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.

This morning we attended the largest annual single gathering of politicians in Missouri, outside of the General Assembly, at the Governor’s Ham Breakfast on the grounds of the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. It makes for an interesting juxtaposition – potential political opponents for statewide and legislative office milling around and greeting each other, breakfast attendees, and the media.

It’s also an opportunity for us to get photographs of a number of public officials and political candidates in one place. Some of those results:  

Attorney General Chris Koster (D), a (probable) candidate for Governor in 2016.

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)

Former Cass County Prosecutor Teresa Hensley (D), a candidate for Attorney General in 2016.

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

Former Missouri House Speaker and U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway (r), a candidate for Governor in 2016.

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)

Campaign Finance: a familiar amount (July 22, 2015)

Bev Randles (r), a candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2016.

Campaign Finance: Oh, hell, just buy the state already (December 8, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Exploring something. (January 13, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a December to really remember (January 18, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a sense of proportion (April 22, 2015)

Bev Randles (r): officially in the 2016 Lieutenant Governor race (July 1, 2015)

Lieutenant Governor – July 2015 Campaign Finance Reports (July 19, 2015)

Jay Ashcroft (r), a candidate for Secretary of State in 2016.

The legacy will continue to try (January 14, 2015)

Campaign Finance: enabling the legacy (May 8, 2015)

The legacy demonstrates difficulty understanding concepts taught on a children’s television show (May 20, 2015)

Family ties (May 27, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a fistful of silver dollars (July 2, 2015)

Representative Vicky Hartzler (r), a candidate for reelection in the 4th Congressional District in 2016.

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): has a SCOTUScare! sad (June 25, 2015)

Rep Vicky Hartzler (r): has another U.S. Supreme Court sad – today it’s marriage equality (June 26, 2015)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): on the Iran nuclear deal – Harrisonville, MO – August 14, 2015 (August 15, 2015)

Previously:

Missouri State Fair – the Governor’s Ham Breakfast – photos (August 16, 2012)

The Governor’s Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair – 2013 (August 15, 2013)

Tomorrow morning’s Governor’s Ham Breakfast at the State Fair is gonna be really interesting (August 13, 2014)

Gov. Jay Nixon will be in the St. Louis area today, not at the State Fair (August 14, 2014)

What if you had a ham breakfast and the Governor couldn’t be there? (August 14, 2015)

Unintentionally ironic… (August 20, 2015)

Bev Randles’ (r) 2016 lieutenant governor campaign filed its July quarterly campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 15th:

C141581: Missourians For Randles

  Committee Type: Exploratory

5823 North Cypress Ave

Kansas City Mo64119 Established Date: 12/08/2014

[….]

Information Reported On: 2015 – July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $953,299.92

Monetary Receipts + $28,885.00

Monetary Expenditures – $79,417.05

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $0.00

Subtotal     ($50,532.05)

Ending Money On Hand   $902,767.87

[emphasis added]

It was not a particularly stellar fundraising quarter. But then, it doesn’t have to be when you have friends who write really, really, really large checks.

The contributions:

Contributions to Bev Randles’ (r) 2016 lieutenant governor campaign reported on its July 2015 quarterly campaign finance report.

Contributions to Bev Randles’ (r) 2016 lieutenant governor campaign reported on its July 2015 quarterly campaign finance report.

Missourians for Tim Jones $25,000.00

Dorothy Moore $1,000.00

KC Renewal Fellowship $1,000.00

Harold Gallaher $250.00

John Cashill $250.00

Gerald Reynolds $250.00

Dan Heckman $200.00

Nancy Kraus $125.00

John Lilly $100.00

Rosa Schleeter $100.00

Dave Stockman $100.00

Rick Perry $100.00

Darrell Valentine $50.00

Darrin Adkins $50.00

Todd Wright $50.00

Michael Kijowski $50.00

Sherry Berry $50.00

John McMillen $50.00

James Miles $50.00

Marshall J Saye $25.00

Clay Lyons $25.00

Luke Corbett $10.00

[emphasis added]

Twenty-two contributors in the quarter. Gee, you can really sense the grassroots momentum.

Some of the expenditures:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

MISSOURIANS FOR RANDLES [pdf] 7/15/2015

Connect Strategies, LLC 6499 Waxberry Dr Seven Hills OH 44131 4/22/2015 Digital Strategies $10,469.06

Turning Point Public Affairs, LLC 3458 Pestalozzi St St Louis MO 63318 4/24/2015 Campaign Strategy $25,000.00

East Meridian Strategies 1101 14th St NW, Ste 1030 Washington DC 20005 5/13/2015 Printing $4,000.00

Turning Point Public Affairs, LLC 3458 Pestalozzi St St Louis MO 63318 6/5/2015 Campaign Strategy $13,500.00

Connect Strategies, LLC 6499 Waxberry Dr Seven Hills OH 44131 6/8/2015 Digital Strategy $4,842.40

Victory Enterprises 5200 SW 30th St Davenport IA 52802 6/8/2015 Grassroots Strategy $3,500.00

[emphasis added]

Digital strategies? Does that include blog advertising? Just asking! We’re assuming that “grassroots strategy” involves more than twenty people.

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Brad Bradshaw’s (D) 2016 lieutenant governor campaign filed its July quarterly campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 15th:

C141569: Bradshaw For Missouri

  Committee Type: Candidate

Po Box 190201 Party Affiliation: Democrat

St Louis Mo 63119 Established Date: 11/25/2014

[….]

Information Reported On: 2015 – July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $292,564.63

Monetary Receipts + $177,045.00

Monetary Expenditures – $61,803.83

Contributions Made – $500.00

Other Disbursements – $0.00

Subtotal     $114,741.17

Ending Money On Hand   $407,305.80

[emphasis added]

There’s also a $50,000.00 loan by the candidate to the campaign.

The contributions:

Contributions to Brad Bradshaw’s (D) 2016 lieutenant governor campaign reported on its July 2015 quarterly campaign finance report.

Contributions to Brad Bradshaw’s (D) 2016 lieutenant governor campaign reported on its July 2015 quarterly campaign finance report.

Brad Bradshaw $21,938.24

Eric Belk $20,000.00

Nail Firm $20,000.00

Hosmer & Wise $20,000.00

Simon Law Firm $5,500.00

Michael Ketchmark $5,500.00

Onder Shelton OLeary & Peterson $5,250.00

Dollar Burns & Becker $5,005.00

Strong Garner Bauer $5,005.00

Century Lumber $5,005.00

Holman Schiavone $5,005.00

Gori Julian & Associates $5,005.00

David Bronson $2,500.00

Scott Vorhees $2,000.00

Langdon & Emison $1,000.00

Robert Palmer $1,000.00

Roger Wright $1,000.00

Jay Benson $550.00

Theresa Appelbaum $500.00

Leonard P Cervantes $500.00

Sam Hamra $500.00

Hoffman & Gelfman $500.00

Charlie OReilly $500.00

John Benson $500.00

Jeffrey Singer $500.00

Henning Law Firm $500.00

Meyerford Russell & Hergott $250.00

Brian Fellows $250.00

Mark Haywood $250.00

Thomas E Schwartz $250.00

Padberg Corrigan & Appelbaum $250.00

Eugene Fahrenkrog $250.00

Gayle Krigel $250.00

John T McDonald $200.00

O’Grady Law Firm $100.00

Myers Injury Law $100.00

Floyd Law Firm $100.00

Thomas Burke $100.00

Paul Enochs $100.00

Alex Mammen $100.00

James Przyvyiski $50.00

Anne McGregor $50.00

Shirley Hendricks $50.00

Gerry Renfrow $50.00

Edward Coe $50.00

Sheryl Dunavan $50.00

Carl D Gunn $50.00

James Turner $50.00

Arthur Butler $50.00

Joel Zemmer $25.00

Reese Forbes $25.00

John Boehm $25.00

Linda S Ellis $25.00

Walter Pettit $20.00

Richard Moore $20.00

Robert Mendelsohn $20.00

Charles Bahn $20.00

Steve Gardner $20.00

John Evans $20.00

Joseph McElwain $10.00

Alma Staffer $10.00

Tom Caldwell $10.00

Suzanne Conaway $5.00

Frank Helmer $5.00

Mary Kay Green $5.00

[emphasis added]

Some of the expenditures:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

BRADSHAW FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 7/15/2015

Bill Romjue 7200 E. North Shore Drive Hartsburg MO 65309 5/29/2015 Electoral Analysis $3,000.00

Facebook 1601 Willow Rd Menlo Park CA 94025 5/11/2015 Advertising $500.67

Facebook 1601 Willow Rd Menlo Park CA 94025 5/13/2015 Advertising $113.09

Facebook 1601 Willow Rd Menlo Park CA 94025 5/14/2015 Advertising $753.98

Twitter 1355 Market St Ste 900 San Francisco CA 94103 5/15/2015 Advertising $196.25

[emphasis added]

Social media!

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Oh, hell, just buy the state already (December 8, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Exploring something. (January 13, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a December to really remember (January 18, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a sense of proportion (April 22, 2015)

Bev Randles (r): officially in the 2016 Lieutenant Governor race (July 1, 2015)

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Campaign Finance: branching out (May 12, 2015)

Campaign Finance: branching out – part 2 (May 15, 2015)

Campaign Finance: adding more (May 16, 2015)

Campaign Finance: friends in the business (May 20, 2015)

Campaign Finance: supportive colleagues (June 1, 2015)

Campaign Finance: right at the end of the quarter (July 3, 2015)

Early this morning via Twitter:

Bev Randles ‏@BevForLG

Excited to officially announce my candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri. RT & learn why I’m running now >> [….] 6:01 AM – 1 Jul 2015

At the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141581: Missourians For Randles

5823 North Cypress Ave Committee Type: Exploratory

Kansas City Mo64119

[….] Established Date: 12/08/2014

  Termination Date:

Information Reported On: 2015 – April Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $1,004,543.54

Monetary Receipts + $3,990.00

Monetary Expenditures – $55,233.62

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $0.00

Subtotal     ($51,243.62)

Ending Money On Hand   $953,299.92

[emphasis added]

The paperwork will catch up.

A Twitter response, also early this morning:

Sean Nicholson ‏@ssnich

Because Rex gave you a $1,000,000.00 check? 6:37 AM – 1 Jul 2015

Why, yes, he did.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Oh, hell, just buy the state already (December 8, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Exploring something. (January 13, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a December to really remember (January 18, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a sense of proportion (April 22, 2015)

Because Peter Kinder (r) has made the office of Lieutenant Governor what it is today…

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141581 04/21/2015 MISSOURIANS FOR RANDLES Missourians for Tim Jones P.O. Box 434 Eureka MO 63025 4/21/2015 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

Depending on what you compare that too it’s either a lot or nothing much.

From Bev Randles’ (r) April 15 quarterly campaign finance report:

C141581: Missourians For Randles

5823 North Cypress Ave Committee Type: Exploratory

Kansas City Mo64119

[….] Established Date: 12/08/2014

  Termination Date:

Information Reported On: 2015 – April Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $1,004,543.54

Monetary Receipts + $3,990.00

Monetary Expenditures – $55,233.62

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $0.00

Subtotal     ($51,243.62)

Ending Money On Hand   $953,299.92

[emphasis added]

It wasn’t an overwhelming quarter. Then again, it didn’t need to be.

Up to March 31, 2015, since the formation of the committee, there was a total of thirty-nine contributions to the campaign from individuals and couple:

Sinquefield, Rex and Jean $1,000,000.00 12/8/2014

Splittgerber, Angela $2,500.00 12/11/2014

Bruce and Kathy Vancil $2,000.00 3/31/2015

Carson, Larry $1,000.00 12/16/2014

Jerry Caulder $500.00 2/19/2015

Flaire Ferrell $500.00 2/24/2015

Freedom Bonding $250.00 12/31/2014

Bart and Lara Cooper $250.00 12/31/2014

Carter, Kim $100.00 12/10/2014

Randles, Bill $100.00 12/5/2014

Late, Benny $100.00 12/22/2014

Reynolds, Wanda $100.00 12/19/2014

Terika Brown $100.00 3/18/2015

Kat Cunningham $100.00 3/23/2015

Robert Shults $100.00 3/23/2015

Billie Bell $100.00 3/23/2015

Allen Icet $100.00 3/31/2015

Glenn Andrews $100.00 3/30/2015

Larry Schuster $100.00 3/30/2015

Ashley Brown $75.00 3/25/2015

King, Frank $50.00 12/17/2014

King, Robin $50.00 12/24/2014

Brown, Johnny $50.00 12/22/2014

Barbara Brown $50.00 3/30/2015

Cheek Living Trust $30.00 12/19/2014

Lampton, Norman $25.00 12/9/2014

Pederson, Brenda $25.00 12/15/2014

Green, Reginald $25.00 12/16/2014

Green, Dana $25.00 12/16/2014

Rita McShea $25.00 3/8/2015

Charles Jack $25.00 3/21/2015

Jon Hopkins $25.00 3/23/2015

Pat Sullivan $25.00 3/30/2015

Tina Stufflebean-Bledsoe $25.00 3/30/2015

Tonya Bowman $20.00 3/30/2015

Spencer, Derek $10.00 12/9/2014

Amelung, Wade $10.00 12/30/2014

Waylon Arndt $10.00 3/30/2015

Sherry Kuttenkuler $10.00 3/30/2015

[emphasis added]

Put all that money in perspective:

The contributions up to March 31, 2015 to Bev Randles’ (r) exploratory 2016 Lieutenant Governor committee.

A contribution of $100.00 just looks like statistical noise.

Some of the expenditures this past quarter:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

MISSOURIANS FOR RANDLES [pdf] 4/15/2015

Turning Point Public Affairs, LLC

3458 Pestalozzi St

Saint Louis MO 63118

1/27/2015

Strategy & Communications Consulting $25,000.00

Missouri Republican Party

P.O. Box 73

Jefferson City MO 65102

1/27/2015

State Lincoln Days $2,500.00

Turning Point Public Affairs, LLC

3458 Pestalozzi St

Saint Louis MO 63118

2/23/2015

Strategy & Communications Consulting $12,500.00

Do you think the consultants will recommend the candidate sit behind a fake news desk for the campaign commercials? Just asking.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Oh, hell, just buy the state already (December 8, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Exploring something. (January 13, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a December to really remember (January 18, 2015)

Bev Randles’ (r) exploratory committee filed its quarterly campaign finance report of January 15, 2015. Via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141581: Missourians For Randles

5823 North Cypress Ave Committee Type: Exploratory

Kansas City Mo64119

[….] Established Date: 12/08/2014

  Termination Date:

Information Reported On: 2015 – January Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $0.00

Monetary Receipts + $1,004,700.00

Monetary Expenditures – $156.46

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $0.00

Subtotal     $1,004,543.54

Ending Money On Hand   $1,004,543.54

[emphasis added]

All of the contributions:

Sinquefield, Rex and Jean $1,000,000.00 12/8/2014

Splittgerber, Angela $2,500.00 12/11/2014

Carson, Larry $1,000.00 12/16/2014

Freedom Bonding $250.00 12/31/2014

Cooper, Bart and Lara $250.00 12/31/2014

Carter, Kim $100.00 12/10/2014

Randles, Bill $100.00 12/5/2014

Late, Benny $100.00 12/22/2014

Reynolds, Wanda $100.00 12/19/2014

King, Frank $50.00 12/17/2014

King, Robin $50.00 12/24/2014

Brown, Johnny $50.00 12/22/2014

Cheek Living Trust $30.00 12/19/2014

Lampton, Norman $25.00 12/9/2014

Pederson, Brenda $25.00 12/15/2014

Green, Reginald $25.00 12/16/2014

Green, Dana $25.00 12/16/2014

Spencer, Derek $10.00 12/9/2014

Amelung, Wade $10.00 12/30/2014

[emphasis added]

Let’s put that in perspective:

Contributions to Bev Randles’ (r) 2016 Lieutenant Governor exploratory committee.

You get a really good sense of the grass roots momentum there.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Oh, hell, just buy the state already (December 8, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Exploring something. (January 13, 2015)

Today at  the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141581 12/08/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR RANDLES Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Self Retired 12/8/2014 $1,000,000.00

[emphasis added]

Who?

Oh.

Via the Twitterverse it appears this is all about Bev Randles. We’ll find out soon enough.

C141581: Missourians For Randles

5823 North Cypress Ave Committee Type: Exploratory

Kansas City Mo64119

[….] Established Date: 12/08/2014

  Termination Date:

Treasurer

Bill Randles

[….]

[emphasis added]

Brand spanking new. And a million dollars on the first day. It can only go downhill from there.