The unofficial results of the St. Louis County Executive primaries:
SUMMARY REPORT PRIMARY ELECTION UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
RUN DATE:08/05/14 ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI
RUN TIME:11:11 PM TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2014COUNTY EXECUTIVE [Dem]
(Vote for ) 1
(WITH 681 OF 681 COUNTED)
CHARLIE A. DOOLEY. . . . . . . . 38,972 30.53
STEVE STENGER . . . . . . . . . 84,835 66.45
RONALD E. LEVY. . . . . . . . . 3,851 3.02COUNTY EXECUTIVE [Rep]
(Vote for ) 1
(WITH 681 OF 681 COUNTED)
TONY POUSOSA . . . . . . . . . 16,409 32.12
RICK STREAM. . . . . . . . . . 34,670 67.88COUNTY EXECUTIVE [Lib]
(Vote for ) 1
(WITH 681 OF 681 COUNTED)
THEO (TED) BROWN, SR. . . . . . . 907 100.00COUNTY EXECUTIVE [Cst]
(Vote for ) 1
(WITH 681 OF 681 COUNTED)
JOE PASSANISE . . . . . . . . . 230 100.00
[Emphasis added]
Charlie Dooley, the incumbent, was defeated by his challenger, Steve Stenger, in the Democratic Party primary. The highlighted candidates will face each other in the general election.
There were some interesting campaign contributions, via the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C031260 03/28/2014 DOOLEY FOR ST LOUIS COUNTY Jeanne C Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Self Retired 3/27/2014 $100,000.00
C031260 07/25/2014 DOOLEY FOR ST LOUIS COUNTY Rex A Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Self Retired 7/24/2014 $50,000.00
C061248 07/28/2014 FRIENDS OF RICK STREAM Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 7/25/2014 $100,000.00
C031260 07/31/2014 DOOLEY FOR ST LOUIS COUNTY Rex A Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Self Retired 7/31/2014 $50,000.00
[emphasis added]
That’s peanuts for some people.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: playing several hands at the table (July 28, 2014)
Campaign Finance: very interesting (March 28, 2014)
How much does it cost to buy a state? (September 2, 2013)
Campaign Finance: sowing the earth with money (July 2, 2013)