Mike Parson (r) has switched from running for Governor to running for Lieutenant Governor.

His announcement on social media:

…After much conversation with my family, friends, and supporters, we have decided to redirect our campaign toward the office of Lieutenant Governor.

The race is not about me, but it’s about doing what is best for Missouri. It is clear there is more agreement than disagreement among the GOP candidates for Governor regarding the very important economic, social and freedom issues facing Missouri families and businesses. It is also clear that our message of “Positive Politics” would be lost among such a congested field discussing these issues.

I will work closely with the Governor and General Assembly on these issues if elected, but the reason I chose to run in the first place was to change the tone of Missouri politics. The office of Lieutenant Governor serves as the People’s Advocate, focusing on issues facing veterans, the elderly, rural economic development, and education. It is also the perfect platform to be the People’s Advocate for real ethics reform and making the Missouri political system worthy of the respect of Missouri’s citizens….

[emphasis in original]

Uh, his  current primary opponent had $902,767.87 cash on hand at the end of the second quarter. Mike Parson’s (r) $726,729.72 cash on hand for the same period does make this race a little more even match.

Previously:

Because asking politely for people to comply with the law always seems to work out so well (April 15, 2015)

Add another one to the list (May 4, 2015)

Campaign Finance: choosing (May 10, 2015)

Campaign Finance: taking some medicine (May 22, 2015)

Campaign Finance: Gee, that’s a familiar, round number… (May 22, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a little bit more (May 27, 2015)

Campaign Finance: An alternate hope? (May 29, 2015)

Campaign Finance: now that we’re clear on that (June 2, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a familiar name (June 10, 2015)

Campaign Finance: just a little bit more (June 10, 2015)

Campaign Finance: friends in all kinds of places (June 12, 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: nothing to sneeze at (June 27, 2015)

Campaign Finance: Paper or plastic? (July 6, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a familiar amount (July 8, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a managed choice (July 14, 2015)

Mike Parson (r) – July 2015 Campaign Finance Report (July 16, 2015)

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for John Brunner’s (r) 2016 exploratory gubernatorial campaign:

C151077 07/24/2015 MISSOURIANS FOR JOHN BRUNNER August A Busch III 1 Mid Rivers Mall Drive Suite 210 Saint Peters MO 63376 Retired Retired 7/23/2015 $35,000.00

[emphasis added]

Curiously, other 2016 gubernatorial hopefuls (exploratory, declared, probable) have received campaign contributions from the same individual this year:

C031159 02/25/2015 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER August Busch III 1 Mid Rivers Mall Drive Suite 210 Saint Peters MO 63376 Retired Retired 2/23/2015 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

C151053 03/06/2015 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI August Busch III 1 Mid Rivers Mall Dr. Suite 210 St Louis MO 63376 Retired 3/5/2015 $50,000.00

 [emphasis added]

151077 04/02/2015 MISSOURIANS FOR JOHN BRUNNER August Busch III 1 Mid Rivers Mall Dr. Suite 210 St Peters MO 63376 Retired 4/1/2015 $15,172.00

[emphasis added]

C091145 05/29/2015 FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER August A Busch III ONE MID RIVERS MALL DR Suite 210 St Louis MO 63376 Retired 5/28/2015 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

C141055 07/22/2015 HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR, INC August Busch III One Busch Place St Louis MO 63118 Anhauser Busch Retired 7/22/2015 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

That almost covers everyone.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: You were expecting anything other than $5,001.00? (April 24, 2015)

John Brunner (r): something or another (April 28, 2015)

Campaign Finance: It’s a good thing yesterday was a slow news day… (May 14, 2015)

Campaign Finance: that’s a lot of exploration (May 16, 2015)

Campaign Finance: probably not the singer (June 8, 2015)

John Brunner (r) – July 2015 Quarterly Campaign Finance Report (July 15, 2015)

We keep seeing that amount.

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

C141055 07/22/2015 HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR, INC August Busch III One Busch Place St Louis MO 63118 Anhauser Busch Retired 7/22/2015 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Apparently $10,000.00 is the one percent’s version of a $5.00 ticket to a campaign hog roast fundraiser. Without the hog.

Previously:

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

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

Campaign Finance: Oh, there is a difference… (February 20, 2015)

Campaign Finance: gone quiet (March 21, 2015)

Campaign Finance: back in business (April 5, 2015)

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

Campaign Finance: trickling in (April 14, 2015)

Campaign Finance: still trickling in (April 20, 2015)

Campaign Finance: more than a trickle (May 8, 2015)

Campaign Finance: Did we call it, or what? (May 11, 2015)

Campaign Finance: inspiring confidence (May 26, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a Florida populist? (June 3, 2015)

Campaign Finance: $10,000.00 is a popular amount (June 4, 2015)

Campaign Finance: still awake (June 17, 2015)

Campaign Finance: they have the power… (June 19, 2015)

Catherine Hanaway (r) – July 2015 Campaign Finance Report (July 17, 2015)

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

C031159 07/20/2015 KOSTER FOR MISSOURI Bommarito Automotive Group 15736 Manchester Rd Ellisville MO 63011 7/20/2015 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

When your campaign raises a lot of money it will probably continue to raise a lot of money.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Working People! (May 11, 2015)

Campaign Finance: it’s been too quiet… (May 21, 2015)

Campaign Finance: again with the working people (May 29, 2015)

Campaign Finance: not a surprise, considering the alternative (June 3, 2015)

Campaign Finance: in someone’s corner June 4, 2015)

Reason enough (June 4, 2015)

Salus populi suprema lex esto (June 5, 2015)

Campaign Finance: they know which side (June 9, 2015)

Campaign Finance: Mr. Smith goes to Jefferson City? (June 12, 2015)

Campaign Finance: to your health (June 17, 2015)

Campaign Finance: to the end of the quarter…and beyond (June 18, 2015)

Campaign Finance: more from working people (June 22, 2015)

Campaign Finance: Bam! (June 24, 2015)

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

Campaign Finance: Is this the start of the end of the quarter rush? (June 30, 2015)

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)

…and predictable.

In the past few days at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Eric Greitens’ (r) 2016 exploratory gubernatorial campaign:

C151053 07/18/2015 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI Terry Scariot 116 Sunningdale Drive Georgetown KY 40324 Remington Partners Partner 7/18/2015 $10,000.00

C151053 07/18/2015 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI Linda Finerty 20 Algonquin Ln St Louis MO 63119 N/A Community Volunteer 7/18/2015 $10,000.00

C151053 07/20/2015 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI Randall Voss 1718 S Glenstone Ave Springfield MO 65804 Voss Autohaus of Springfield Owner 7/20/2015 $5,001.00

[emphasis added]

Ah, the grassroots.

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)

Eric Greitens (r) – July 2015 Quarterly Campaign Finance Report (July 15, 2015)

From Senator Claire McCaskill (D) today via Twitter:

Claire McCaskill ‏@clairecmc

There’s something unseemly about Cruz following Trump around like a lost puppy,hoping to get his leftovers when he finally flames out. 10:35 AM – 20 Jul 2015

One of the responses:

Bruce Barmer ‏@BruceBarmer

@clairecmc “There’s something unseemly about Cruz…” You could really just leave it at that. 10:36 AM – 20 Jul 2015

Ouch. That’s gonna leave a mark.

Attorney General and probable Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate Chris Koster has a lot to smile about [2014 file photo].

Chris Koster’s (D) (probable!) 2016 gubernatorial campaign filed its July quarterly campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 15th:

C031159: Koster For Missouri

  Committee Type: Candidate

Po Box 1551 Party Affiliation: Democrat

Jefferson City Mo 65102 Established Date: 08/12/2003

[….]

Information Reported On: 2015 – July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $3,295,487.95

Monetary Receipts + $967,955.05

Monetary Expenditures – $300,832.11

Contributions Made – $11,000.00

Other Disbursements – $3,796.17

Subtotal     $652,326.77

Ending Money On Hand   $3,947,814.72

[emphasis added]

Uh, yeah, he’s in a league of his own.

The contributions:

Contributions to Chris Koster’s (D) (probable) 2016 gubernatorial campaign

reported on its July 2015 quarterly campaign finance report.

Note: Since there were over 640 contributions the amount labels on the chart were omitted – labeling would have made the chart unreadable.

Contributions to Chris Koster’s (D) (probable) 2016 gubernatorial campaign reported on its July 2015 quarterly campaign finance report.

Eastern Missouri Laborers $50,000.00

Simmons Hanly Conroy $50,000.00

UA Political Education Committee $50,000.00

UAW V CAP $50,000.00

CHIPP $26,562.98

Edgar Law Firm $25,000.00

Gregory Wendt $25,000.00

James Emison $25,000.00

Kenneth McClain $25,000.00

Missouri Drive Fund $25,000.00

Operating Engineers Local 101 $25,000.00

Operating Engineers Local 513 $25,000.00

RightCHOICE Managed Care $25,000.00

Steve Craig $25,000.00

William Danforth $17,500.00

Democratic Governors Association $12,500.00

Comprehensive Health Systems $10,000.00

Elissa Holman $10,000.00

Four Corners Development $10,000.00

James Nutter $10,000.00

Lawrence Chapman $10,000.00

MACO Development $10,000.00

United Food and Commercial Workers $10,000.00

Lawrence Chapman $7,500.00

Air EVAC EMS $5,000.00

BNSF Railway $5,000.00

Connie Burkhardt $5,000.00

Evergreen Investments $5,000.00

Harris, Harris, and Gilbert $5,000.00

HNTB Holdings $5,000.00

Mark Gardner $5,000.00

Missouri Health Care Association $5,000.00

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local #562 $5,000.00

Prewitts Highway 54 Enterprises $5,000.00

Rotts and Gibbs $5,000.00

Sharalyn Saks $5,000.00

Steven Stogel $5,000.00

Stone, Leyton and Gershman $5,000.00

Teamsters Local #41 $5,000.00

Teamsters Local Union 688 $5,000.00

Veterans United Home Loans $5,000.00

William Maritz $5,000.00….

Oh, there’s a lot more…

There are over 300 contributions that are $250.00 or less.

Contributions to Chris Koster’s (D) (probable) 2016 gubernatorial campaign reported on its July 2015 quarterly campaign finance report [continued]

….Larus Corporation $3,750.00

Missouri Corn Growers Association $3,050.47

Seth Myers $3,000.00

Mary Sheid $2,750.00

Ameren Missouri $2,500.00

Burns and McDonnell $2,500.00

Chantel Alberhasky $2,500.00

Diann Garnett $2,500.00

Donald Baker $2,500.00

Donald Flora $2,500.00

Edward Koplar $2,500.00

Festus Manor $2,500.00

Gill Group $2,500.00

Great Southern Bank $2,500.00

Henry and Williams $2,500.00

John Wright $2,500.00

Kathleen Steele Danner $2,500.00

Kendall Randolph $2,500.00

Law Firm of Thomas C. Antoniou $2,500.00

LLoyd Carmichael $2,500.00

Marie Carmichael $2,500.00

Maurice Watson $2,500.00

Michael DeCola $2,500.00

Mitchell Markow $2,500.00

Nancy Grove $2,500.00

PGVN $2,500.00

PHAV $2,500.00

PHBS $2,500.00

PHLV $2,500.00

PHMC $2,500.00

Robert Pugh $2,500.00

Ryan Williams $2,500.00

Sandra Lehrer $2,500.00

Teamsters Local #245 $2,500.00

Teamsters Local Union #541 $2,500.00

Teamsters Local Union No. 682 $2,500.00

Thomas McDonnell $2,500.00

Susan Carlson $2,271.34

Telephone Contact $2,194.00

Charles Slavens $2,000.00

Charter Communications $2,000.00

Christopher Shank $2,000.00

Clockwork $2,000.00

Don Lents $2,000.00

Hugh Zimmer $2,000.00

M.S. Consulting $2,000.00

Michael McCallum $2,000.00

Milton Goldenberg $2,000.00

MO Democratic State Committee $2,000.00

Peggy Stepp $2,000.00

Philip A. Klawuhn $2,000.00

Dale Doerhoff $1,586.20

Abe Shafer $1,500.00

Elizabeth Heller $1,500.00

Jennifer Sievers $1,500.00

Mitch Burgess $1,500.00

Susan Carlson $1,500.00

Teamsters Local #600 $1,500.00

Teamsters Local 6 $1,500.00

Wally Bley $1,500.00

Joseph Turner $1,250.00

Richard B. Scherrer $1,250.00

William Turner $1,250.00

Sandra Lehrer $1,190.00

Allison Murdock $1,001.00

Adam Fischer $1,000.00

Advance America $1,000.00

Andrea Bough $1,000.00

Anthony Stubblefield $1,000.00

Baldwin and Vernon $1,000.00

Barrister Properties $1,000.00

Begonya Klumb $1,000.00

Beine Group $1,000.00

Beth Canuteson $1,000.00

Bridget Halquist $1,000.00

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers $1,000.00

Bruce Baty $1,000.00

Carl Myers $1,000.00

Cedar Bay Entertainment $1,000.00

CenturyLink $1,000.00

Chad Gaddie $1,000.00

Charles Stribling $1,000.00

Chester Bross $1,000.00

Chester Palmer $1,000.00

Citizens For White $1,000.00

Commerce Bancshares $1,000.00

Dave Knight $1,000.00

David Christian $1,000.00

David Westbrook $1,000.00

Donna Moog $1,000.00

Doris Kirkpatrick $1,000.00

Edward Hamill $1,000.00

Ellison Investments $1,000.00

Five Star Tax $1,000.00

Flotron and McIntosh $1,000.00

Friends of Mark Ellebracht $1,000.00

Gary Sarachan $1,000.00

Gateway Government Relations $1,000.00

Giana Andrews $1,000.00

Gregory Smith $1,000.00

Harold Walther $1,000.00

Hartnett Gladney Hetterman $1,000.00

IBEW Local #412 $1,000.00

IBEW Local Union #545 $1,000.00

IUPAT Political Action $1,000.00

James Ash $1,000.00

James Deutcsh $1,000.00

James Miller $1,000.00

James O Donnell $1,000.00

James Owen $1,000.00

James Reinhard $1,000.00

Jay Baumohl $1,000.00

Jill Schupp $1,000.00

Jim Kreider $1,000.00

John Briscoe $1,000.00

John Dickey $1,000.00

John Youngblood $1,000.00

Joseph Driskill $1,000.00

Joseph Machatschek $1,000.00

Joseph Rechter $1,000.00

Kathleen Kunkler $1,000.00

Kevin Cantwell $1,000.00

Kim Hull $1,000.00

Larry Stacey $1,000.00

Mark McQueary $1,000.00

Mary Beth O Reilly $1,000.00

McClain Forest Products $1,000.00

Michael Honigfort $1,000.00

Michael White $1,000.00

Missouri Ag Services $1,000.00

Missouri Dental PAC $1,000.00

Missouri Petroleum Marketers $1,000.00

Missouri Renewable Fuels Association $1,000.00

Nancy Langworthy $1,000.00

Pat Taylor $1,000.00

Penman and Winton $1,000.00

Peter Werner $1,000.00

Peter Wiedenbeck $1,000.00

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union #45 $1,000.00

Powerful Performance Solutions $1,000.00

R. Gideon Morrison $1,000.00

Realtors PAC $1,000.00

Rick Hughlett $1,000.00

Robert Clayton $1,000.00

Roger Geary $1,000.00

Sam Hamra $1,000.00

Scott Wilson $1,000.00

Sean McGinnis $1,000.00

Slusher Law Firm $1,000.00

Stacy Shaw and Associates $1,000.00

Steve Singer $1,000.00

Susan Moriconi $1,000.00

Tamara Wagner $1,000.00

Teamsters Local 823 $1,000.00

Teresa Woody $1,000.00

Thomas Carlson $1,000.00

Thomas Wagstaff $1,000.00

United Transportation Union $1,000.00

Vinograd Winery $1,000.00

Walter Pfeffer $1,000.00

Ward Klein $1,000.00

Wemhoff Law Firm $1,000.00

William Hirsch $1,000.00

Gary Marshall $900.00

Local 610 PAC $650.00

Teamsters Local #838 $650.00

Teamsters Local 955 $650.00

Teamsters Local Union No. 618 $650.00

Marilyn Teitelbaum $551.33

Steven Teitelbaum $551.33

Missouri Soybean Association $550.47

Alfred Purcell $500.00

AMECPAC $500.00

Ann Burns $500.00

Annell Bailey $500.00

Ashley McCarty $500.00

Bobby Shepherd $500.00

Brent Hemphill and Associates $500.00

Brian Klippenstein $500.00

Brian Wahby $500.00

Bruce Shapiro $500.00

Camelot Consulting $500.00

Cathy Steele $500.00

Christie Jess $500.00

Cliff Davis $500.00

Crista Hogan $500.00

Dale Smith $500.00

Dave Fenley $500.00

David Capes $500.00

Deirdre Squires $500.00

Doug Mann $500.00

Douglas Schmidt $500.00

Edward Finkelstein $500.00

Eugene Bushmann $500.00

Gary Deaver $500.00

Gateway Clippers $500.00

George Von Stamwitz $500.00

H. Marvin Gilmore $500.00

Harold Remley $500.00

Heidi Vollet $500.00

Homayoun Sedighi $500.00

Housing Plus $500.00

Janet Thompson $500.00

Janice Barkett $500.00

Jeffrey Cohen $500.00

Jeffrey Hanslick $500.00

Jenny Sadow $500.00

Joan Burger $500.00

Joan Newman $500.00

Joe Moseley $500.00

John McQueary $500.00

John Meyer $500.00

John Weil $500.00

Jonathan Beakley $500.00

Joseph Brannon $500.00

Judith Vokac $500.00

Karen Rice $500.00

Kathryn Wood $500.00

Kellie Hynes $500.00

Kenner Law Firm $500.00

Kenneth Haller $500.00

Linda Locke $500.00

Linda Raclin $500.00

Marie Carlie $500.00

Michael Cannon $500.00

Michael Insco $500.00

Michael Moroni $500.00

Missouri Forest Products $500.00

Nathalie Pettus $500.00

Neal Perryman $500.00

Northwest Missouri Central Labor Council $500.00

Pam Gentry $500.00

Paul Miller $500.00

Peter Young $500.00

R. Denise Henning $500.00

Randall Doennig $500.00

Robert Clayton $500.00

Robert Robuck $500.00

Rodney Loomer $500.00

Rodney Rodenbaugh $500.00

Ron Medin $500.00

Ron Netemeyer $500.00

Rosalyn Kling $500.00

Rosana Privitera Biondo $500.00

Saleem Abdulrauf $500.00

Schlichter Bogard and Denton $500.00

Schreimann, Rackers, Francka and Blunt $500.00

Schuyler Metlis $500.00

Scott Smith $500.00

Shane Kinne $500.00

Shirley Virdon $500.00

Stephen Burke $500.00

Stephen Keithahn $500.00

Steven Cousins $500.00

Sunie Pace $500.00

Susan Talve $500.00

Ted Lucas $500.00

Terry Crow $500.00

Thomas Berra $500.00

Thomas O Grady $500.00

Tom Payne $500.00

Tracy Mathis $500.00

Ursula Terrasi $500.00

William Peck $500.00

Jerrie Heisserer $453.34

Gas Workers Local 5-6 $450.00

Bob Koplar $400.00

Dean Hartman $400.00

Henry Luepke $400.00

Rush Robinson $400.00

Sheila Greenbaum $350.00

John Briscoe $328.27

Belinda Fender $300.00

Bonnie Clair $300.00

Carol Welborn $300.00

Gerald Clary $300.00

Margaret Hvatum $300.00

Mary Schoolman $300.00

Nancy Guyton $300.00

Paul Venker $300.00

Sandy Querry $300.00

Scott Pauley $300.00

Suzanne Schoomer $300.00

Susan Montee $280.00

Alice Landrum $250.00

Amanda Kelley $250.00

Ann Greenley $250.00

Anne Kessen Lowell $250.00

Betty Heckemeyer $250.00

Bud Luepke $250.00

Carla Holste $250.00

Central St. Louis County Firefighters $250.00

David Glarner $250.00

David Harper $250.00

David Janish $250.00

Francis Mahurin $250.00

Greg Cecil $250.00

Hg Consult $250.00

Ibrahim Botchway $250.00

J. Paul Quinn $250.00

James Coulter $250.00

James Ford $250.00

James Malouff $250.00

James Payne $250.00

Janet Dearing $250.00

Janice Hetland $250.00

Jeffrey Curl $250.00

Jerome Gidlow $250.00

John Cooper $250.00

Judy Wiles $250.00

Kathleen Haycraft $250.00

Kathryn Allen $250.00

Kathy Morrison $250.00

Katie Statler $250.00

Kellie Campbell $250.00

Kevin Langford $250.00

Leslie Anderson $250.00

Lisa Washburn $250.00

Lois Schoemehl $250.00

Lynn Wittels $250.00

Maris Berg $250.00

Mark Steward $250.00

Mary Shaw Branton $250.00

MC Materials $250.00

Michael C. Reid $250.00

Michael Evans $250.00

Michael O Cheltree $250.00

Michael Wolff $250.00

Mike Lybyer $250.00

Missouri Veterinary Medical PAC $250.00

Morrison Farm $250.00

Nada Abumrad $250.00

Peggy Lee $250.00

Phillip Apprill $250.00

Rickert Althaus $250.00

Robert Glarner, Jr. $250.00

Robert Palmer $250.00

Sara Lampe $250.00

Scaglia Law Firm $250.00

Schuchat, Cook and Werner $250.00

Sheldon Andrew $250.00

Sherry Doctorian $250.00

Smith Family Farms $250.00

Spring Creek Materials $250.00

Stephen Erdel $250.00

Stephen Skrainka $250.00

Stewart-Morrison $250.00

Susan Newman $250.00

Teresa Maledy $250.00

Theodore Recker $250.00

Thomas Connelly $250.00

Tom Shively $250.00

Travis Morrison $250.00

Truman Allen $250.00

Vaughn Redi Mix $250.00

W. Dudley McCarter $250.00

Alex Sachs $200.00

Ami Miller $200.00

Ann Kornblet $200.00

Ann Whaley $200.00

Arnold Tepper $200.00

Barbara Fulk $200.00

Barbara Koirtyohann $200.00

Bill Burlison $200.00

Brenda Chick $200.00

Carlos Moya $200.00

Carole Vaughan $200.00

Carolyn Knust $200.00

Charles Miller $200.00

Christopher Migneron $200.00

Dan Beckner $200.00

Daniel Tobben $200.00

Darrel Gordon $200.00

David Trippe $200.00

Dennis Ziegenhorn $200.00

Devorah Goldenberg $200.00

DJ Gross $200.00

Douglas Burnett $200.00

Dwight Scroggins $200.00

Ellen Rumelt $200.00

Esther Giffin $200.00

Gary Collins $200.00

Gary Myers $200.00

George Blackwood $200.00

Graham-Andebrhan $200.00

Gratz Real Estate $200.00

Gregory Minana $200.00

Hal Higdon $200.00

IBEW PAC $200.00

James Summers $200.00

Jean Barrett $200.00

Jeffrey Demerath $200.00

Joane Winfrey $200.00

John Bluford $200.00

John McKay $200.00

Jorge Riopedre $200.00

Joseph Spalitto $200.00

Judy Morgan $200.00

Julia Hammerman $200.00

Karen Kalish $200.00

Laurel Vartabedian $200.00

Lowell Mohler $200.00

Mark Goodman $200.00

Mark Goran $200.00

Marvin Bringer $200.00

Mary Ann Viorel $200.00

Meierhoffer Funeral Home $200.00

Michael Bormaster $200.00

Michael Howell $200.00

Michael Meierhoffer $200.00

Missouri Federation of Teachers $200.00

Nancy Wilson $200.00

Peggy Lane $200.00

Peter Brown $200.00

R. Dwight Hardin $200.00

Richard Martin $200.00

Richard Murray $200.00

Robert Carolla $200.00

Robert Dolgin $200.00

Robert Gifford $200.00

Robin Bullock $200.00

Robin Gutmann $200.00

Rodney Anderson $200.00

Roger Chappell $200.00

RSB III $200.00

Sharon Busch $200.00

Shirley Helzberg $200.00

Stephanie Sumners $200.00

Terry Shackles $200.00

Thomas Ruhl $200.00

Thomas Suther $200.00

Timothy Harlan $200.00

Willard Reine $200.00

William Bates $200.00

William Buckley $200.00

Berry Laws $150.00

Catherine Brown $150.00

Christine Stamper $150.00

David Goldstein $150.00

Donna Rothenberg $150.00

Frank Carretero $150.00

Judith McKinnon $150.00

JWOOD Political Strategies $150.00

Karen Kalish $150.00

Karen Pensoneau $150.00

Kelvin Simmons $150.00

Leo MacDonald $150.00

Leonard Frankel $150.00

Lynn Lyss $150.00

M. Gaylin Rich-Carver $150.00

Mark Darrell $150.00

Martha Merrell $150.00

Melissa Johnsen $150.00

Michael Daniels $150.00

Pamela Coffin $150.00

Phyllis Fugit $150.00

Robert Johnson $150.00

Robin Wenneker $150.00

Sarah Scott $150.00

Stephen Webber $150.00

Thomas Schwegler $150.00

Vairam Arunachalam $150.00

Weldon Calvert $150.00

Wendy Noren $150.00

Anne Erker $100.00

Barbara Nyden $100.00

Bonnie Trickey $100.00

Brooke Amos $100.00

Charles Brazeale $100.00

Dan Bollow $100.00

David Clayton $100.00

David Lichliter $100.00

Dick Davidson $100.00

Don Perdue $100.00

Donald J. Green $100.00

Doris Littrell $100.00

Dorothy Adams $100.00

Edward Geltman $100.00

Fonda Davis $100.00

Geraldean Hewitt $100.00

Greg Logan $100.00

Greta Myers $100.00

Ian Simmons $100.00

James Mulherin $100.00

James Schnitzler $100.00

James Weyand $100.00

Joan Barrett $100.00

John Dobies $100.00

John Yancey $100.00

Jon Gray $100.00

Joseph Adams $100.00

Joseph Stivers $100.00

Judith Lee $100.00

Judy Kimrey $100.00

Julie Middleton $100.00

Kim Marshall $100.00

Larry J. Pitts $100.00

Leisa Stevens $100.00

Lewis Fischbein $100.00

Mary Anne McCollum $100.00

Mary Dorsey $100.00

Melba Curls $100.00

Michael DeMent $100.00

Michael Hess $100.00

Mitch Nordstrom $100.00

Patrick McMenamin $100.00

Paul Wallace $100.00

Paula Willmarth $100.00

Robert Rapp $100.00

Robert Smith $100.00

Robert Williams $100.00

Sandra Worthington $100.00

Stanley Harris $100.00

Steve McIntsoh $100.00

Sue Magruder $100.00

Valerie Munzlinger $100.00

Vincent Accurso $100.00

W. Dudley McCarter $100.00

Wayne Feuerborn $100.00

William Fisch $100.00

William Jackson $100.00

William McKenzie $100.00

Yvonne Wilson $100.00

Derek Vap $75.00

Gretchen Ivy $75.00

Margaret Miller $75.00

Arla Rodenbaugh $50.00

Carl Gum $50.00

Cathryn Cook $50.00

James Reinert $50.00

James Shinn $50.00

Jeff Wright $50.00

Jeffrey Dee $50.00

Judson McConnell $50.00

Lawrence Wansing $50.00

Luke Scavuzzo $50.00

Marietta Jayne $50.00

Mark Huffer $50.00

Max Conrad $50.00

Michael Daniels $50.00

Rebecca Reed $50.00

Scott Baier $50.00

Sharon Kosek $50.00

Shawn Borich $50.00

Thomas Keller $50.00

Wirt Darnell $50.00

Marcy George $35.00

Julia Kocher $30.00

Tom Caldwell $30.00

Alan Kelly $25.00

April Veale $25.00

Charles Barbour $25.00

Charles Bates $25.00

Colleen Starkloff $25.00

Debbie Morris $25.00

Elaine Parks $25.00

Greg Alden $25.00

Harry Katz $25.00

Jason Rugo $25.00

Jeff Allison $25.00

John Wanamaker $25.00

Lawrence Nwachukwu $25.00

Lee l Humbert $25.00

Leila Medley $25.00

Linzel Ham $25.00

Mark Seneker $25.00

Mary Elizabeth Bridge $25.00

Michael Radzin $25.00

Patricia Mosher $25.00

Patrick Gadell $25.00

Regina Popper $25.00

Rodney Schulte $25.00

Sherry Duffett $25.00

Sherry Shamel $25.00

Susan Fluegel $25.00

Terry Akins $25.00

William Blasingame $25.00

Barbara Stocker $20.00

Jacob Anderson-Little $20.00

Paula Barba $20.00

John Lurvey $12.00

Max Conrad $10.05

Carla Galloway $10.00

Donna Cartwright $10.00

James Schnitzler $10.00

James Villa $10.00

Jeffrey Mazur $10.00

Joseph Adams $10.00

Josephine Purler $10.00

Lawrence Chapman $10.00

Peggy L Swafford $10.00

Susan Thornton $10.00

Susan Thornton $10.00

Bobbie LaFavor $5.00

Chad Dalton $5.00

Edith Grafing $5.00

Marlys Ballard $5.00

Mathieu Agee $5.00

Michael Soule $5.00

Shalanda Curry $5.00

Susan Thomas $5.00

William Foster $5.00

The difference in contributor base from the republican gubernatorial candidates (declared and exploratory) is illuminating:

Eric Greitens (r) – July 2015 Quarterly Campaign Finance Report (July 15, 2015)

John Brunner (r) – July 2015 Quarterly Campaign Finance Report (July 15, 2015)

Mike Parson (r) – July 2015 Campaign Finance Report (July 16, 2015)

Catherine Hanaway (r) – July 2015 Campaign Finance Report (July 17, 2015)

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

There is a big difference.

Some of the expenditures:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

KOSTER FOR MISSOURI 7/15/2015

Hilltop Public Solutions 3000 K St NW Ste 320 Washington DC 20007-5109 6/12/2015 Campaign Support $30,319.61

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. 3980 Howard Hughes Pkwy Las Vegas NV 89169-0992 4/15/2015 Contribution Refund $10,000.00

Charter Communications 12405 Powerscourt Dr Saint Louis MO 63131-3674 5/15/2015 Contribution Refund $2,000.00

Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel 800 Washington Ave Saint Louis MO 63101-1202 4/23/2015 Event Expense $24,149.17

Windward Strategies 5713 Overlea Rd Bethesda MD 20816-1918 6/12/2015 Direct Mail $3,000.00

Onder, Shelton, O Leary and Peterson, LLC 110 E Lockwood Ave Saint Louis MO 63119-3049 4/2/2015 Contribution Refund $5,000.00

GPS Impact 100 E Grand Ave Ste 380 Des Moines IA 50309-1801 5/11/2015 Campaign Support $4,000.00

Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P., d b a AT and T One AT and T Center Room 4200 Saint Louis MO 63101 4/6/2015 Contribution Refund $10,000.00

Cardinal Strategic Consulting 434 Fayetteville St Ste 2020 Raleigh NC 27601-3006 4/3/2015 Campaign Support $17,500.00

Cardinal Strategic Consulting 434 Fayetteville St Ste 2020 Raleigh NC 27601-3006 4/30/2015 Campaign Support $12,500.00

Cardinal Strategic Consulting 434 Fayetteville St Ste 2020 Raleigh NC 27601-3006 6/15/2015 Campaign Support $12,500.00

Hilltop Public Solutions 3000 K St NW Ste 320 Washington DC 20007-5109 6/12/2015 Campaign Support $33,489.78

[emphasis added]

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Working People! (May 11, 2015)

Campaign Finance: it’s been too quiet… (May 21, 2015)

Campaign Finance: again with the working people (May 29, 2015)

Campaign Finance: not a surprise, considering the alternative (June 3, 2015)

Campaign Finance: in someone’s corner June 4, 2015)

Reason enough (June 4, 2015)

Salus populi suprema lex esto (June 5, 2015)

Campaign Finance: they know which side (June 9, 2015)

Campaign Finance: Mr. Smith goes to Jefferson City? (June 12, 2015)

Campaign Finance: to your health (June 17, 2015)

Campaign Finance: to the end of the quarter…and beyond (June 18, 2015)

Campaign Finance: more from working people (June 22, 2015)

Campaign Finance: Bam! (June 24, 2015)

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

Campaign Finance: Is this the start of the end of the quarter rush? (June 30, 2015)

Campaign Finance: inexorable (July 7, 2015)

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

Peter Kinder’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign (yeah, we know, he just announced) filed its July quarterly campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 15th:

C091145: Friends Of Peter Kinder

  Committee Type: Candidate

Po Box 712 Party Affiliation: Republican

Jefferson City Mo 65102 Established Date: 06/30/2009

[….] Termination Date:

Information Reported On: 2015 – July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $830.02

Monetary Receipts + $129,701.00

Monetary Expenditures – $61,513.20

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $9,151.54

Subtotal     $59,036.26

Ending Money On Hand   $59,866.28

[emphasis added]

There wasn’t much there to begin with, but some high dollar donors have been stepping in. Anyone think he won’t be able to raise money?

The contributions:

Contributions to Peter Kinder’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign

reported on its July 2015 quarterly campaign finance report.

Contributions to Peter Kinder’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign reported on its July 2015 quarterly campaign finance report.

August Busch III $50,000.00

James Henry Cooper $10,000.00

Larus Corp $10,000.00

Loren Cook II $10,000.00

Cape Radiology $10,000.00

W Bryan Magers $7,500.00

Riverton Enterprises $5,001.00

William Holekamp $5,000.00

Tri-State Treatment $5,000.00

Missouri Realtors $2,500.00

Rudolph Farber $2,500.00

Citizens for New Health $2,500.00

Coalition for Disability Rights $2,500.00

Laclede Corporation $2,500.00

Gene Schwartz $2,000.00

Edward Robinson $1,500.00

David Barklage $1,200.00

Not exactly the sign of a populist wave.

Some of the expenditures:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER [pdf] 7/15/2015

New Capitol City Warehouse 1011 Industrial Dr Jefferson City MO 65109 5/5/2015 Sign Storage $75.00

New Capitol City Warehouse 1011 Industrial Dr Jefferson City MO 65109 5/13/2015 Sign Storage $25.00

Willis Jones 135 Jupiter Street Holts Summit MO 65043 5/29/2015 Research $1,000.00

The J Harris Company 122 E High St Ste 200 Jefferson City MO 65101 6/1/2015 Research/Fundraising $6,000.00

Applied Research Coordinates 11753 North Shore Drive Reston VA 20190 6/16/2015 Research $4,000.00

[emphasis added]

Previously:

Okay, this is really funny in a schadenfreude kind of way (August 18, 2011)

Kinder losing brownie points with major donor (August 19, 2011)

Campaign Finance: somebody’s still raising big bucks for 2012 (August 23, 2011)

Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder (r): the republican cult of the victim (August 29, 2011)

Peter the Tweeter has a Tantrum (July 8, 2012)

It’s hard to get by on $86,484.00* a year (February 19, 2015)

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)

Catherine Hanaway’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign filed its July quarterly campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 15th:

C141055: Hanaway For Governor, Inc

7509 Nw Tiffany Springs Parkway Suite 300 Committee Type: Candidate

Kansas City Mo 64153 Party Affiliation: Republican

[….] Established Date: 02/14/2014

  [….]

Information Reported On: 2015 – July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $1,249,706.48

Monetary Receipts + $371,123.69

Monetary Expenditures – $115,337.61

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $0.00

Subtotal     $255,786.08

Ending Money On Hand   $1,505,492.56

[emphasis added]

That’s a respectable fundraising quarter and a serious amount of cash on hand.

The contributions:

Contributions to Catherine Hanaway’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign

reported on its July 2015 quarterly campaign finance report.

Contributions to Catherine Hanaway’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign reported on its July 2015 quarterly campaign finance report.

Stanley Herzog $25,000.00

William F Holekamp $25,000.00

Menlo Smith $25,000.00

Pauline Keinath $25,000.00

KCP&L $25,000.00

Samuel Hais $15,001.00

Stephen Brauer $15,000.00

D John Sauer $10,000.00

Anne Shapleigh $10,000.00

Herzog Contracting $10,000.00

William Bush $10,000.00

Advantage Capital Management $5,100.00

Hugh Scott III $5,000.00

Southeast Holdings $5,000.00

Michael Herring $5,000.00

Thompson Coburn $5,000.00

Michael Mooney $5,000.00

Hegeman for Senate $5,000.00

Husch Blackwell $5,000.00

William Kapp $5,000.00

Michael Scharf $3,600.00

Mary Ellen Schneider $3,100.00

Stephanie Schnuck $2,600.00

Thomas Zupon $2,600.00

Fred Palmer $2,600.00

Rosemary Langhorst $2,500.00

Jack Taylor $2,500.00

J Adamson $2,500.00

Donald Ross $2,500.00

Diana Chancellor $2,500.00

Nancy Apel $2,500.00

Kristi Allen $2,500.00

Paul Diemer $2,500.00

Lee Kaplan $2,500.00

Deborah Kohler $2,500.00

David Livon $2,500.00

Laura Nestor $2,500.00

Steven Usselmann $2,500.00

Kelly Bloom $2,500.00

Craig Kennedy $2,500.00

Gary Rutledge $2,500.00

Gene McNary $2,500.00

Paul Shaughnessy $2,500.00

James Shaughnessy $2,500.00

Cory McMahon $2,000.00

Robert Gau $2,000.00

Medart $2,000.00

Orscheln Management $2,000.00

Johnny Londoff $2,000.00

Ann Wagner $2,000.00

9109 Watson LLC $1,531.26

Jodene Carr $1,500.00

Jennifer Bukowsky $1,000.00

Wade Blackwell $1,000.00

Richard Zimmerman $1,000.00

Warren Erdman $1,000.00

David Bradley Jr $1,000.00

Stephen Smith $1,000.00

Cory McMahon $1,000.00

Christine Taylor $1,000.00

Missouri Collections Association $1,000.00

Jim McAtee $1,000.00

Mitchell Platin $1,000.00

Liza Forshaw $1,000.00

Susan Lombardo $1,000.00

Richard Baalmann $1,000.00

Warren Stemme $1,000.00

Joan Langenberg $1,000.00

Dave Ganz $1,000.00

Patrick Finneran $1,000.00

Jean Paul Bradshaw II $1,000.00

Jeffrey Jensen $1,000.00

Ernest Dempsey $1,000.00

Nathan Garrett $1,000.00

Bruce Mills $1,000.00

Raza Naqvi $1,000.00

Margretta Forrester $1,000.00

Sara Hargis $1,000.00

Stephen Clark $1,000.00

Robert Pieper $500.00

John Zimmer $500.00

Heal PAC $500.00

George Weber IV $500.00

Missouri Time Sales $500.00

Gary Dusenberg $500.00

Mark Hadfield $500.00

Neal Schroeder $500.00

Carol Silvey $500.00

Gilbert Schroeder $500.00

William Clark $500.00

John Beck $450.00

Steven C Krueger $250.00

Roper Buick $250.00

Lana Crain $250.00

Jerry Hunter $250.00

John Kijowski $250.00

Connie Cierpiot $250.00

Rufus Kemper $250.00

David Burke $250.00

Kathryn Hoflander $250.00

William Sneed $250.00

Jerry Wells $250.00

William Dobbs $250.00

Frank Thurman $250.00

Jerry Hunter $250.00

Judith Gruender $250.00

Corrigan Leadership $250.00

John Musgrave $250.00

Christena Coleman $250.00

Jamie Hais $200.00

Roberta Minor $200.00

Timothy Tierney $200.00

Pat Skipton $200.00

Christopher Gentry $200.00

Bill Reiboldt $200.00

Friends to Elect Bill Lant $200.00

Missouri for Charlie Davis $200.00

Barbara Marquez $200.00

Eugene Schwartz $200.00

Ron Carter $200.00

Leila Cohoon $150.00

The Gamble Company $150.00

Doris Strickler $150.00

Patricia Lehman $150.00

Jill Hickam $150.00

Harley Swenson $100.00

Gary Welker $100.00

Bobur Hasan $100.00

Jennifer Meyer $100.00

Matt Diehr $100.00

Joshua Kim $100.00

JoAnn Jones $100.00

Dan Amsden $100.00

Mark Milton $100.00

Joseph Goldkamp $100.00

Marty Wilder $100.00

Paul Middeke $100.00

Janice Hisch $100.00

Robert Hertzog $100.00

Judith Stecher $100.00

Ray James $100.00

Chris Powers $100.00

Larry Absheer $100.00

Brian Ulione $100.00

Charles Willey $100.00

Mary Lee Kachur $100.00

Frances Baker $100.00

Raquel Martinez $100.00

The Physical Therapy Center $100.00

Norman Hoernschemeyer $100.00

Geralyn Banahan $100.00

James Wyrsch $100.00

Walter Bivins $100.00

Corvette Specialists $100.00

Gary Strope $100.00

Dean Mutter $100.00

Citizens for Ruestman $100.00

Catherine Moore $100.00

Janet Garvin $100.00

John Hesser Jr $100.00

Renee Kerckhoff $100.00

R Scott $100.00

Douglas Yaeger $100.00

Cynthia Baker $100.00

Robert Osborn $100.00

Robert Kochan $100.00

Casey Guernsey $100.00

Kathryn Cunningham $100.00

Paula Shirley $75.00

John Mills $75.00

Greystone Investments $75.00

Holly Snow $75.00

Alan Marble $75.00

Barb York $65.00

Steve Pincher $50.00

Pat Lehman $50.00

Henry Blumenkemper $50.00

Weldon Woodward $50.00

Mildred Horn $50.00

Lori Crismon $50.00

Eugene Spears $50.00

Nancy Good $50.00

Brad Hildebrand $50.00

Jon Stouffer $50.00

John Peters $50.00

Kristin Johnson $30.00

Anthony Bartlett $25.00

M A Chance $25.00

Mark Ludwig $25.00

Maryann Manion $25.00

Jordan Pauluhn $25.00

Robert Zafft $25.00

Christina McHugh $25.00

Emily Hollander $25.00

Thomas Wilson $25.00

Adam Schneider $25.00

Brendan Block $25.00

Jeff Lester $25.00

Myles McCabe $25.00

Margaret Yaudas $25.00

Dina Hensley $25.00

Hella Smith $25.00

D.C. Cavaness $10.00

[emphasis added]

Over half of the total amount of contributions this quarter came from eleven individuals or entities. Close to 80% of the total contributions were in amounts of $2,000.00 or more.

And some of those expenditures?:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR, INC [pdf] 7/15/2015

Axiom Strategies 1251 NW Briarcliff Pkey Suite 85 Kansas City MO 64116 4/1/2015 campaign planning strategy $7,127.32

Candidate Command 1420 NW Vivion Rd Kansas City MO 64118 5/7/2015 media buy retainers and fundraising supplies $3,951.79

TVeyes Inc 1150 Post Rd Fairfield CT 06824 5/26/2015 media monitoring service $2,400.00

Candidate Command 1420 NW Vivion Rd Kansas City MO 64118 6/8/2015 media buy $2,326.78

Paramount Business Jets 673 Potomac Station Dr Leeburg VA 20176 6/12/2015 private charter fee $10,390.75

[emphasis added]

Do you suppose the media monitoring service checks out blogs? Just asking.

Previously:

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

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

Campaign Finance: Oh, there is a difference… (February 20, 2015)

Campaign Finance: gone quiet (March 21, 2015)

Campaign Finance: back in business (April 5, 2015)

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

Campaign Finance: trickling in (April 14, 2015)

Campaign Finance: still trickling in (April 20, 2015)

Campaign Finance: more than a trickle (May 8, 2015)

Campaign Finance: Did we call it, or what? (May 11, 2015)

Campaign Finance: inspiring confidence (May 26, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a Florida populist? (June 3, 2015)

Campaign Finance: $10,000.00 is a popular amount (June 4, 2015)

Campaign Finance: still awake (June 17, 2015)

Campaign Finance: they have the power… (June 19, 2015)

Mike Parson’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign filed its July quarterly campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission yesterday:

C091129: Parson For Governor

Po Box 1004 Committee Type: Candidate

Bolivar Mo 65613 Party Affiliation: Republican

[….] Established Date: 06/15/2009

  […]

Information Reported On: 2015 – July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $443,887.50

Monetary Receipts + $335,481.32

Monetary Expenditures – $50,125.17

Contributions Made – $660.00

Other Disbursements – $1,853.93

Subtotal     $282,842.22

Ending Money On Hand   $726,729.72

[emphasis added]

That’s a healthy fundraising quarter and a substantial bottom line.

The contributions:

Contributions to Mike Parson’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign

reported on its July 2015 quarterly campaign finance report.

Contributions to Mike Parson’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign reported on its July 2015 quarterly campaign finance report.

Friends of Tilley $50,000.00

Donald Babb $25,000.00

Noranda Aluminum $25,000.00

Missouri AG PAC $15,000.00

William Danforth $15,000.00

MACO Development $15,000.00

Doug Libla for Senate $15,000.00

John Danforth $10,000.00

David Furnell $10,000.00

Starline $10,000.00

Howard Wood $10,000.00

Ken Weymuth $10,000.00

Stephens Pharmacy $5,100.00

Friends of Wayne Wallingford $5,100.00

Friends of Tom Schweich $5,000.00

Orscheln Management $5,000.00

Missouri Health Care Association $5,000.00

RightChoice Managed Care $5,000.00

Excel Anesthesia $5,000.00

Nurse Anesthetists PAC $2,500.00

Anheuser Busch $2,500.00

Laclede Political Action Committee $2,500.00

RGA Reinsurance $2,500.00

BNSF Railway $2,500.00

Dollar Burn & Becker $2,500.00

NF Beaman $2,500.00

LeeAnn Beaman $2,500.00

Stone and Alter $2,500.00

University Square $2,500.00

F Joe Delong $2,000.00

Randall Sudbrock $2,000.00

Phoenix Home Care $2,000.00

Robert Seiner $2,000.00

Strategic Capitol $1,509.61

Martin Porter $1,500.00

RCCO Properties $1,500.00

John Bardgett $1,500.00

Ronnie Ditzfeld $1,000.00

Otis Thomas $1,000.00

Evergreen Investments $1,000.00

William Darr $1,000.00

Ronald Kemp $1,000.00

Dave Berry $1,000.00

Dempsey for Missouri $1,000.00

Nicole Wood $1,000.00

Home Building PAC $1,000.00

Randall Eaton $1,000.00

Tilley Law Firm $1,000.00

Council of Fire Fighters $1,000.00

Career Fire Protection Districts $1,000.00

Robert Walsh $1,000.00

Terry Martin $1,000.00

Joan Wilson $750.00

Kehdes BBQ $750.00

Allen Moss $643.43

Missouri Realtors $500.00

Ray Leininger $500.00

Helen Stanek $500.00

Marsha Boeschen $500.00

Larry Wilson $500.00

Gary McMullin $500.00

Wagenknecht Farms $500.00

Fred Wenig $500.00

William Shumake $500.00

Byron Matson $500.00

Marcum Hauling $500.00

David Curry $500.00

Richard Rice Farms $500.00

William Kallenbach $500.00

Thomas Ball $500.00

Entlicher for Election $500.00

Bradley Gregory $500.00

Michael Dublin $500.00

Eric Juhlin $500.00

Friends of Sandy Crawford $500.00

Meador Investments $500.00

The Marketing Bunch $500.00

Thane Kifer $500.00

JV Wommack $500.00

Grace Pursley $500.00

C and J Dogfood $500.00

MBA Capitol Region PAC $500.00

Jeanie Gerken $500.00

Richardet Floor $500.00

Charles Goshen $500.00

Cassandra Decker $500.00

Adriane Fain $500.00

Dallas County Cattlemans Assoc $375.00

Larry Ferguson $300.00

Melvin Pulley $300.00

Tom Brickhaus $300.00

Everett Tilley $300.00

Sharon Gillardi $300.00

Marsha Boeschen $254.09

Dohrman Farms LLC $250.00

Sammy Mehan $250.00

Gary Noakes $250.00

Wes Kemp $250.00

Debra McCasline $250.00

William Donnell $250.00

Eugene Hutcheson $250.00

Westfall Farm $250.00

James Howe $250.00

Shannon Hancock $250.00

Charles Long $250.00

Jane Rayl $250.00

Jo Roberts $250.00

Sharon Johnson Accounting $250.00

Paul Estes $250.00

Ken Beyer $250.00

Kelli Pryor $250.00

Randy Eaton $233.00

Kendal Roweton $200.00

Bradley Pollitt $200.00

Richard Beard $200.00

William Ferguson $200.00

Cloud Farms $200.00

Matt Green $200.00

Donna Poort $200.00

Dan Bailey Construction $200.00

Phillip Sawyer $200.00

Brent Hampy $200.00

Jim Davolt $200.00

Robert Kifer $200.00

Ronald Jump $200.00

Charlene Wisner $200.00

Matthew Conwell $200.00

Danny Whiteley $150.00

Shirley Allison $100.00

Leo Marler $100.00

Donald Mitchell $100.00

Monty Wheeler $100.00

Terry Sowers $100.00

Dale Cox $100.00

Mark Nolte $100.00

Anna Quinn $100.00

Debra McCaslin $100.00

Roger Short $100.00

Russell Martin $100.00

Vonna Jones $100.00

Kevin Thomas $100.00

Michael Stanek $100.00

Alvin Meyer $100.00

John Campbell $100.00

Gary Ulrich $100.00

Larry West $100.00

MK Hendrickson $100.00

Joanna Anderson $100.00

Friends of Wanda Brown $100.00

GL Noland $100.00

Barbara Clevenger $100.00

Pearce for Missouri $100.00

Maria Mittelhauser $100.00

Springfork Valley Farms $100.00

Charles Hardy $100.00

Willliam Jackson $100.00

Cliff Callis $100.00

Steven Berry $100.00

Chris Blanchard $100.00

Wanda Baker $100.00

Rusty Kahrs $100.00

James Callis $100.00

Edward Hart $100.00

Connie Kiburz $100.00

Cliff House $100.00

Don Donnohue $100.00

Jay Knight $100.00

Charles Bourland $100.00

Joseph Close $100.00

John Trainer $100.00

Roberts Chevrolet $100.00

MK Hendrickson $100.00

Darin Chappell $100.00

Pat Taylor $100.00

SJ Hubbert $100.00

Tony Porter $100.00

Russell Chalene $100.00

Robert Cagle $100.00

Stephen Skopec $100.00

Mike Fraser $100.00

Kyle Legan $100.00

James McManigle $100.00

Mark Stephens $100.00

Lester Jensen $100.00

Donald Jump $100.00

Jack Palmer $100.00

Laura Boyd $100.00

Larry Shelby $100.00

Rebecca Legan $100.00

Siegismund Farms $100.00

JD Johnson $100.00

Richard Renno $100.00

Love Ranch $100.00

Ricky Fajen $100.00

Gerry Smith $100.00

Donna Nolte $100.00

Merlin Kreisel $100.00

Fran Trainer $100.00

Charlene Wisner $100.00

Crist Fanning $100.00

K Johnson $100.00

Karen Gruhn $100.00

Crossfire Ranch $100.00

David Soto $100.00

Jay Stortz $100.00

Bernadette Henrichs $100.00

James Spantgos $100.00

Phillip Logan $50.00

John Meehan $50.00

Darrin Inglis $50.00

Gabriela Gragson $50.00

Lisa Funk $50.00

Holly Hill Stanford $50.00

Paula Shepard $50.00

Jan Robbins $50.00

Ashley Berry $50.00

William Crabtree $50.00

David Wood $50.00

Stephen Galliher $50.00

Dennis Hudson $50.00

Elmer Van Dyke $50.00

Wendy Faulconer $50.00

Eugene Oelrichs $50.00

Gary Pottorff $50.00

John Crawford $50.00

Alan Ream $50.00

Susan Mergen $50.00

Cynthia Sims $50.00

Julia Ann Bock $50.00

Bill Little $50.00

Shirley Allison $50.00

Randy Lightfoot $50.00

Craig Westfall $50.00

Susan Callis $50.00

Brent Logan $50.00

Rodney Meyer $50.00

Dick Sanford $50.00

Michelle McLerran Morgan $50.00

Heath Karr $50.00

Paul Becker $50.00

Robert Ray $50.00

Kimberly Amiot $50.00

Donna Witsberger $50.00

Pamela Sue Guffey $40.00

Billy Cottner $35.00

Dixie Howser $25.00

Lyle McMullin $25.00

John Meehan $25.00

James Bryden $25.00

David Brown $25.00

Victor Gunn $25.00

Larry Walthall $25.00

Christi Burris $20.00

Carolyn West $5.00

[emphasis added]

Close to 60% of the total contributions came from twelve individuals or entities. Close to 80% of the total contributions were in amounts of $2,000.00 or greater.

Previously:

Because asking politely for people to comply with the law always seems to work out so well (April 15, 2015)

Add another one to the list (May 4, 2015)

Campaign Finance: choosing (May 10, 2015)

Campaign Finance: taking some medicine (May 22, 2015)

Campaign Finance: Gee, that’s a familiar, round number… (May 22, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a little bit more (May 27, 2015)

Campaign Finance: An alternate hope? (May 29, 2015)

Campaign Finance: now that we’re clear on that (June 2, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a familiar name (June 10, 2015)

Campaign Finance: just a little bit more (June 10, 2015)

Campaign Finance: friends in all kinds of places (June 12, 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: nothing to sneeze at (June 27, 2015)

Campaign Finance: Paper or plastic? (July 6, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a familiar amount (July 8, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a managed choice (July 14, 2015)