mor chikin (March 26, 2015)

The stenographer: Ah, for the good old days… (March 28, 2015)

Campaign Finance: in under the wire (April 1, 2015)

Campaign Finance: all in today (April 9, 2015)

Campaign Finance: far afield (April 13, 2015)

Eric Greitens (r) – quarterly campaign finance report – April 15, 2015 (April 18, 2015)

Campaign Finance: not to be outdone (April 21, 2015)

Campaign Finance: not exactly spare change (April 23, 2015)

Campaign Finance: also in increments of $5,001.00 (April 23, 2015)

Campaign Finance: That’s Entertainment! (April 27, 2015)

Campaign Finance: still more (May 2, 2015)

Campaign Finance: just another harbinger of a populist awakening in Missouri (May 5, 2015)

Campaign Finance: You were expecting anything less? (May 19, 2015)

Campaign Finance: still exploring (June 6, 2015)

Campaign Finance: running for Governor, may run for Governor, exploring a run for Governor (June 13, 2015)

Campaign Finance: alrighty then (June 16, 2015)

Campaign Finance: we’d venture to say that’s a lot of capital (June 23, 2015)

Campaign Finance: pretty soon you’re talkin’ serious money (June 24, 2015)

Campaign Finance: you don’t need to play chess when you have friends like this (June 25, 2015)

Campaign Finance: fast approaching that first million (June 26, 2015)

Campaign Finance: getting closer… (June 26, 2015)

Campaign Finance: ever so close… (June 29, 2015)

Campaign Finance: blow right by it (June 30, 2015)

Campaign Finance: there is no end to it July 1, 2015)

Campaign Finance: also inexorable (July 11, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a talent for raising money (July 13, 2015)

Campaign Finance: What else is new? (August 25, 2015)

But, but, Missouri’s centrifuge manufacturers are counting on the business (August 27, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a flurry, and it’s still Summer (August 28, 2015)

Campaign Finance: it’ll never end (September 1, 2015)

That last one was kind of prophetic.

Working people.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for one of the 2016 Democratic Party candidates for Attorney General:

C151147 09/01/2015 TERESA HENSLEY FOR MISSOURI Pipefitters Local Union 533 Volunteer Political Fund 8600 Hillcrest Rd Kansas City MO 64138 9/1/2015 $7,000.00

[emphasis added]

It’s a long and winding road.

Previously:

Teresa Hensley (D) announces 2016 run for Attorney General (July 30, 2015)

Missouri State Fair – Governor’s Ham Breakfast – August 20, 2015 (August 20, 2015)

The 2016 republican gubernatorial hopefuls in aggregate aren’t slouches when it comes to those big dollar contributions.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C151053 08/31/2015 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI Keith Strope 1901 Wilson Ave. Chesterfield MO 63005 TricorBraun CEO & President 8/31/2015 $5,001.00

[emphasis added]

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C151077 09/01/2015 MISSOURIANS FOR JOHN BRUNNER Kevin Childress 1001 W 57th St Kansas City MO 64113 My Freight World Technologies Inc. CEO 8/31/2015 $5,100.00

[emphasis added]

Previously:

Campaign Finance: What else is new? (August 25, 2015)

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the probable 2016 Democratic Party candidate for governor:

C031159 08/31/2015 KOSTER FOR MISSOURI Innovation Homes, LLC 1730 E Republic Rd Suite F Springfield MO 65804 8/31/2015 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Previously:

Campaign Finance: inexorable (July 7, 2015)

Campaign Finance: I’ll see your managed care and raise you a home health service… (July 14, 2015)

Chris Koster (D) – July 2015 Campaign Finance Report (July 18, 2015)

Campaign Finance: no surprise here (July 21, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a different constituency (July 29, 2015)

Campaign Finance: no rest (August 3, 2015)

PPP Missouri Poll: 2016 U.S. Senate and Governor – August 11, 2015 (August 11, 2015)

Campaign Finance: rolling in (August 15, 2015)

Campaign Finance: hoist one or two (August 22, 2015)

Campaign Finance: on the phone (August 27, 2015)

Campaign Finance: If this keeps up (and it will) we’re gonna run out of snappy headlines… (August 28, 2015)

Which citizens matter in Missouri? (August 29, 2015)

Robin Smith (D), former television reporter and news anchor from St. Louis, is a 2016 candidate for Secretary of State. Via the Missouri Ethics Commission:  

C151150: With Robin Smith In 2016 Committee

  Committee Type: Candidate

3933 Flora Place Party Affiliation: Democrat

St Louis Mo 63110 Established Date: 08/17/2015

[….]

Candidate Robin Smith

[….]

Election Year Primary Outcome General Outcome Political Office

2016 Secretary Of State

[….]

[emphasis added]

The fundraising has started. Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C151150 08/30/2015 WITH ROBIN SMITH IN 2016 COMMITTEE Sid Meridith 13505 C Street Omaha NE 68144 Security Equipment, Inc Board Chairman 8/28/2015 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

It’s a start.