Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C232370 07/19/2024 Malek for Missouri Vivek Malek 800 Stone Bridge Springs Dr Wildwood MO 63005 State of Missouri Treasurer 7/18/2024 $550,000.00

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Just one voter, right?

The primary:

Certified Candidate List
2024 Primary Election

State Treasurer

Republican
Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed

Cody Smith 1012 EUCLID BLVD CARTHAGE MO 64836 80 2/27/2024

Andrew Koenig 741 SHERWICK TERRACE MANCHESTER MO 63021 213 2/27/2024

Lori Rook 2832 S. INGRAM MILL RD. SUITE 100 SPRINGFIELD MO 65804 242 2/27/2024

Vivek Malek PO BOX 144 JEFFERSON CITY MO 65102 3/26/2024

Tina Goodrick 5102 MOCKINGBIRD LANE ST. JOSEPH MO 64506 3/26/2024

Karan Pujji 4441 BROWN RD BERKELEY MO 63134 3/26/2024

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So, the sitting State Treasurer waited until the last day to file, but had already contributed $700,000.00 to his own campaign at that point. How does that work? Drama? Will he, won’t he? He almost forgot? Just asking.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: a groundswell of grassroots support (April 2, 2023)

Campaign Finance: should be good enough for a million votes, minimum (September 30, 2023)

Campaign Finance: a drop in the bucket (January 4, 2024)

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C232370 01/02/2024 Malek for Missouri Vivek Malek 800 Stone Bridge Springs Dr Wildwood MO 63005 State of Missouri State Treasurer 12/31/2023 $500,000.00

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Escalation.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: a groundswell of grassroots support (April 2, 2023)

Campaign Finance: should be good enough for a million votes, minimum (September 30, 2023)

It’s the end of the quarter.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C232370 09/30/2023 Malek for Missouri Vivek Malek 800 Stone Bridge Springs Dr Wildwood MO 63005 State of Missouri State Treasurer 9/29/2023 $100,000.00

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Must be nice.

Previously:

Defeated Republican challenger for State Auditor raises $67,227.81, gets 1,060,066 votes (November 7, 2018)

Campaign Finance – 30 Day After General Election: Saundra McDowell (r) – in the State Auditor race (December 10, 2018)

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C232370 04/02/2023 Malek for Missouri Vivek Malek 800 Stone Bridge Springs Dr Wildwood MO 63005 State of Missouri State Treasurer 3/31/2023 $100,000.00

[emphasis added.

Well, okay.