Hoover: Kent is a legacy, Otter. His brother was a ’59, Fred Dorfman.

Flounder: He said legacies usually get asked to pledge automatically.

Otter: Oh, well, usually. Unless the pledge in question turns out to be a real closet-case.

Otter, Boon: Like Fred.

John “Jay” Ashcroft’s (r) 2016 campaign for Secretary of State received a few dollars more – today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C151004 07/02/2015 ASHCROFT FOR MISSOURI Peter Herschend 538 Oak Bluff Rd. Branson MO 65616 Silver Dollar City Principal 6/30/2015 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Legacies.

Previously:

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)

The John “Jay” Ashcroft (r) received a contribution for his 2016 Secretary of State campaign. Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C151004 05/26/2015 ASHCROFT FOR MISSOURI Janet Ashcroft 5491 West Farm Rd. 54 Willard MO 65781 Retired 5/24/2015 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

All in the family.

Previously:

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)

“For someone who wants to be the state’s chief of elections, you need to learn the difference between elections and petitions.” Bingo.

You know, the Children’s Television Workshop teaches critical thinking skills:

One of These Things (Is Not Like The Others)

One of these things is not like the others,

One of these things just doesn’t belong,

Can you tell which thing is not like the others

By the time I finish my song?

Some people didn’t pay attention.

Yesterday, from John “Jay” Ashcroft, a republican party legacy and candidate for Secretary of State in 2016:

Jay Ashcroft ‏@JayAshcroftMO

Remember when @JasonKander said voter fraud is “unsubstantiated”? Turns out he was wrong. [….]9:54 PM – 19 May 2015

What an ignoranomus.

Some responses:

Sean Nicholson @ssnich

Remember that time @JayAshcroftMO conflated completely separate issues to advance GOP anti-voting agenda? [….] 9:57 PM – 19 May 2015

Evan Chiarelli ‏@FuturePOTUS2036

@JayAshcroftMO @JasonKander Not the same issue. Don’t mix voter fraud at the ballot box with 4 people faking signatures on a petition. 10:02 PM – 19 May 2015

Evan Chiarelli ‏@FuturePOTUS2036

@JayAshcroftMO For someone who wants to be the state’s chief of elections, you need to learn the difference between elections and petitions. 10:03 PM – 19 May 2015

John “Jay” Ashcroft (r) is being either cynically manipulative for political purposes or irredeemably stupid. Your pick.

Previously:

Rep. Jason Kander (D) in Higginsville (January 10, 2011)

Rep. Shane Schoeller (r): reading comprehension isn’t a strong point (January 12, 2012)

Welcome to Rep. Shane Schoeller’s (r) world… (March 7, 2012)

Finally, documentation of voter impersonation fraud in Missouri. Zero. (August 12, 2012)

Secretary of State Jason Kander (D): with Melissa Harris-Perry on MSNBC on voter ID (February 9, 2014)

Secretary of State Jason Kander (D): on attempts to suppress the vote (February 23, 2014)

Hoover: Kent is a legacy, Otter. His brother was a ’59, Fred Dorfman.

Flounder: He said legacies usually get asked to pledge automatically.

Otter: Oh, well, usually. Unless the pledge in question turns out to be a real closet-case.

Otter, Boon: Like Fred.

Things didn’t work out so well in 2014, so it’s time for something even bigger! It’ll be for Missouri Secretary of State in 2016 [pdf].

C151004: Ashcroft For Missouri

12138 Mirror Lake Drive Committee Type: Candidate

St Louis Mo 63146 Party Affiliation: Republican

[….] Established Date: 01/06/2015

  Termination Date:

Information Reported On: 2015 – April Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $14,267.25

Monetary Receipts + $1,000.00

Monetary Expenditures – $35.00

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $0.00

Subtotal     $965.00

Ending Money On Hand   $15,232.25

[emphasis added]

Not much there.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C151004 05/08/2015 ASHCROFT FOR MISSOURI August Busch III 1 Mid Rivers Mall Dr. Suite 210 St Peters MO 63376 Retired 5/6/2015 $20,000.00

[emphasis added]

It must be nice to have such generous friends.

Previously:

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

In the open seat 24th Senate District race between Jill Schupp (D) and John Ashcroft (r):

Office/Candidate Name Party Votes % of Votes

State Senator – District 24 160 of 160 Precincts Reported

Jill Schupp Democratic 27,662 49.925%

John R. Ashcroft Republican 26,030 46.980%

Jim Higgins Libertarian 1,715 3.095%

Total Votes: 55,407

[emphasis added]

Apparently there are still pockets of Missouri where you can’t buy a legacy a seat. Yet.

Jill Schupp (D) versus the legacy (r) in the 24th Senate District (October 25, 2014)

Campaign Finance: paving the legacy’s path to the Senate in gold (October 19, 2014)

Campaign Finance: polling, polling, polling… (September 24, 2014)

Campaign Finance: all in on the legacy (September 23, 2014)

Campaign Finance: supporting the legacy in $10,000.00 increments (September 5, 2014)

Campaign Finance: legacies (August 27, 2014)

“He said legacies usually get asked to pledge automatically.” (August 7, 2014)

Campaign Finance: all that money in the 24th Senate District republican primary (August 3, 2014)

Campaign Finance: 24th Senate District – July quarterly campaign finance reports (July 18, 2014)

Campaign Finance: end of quarter confidence in the 24th Senate District (July 3, 2014)

Campaign Finance: 24th Senate District – April quarterly campaign finance reports (April 19, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Friends of the family?  (April 11, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Make room for daddy? (April 7, 2014)

Campaign Finance: trying to catch up in the 24th Senate District (March 31, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Schupp (D) and Lamping (r) in the 24th Senate District – 4th quarter 2013 (January 15, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Schupp (D) and Lamping (r) in the 24th Senate District – 3rd quarter 2013 (October 21, 2013)

Does that include a ride on the blimp? (November 1, 2014)

Hoover: Kent is a legacy, Otter. His brother was a ’59, Fred Dorfman.

Flounder: He said legacies usually get asked to pledge automatically.

Otter: Oh, well, usually. Unless the pledge in question turns out to be a real closet-case.

Otter, Boon: Like Fred.

A Rex Sinquefield funded PAC dropped even more money on the legacy in the 24th Senate District race (yesterday, via the Missouri Ethics Commission::

C141179 10/31/2014 ASHCROFT FOR MISSOURI Grow Missouri 308 E High Street Jefferson City MO 65101 10/31/2014 $112,013.00

[emphasis added]

It was an in-kind [pdf] contribution. Maybe it was a Halloween ride on the blimp.

The Rex Sinquefield funded PAC Grow Missouri’s moving billboard at

the University of Central Missouri’s Skyhaven Airport near Warrensburg this morning.

Heh.

Previously:

Jill Schupp (D) versus the legacy (r) in the 24th Senate District (October 25, 2014)

Campaign Finance: paving the legacy’s path to the Senate in gold (October 19, 2014)

Campaign Finance: polling, polling, polling… (September 24, 2014)

Campaign Finance: all in on the legacy (September 23, 2014)

Campaign Finance: supporting the legacy in $10,000.00 increments (September 5, 2014)

Campaign Finance: legacies (August 27, 2014)

“He said legacies usually get asked to pledge automatically.” (August 7, 2014)

Campaign Finance: all that money in the 24th Senate District republican primary (August 3, 2014)

Campaign Finance: 24th Senate District – July quarterly campaign finance reports (July 18, 2014)

Campaign Finance: end of quarter confidence in the 24th Senate District (July 3, 2014)

Campaign Finance: 24th Senate District – April quarterly campaign finance reports (April 19, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Friends of the family?  (April 11, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Make room for daddy? (April 7, 2014)

Campaign Finance: trying to catch up in the 24th Senate District (March 31, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Schupp (D) and Lamping (r) in the 24th Senate District – 4th quarter 2013 (January 15, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Schupp (D) and Lamping (r) in the 24th Senate District – 3rd quarter 2013 (October 21, 2013)

Via Twitter:

Jill Schupp ‏@JillSchupp

Senator @Clairecmc understands the importance of this Senate race and getting out the vote on November 4th. 1:13 PM – 26 Oct 2014

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission

C131081 10/26/2014 SCHUPP FOR SENATE Claire McCaskill PO Box 30077 St Louis MO 63130 United States Senator 10/25/2014 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Yes, she does.

A television ad:

various: Jay Ashcroft doesn’t trust women to make decisions about their bodies. I’m worried Ashcroft would limit my access, my access to birth control. I’m worried Ashcroft wants to outlaw abortion, even in cases of rape or incest. I’m worried Ashcroft will be another Todd Akin. We need someone we can trust.

Jill Schupp: I’m Jill Schupp and unlike Jay Ashcroft I trust women to make these important decisions. I’ll always protect a woman’s right to choose and access to birth control because I trust Missouri women.

There are plenty more reasons to vote for Jill Schupp over the legacy in the 24th Senate District race. In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Editorial: Care about Medicaid expansion? Vote for Jill Schupp

[….]

….We endorse Ms. Schupp to be the next state senator from the 24th District.

Her experience, her clear positions on Medicaid expansion and a variety of other issues, and the Senate’s desperate need for more ideological balance make Ms. Schupp the clear choice over political newcomer Jay Ashcroft, a Republican from unincorporated west St. Louis County.

Mr. Ashcroft is the son of former Missouri Gov. John Ashcroft, who went on to become a U.S. senator and U.S. attorney general before starting a Clayton law practice, where the younger Ashcroft also works. Mr. Ashcroft has never held political office, and his inexperience shows in his lack of clarity on key issues….

[….]

“…his inexperience shows in his lack of clarity on key issues…”

For right wingnut republicans that’s a feature, not a bug.

Hoover: Kent is a legacy, Otter. His brother was a ’59, Fred Dorfman.

Flounder: He said legacies usually get asked to pledge automatically.

Otter: Oh, well, usually. Unless the pledge in question turns out to be a real closet-case.

Otter, Boon: Like Fred.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: polling, polling, polling… (September 24, 2014)

Campaign Finance: all in on the legacy (September 23, 2014)

Campaign Finance: supporting the legacy in $10,000.00 increments (September 5, 2014)

Campaign Finance: legacies (August 27, 2014)

“He said legacies usually get asked to pledge automatically.” (August 7, 2014)

Campaign Finance: all that money in the 24th Senate District republican primary (August 3, 2014)

Campaign Finance: 24th Senate District – July quarterly campaign finance reports (July 18, 2014)

Campaign Finance: end of quarter confidence in the 24th Senate District (July 3, 2014)

Campaign Finance: 24th Senate District – April quarterly campaign finance reports (April 19, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Friends of the family?  (April 11, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Make room for daddy? (April 7, 2014)

Campaign Finance: trying to catch up in the 24th Senate District (March 31, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Schupp (D) and Lamping (r) in the 24th Senate District – 4th quarter 2013 (January 15, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Schupp (D) and Lamping (r) in the 24th Senate District – 3rd quarter 2013 (October 21, 2013)

Campaign Finance: paving the legacy’s path to the Senate in gold (October 19, 2014)

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141179 09/26/2014 ASHCROFT FOR MISSOURI Vicky Hartzler for Congress PO Box 9265 Shawnee Mission KS 66201 9/26/2014 $5,001.00

[emphasis added]

Is John Ashcroft having so much difficulty raising money from grassroots supporters in the 24th Senate District that he needs to rely on a member of Congress from the other side of the state to add to his tally?

What’s with the extra $1.00? Was that so it would be reported immediately at the Missouri Ethics Commission [It would show up in the quarterly campaign finance report in three weeks anyway]?

Is this an indication that Vicky Hartzler is taking the November general election and her opponent, Nate Irvin (D), that lightly?

Shawnee Mission, Kansas?

Previously:

Campaign Finance: polling, polling, polling… (September 24, 2014)

Campaign Finance: all in on the legacy (September 23, 2014)

Campaign Finance: supporting the legacy in $10,000.00 increments (September 5, 2014)

Campaign Finance: legacies (August 27, 2014)

“He said legacies usually get asked to pledge automatically.” (August 7, 2014)

Campaign Finance: all that money in the 24th Senate District republican primary (August 3, 2014)

Campaign Finance: 24th Senate District – July quarterly campaign finance reports (July 18, 2014)

Campaign Finance: end of quarter confidence in the 24th Senate District (July 3, 2014)

Campaign Finance: 24th Senate District – April quarterly campaign finance reports (April 19, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Friends of the family?  (April 11, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Make room for daddy? (April 7, 2014)

Campaign Finance: trying to catch up in the 24th Senate District (March 31, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Schupp (D) and Lamping (r) in the 24th Senate District – 4th quarter 2013 (January 15, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Schupp (D) and Lamping (r) in the 24th Senate District – 3rd quarter 2013 (October 21, 2013)