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

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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)

Self funding at the end of the quarter, via the Missouri Ethics Commission.

For a 2016 Democratic Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor:

C141569 07/02/2015 BRADSHAW FOR MISSOURI Brad Bradshaw 1736 E. Sunshine, Suite 600 Springfield MO 65804 Self Physician/Attorney 6/30/2015 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Ad for a 2016 Democratic Party candidate for Attorney General:

C091061 07/02/2015 SCOTT SIFTON FOR MISSOURI Scott Sifton 7834 Oakwyck Drive St Louis MO 63123 Husch Blackwell Attorney 6/30/2015 $35,000.00

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That’s personal commitment.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Brad Bradshaw’s (D) 2016 Lieutenant Governor campaign:

C141569 06/01/2015 BRADSHAW FOR MISSOURI Gori, Julian & Associates, P.C. 156 North Main Street Edwardsville IL 62025 6/1/2015 $5,005.00

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You need supportive colleagues when you’re not on the list to get one very large check from the chess guy.

Previously:

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)

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Brad Bradshaw’s (D) 2016 Lieutenant Governor campaign:

C141569 05/19/2015 BRADSHAW FOR MISSOURI Strong Garner Bauer 415 E Chestnut Springfield MO 65802 5/19/2015 $5,005.00

[emphasis added]

It’s nice to have friends.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: branching out (May 12, 2015)

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

Campaign Finance: adding more (May 16, 2015)

Brad Bradshaw’s (D) 2016 Lieutenant Governor campaign continues to steadily rack up the contributions. Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141569 05/15/2015 BRADSHAW FOR MISSOURI The Simon Law Firm, P.C. 800 Market Street, Suite 1700 St Louis MO 63101 5/15/2015 $5,500.00

C141569 05/15/2015 BRADSHAW FOR MISSOURI Holman Schiavone, LLC 4600 Madison, Suite 810 Kansas City MO 64112 5/15/2015 $5,005.00

[emphasis added]

Previously:

Campaign Finance: branching out (May 12, 2015)

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

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Brad Bradshaw’s (D) 2016 campaign foe Lieutenant Governor (as of May 12, 2015 [pdf] it’s no longer exploratory):

C141569 05/14/2015 BRADSHAW FOR MISSOURI Century Lumber & Supply, LLC 1730 E. Republic Road, Suite F Springfield MO 65804 5/14/2015 $5,005.00



C141569 05/14/2015 BRADSHAW FOR MISSOURI Hosmer & Wise, PC 1736 E. Sunshine, Suite 605 Springfield MO 65804 5/14/2015 $20,000.00

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Impressive, but it’s still not chess.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: branching out (May 12, 2015)

Exploring the possibility of running for Lieutenant Governor in 2016.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141569 02/12/2015 BRADSHAW EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE Brad Bradshaw 1736 E. Sunshine, Suite 600 Springfield MO 65804 Self Physician/Attorney 2/12/2015 $100,000.00

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That’s a total of $250,000.00 in personal contributions to his exploratory committee in 2015.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Exploring what? (January 10, 2015)

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

Campaign Finance: that’s some exploration (January 26, 2015)

Previously: Campaign Finance: Exploring what? (January 10, 2015)

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141569 01/12/2015 BRADSHAW EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE Roger Nail Jr 8432 Cedar Street Prairie Village KS 66207 The Nail Law Firm Attorney 1/12/2015 $6,000.00

[emphasis added]

A surge?

Update:

Exploring Lieutenant Governor [pdf] as a Democrat.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141569 01/09/2015 BRADSHAW EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE Brad Bradshaw 1736 E. Sunshine, Suite 600 Springfield MO 65804 Self Physician/Attorney 1/9/2015 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

That can cover a lot of territory, but it ain’t chess.