CANDIDATE INFORMATION
HARTZLER, VICKY JO H0MO04086
Office: HOUSE
Party: REPUBLICAN PARTY Election: 2010
State: MISSOURI District: 04
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
From: 01/01/2009 To: 12/31/2009
I. RECEIPTS
Itemized Individual Contributions $187,342
Unitemized Individual Contributions $100
Party Committees Contributions $0
Other Committees Contributions $2,000
Candidate Contributions $8,088
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS $197,530
Transfers from Authorized Committees $0
Candidate Loans $105,000
Other Loans $0
TOTAL LOANS $105,000
Operating Expenditures Offsets $0
Other Receipts $0
TOTAL RECEIPTS $302,530
II. DISBURSEMENTS
Operating Expenditures $45,213
Transfers To Authorized Committees $0
Candidate Loan Repayments $0
Other Loan Repayments $0
TOTAL LOAN REPAYMENTS $0
Individual Refunds $2,400
Political Party Refunds $0
Other Committee Refunds $0
TOTAL CONTRIBUTION REFUNDS $2,400
Other Disbursements $0
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS $47,613
III. CASH SUMMARY
Ending Cash On Hand $254,916
Net Contributions $195,130
Net Operating Expenditures $45,213
Debts Owed By $105,000
Debts Owed To $0
That's quite a campaign treasury, roughly equivalent to Bill Stouffer (r). And where did some of that money come from?:
"...I'm going to stay focused on our mutual opponent, which is Ike Skelton, and his out-of-touch, liberal voting record..."
And we wrote yesterday:
...It's really something to watch republican primary opponents scramble for the most extreme spot on the fringe right with all the decorum of one of those mad dashes in a Marx Brothers movie...
We thought we'd take a look at campaign finance reports via the Federal Election Commission.
CANDIDATE INFORMATION
STOUFFER, BILL H0MO04094
Office: HOUSE
Party: REPUBLICAN PARTY Election: 2010
State: MISSOURI District: 04
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
From: 01/01/2009 To: 12/31/2009
I. RECEIPTS
Itemized Individual Contributions $239,910
Unitemized Individual Contributions $15,459
Party Committees Contributions $6,439
Other Committees Contributions $16,000
Candidate Contributions $0
TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS $277,808
Transfers from Authorized Committees $0
Candidate Loans $70,000
Other Loans $0
TOTAL LOANS $70,000
Operating Expenditures Offsets $101
Other Receipts $0
TOTAL RECEIPTS $347,909
II. DISBURSEMENTS
Operating Expenditures $44,286
Transfers To Authorized Committees $0
Candidate Loan Repayments $0
Other Loan Repayments $0
TOTAL LOAN REPAYMENTS $0
Individual Refunds $0
Political Party Refunds $0
Other Committee Refunds $0
TOTAL CONTRIBUTION REFUNDS $0
Other Disbursements $0
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS $44,286
III. CASH SUMMARY
Ending Cash On Hand $303,623
Net Contributions $277,808
Net Operating Expenditures $44,185
Debts Owed By $70,000
Debts Owed To $0
Representative Albert Liese (D) is term limited out, having represented this St. Louis County district for four terms. There are four candidates in the 2010 race (so far) who are filing campaign finance reports with the Missouri Ethics Commission. First. let's look at the electoral history of the district:
Official Election Returns
State of Missouri General Election - 2008 General Election
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Okay, in an open seat race in an off year election things were closer.
Let's put it this way - in the 79th Legislative District the Democratic candidate is going to get at least 7,000 votes and in a presidential election year the most a republican can hope for is 7,000 votes. The trick for the Democratic candidate is to increase the safety margin.
Let's take look at those candidate campaign finance reports (in alphabetical order).
I suppose we should have started with this district. Representative Brian Munzlinger (r) is term limited out and there are two individuals who have started raising money for the 2010 open seat race. The district is in the northeast part of the state - east of Kirksville and north of Hannibal. First, let's take a look at a little electoral history.
Official Election Returns
State of Missouri General Election - 2008 General Election
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe: KERI COTTRELL FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE 2010
1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $4,606.81
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $6,571.35
9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A - 8A) $11,178.16
25. MONEY ON HAND AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (INCLUDING FUNDS IN DEPOSITORY, CASH, SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND ALL OTHER INVESTMENTS) $3,375.63
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 - 27) $9,807.31
35. TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 29 + 30 + 31 - 32 - 33 - 34) $250.00
[emphasis added]
That's a good fundraising quarter. Let's take a look at where the money came from:
Democrat John Bullard and republican Jeanie Lauer are candidates currently raising money in the open seat race for the 54th Legislative District. The district encompasses Blue Springs in Jackson County. The current occupant, Gary Dusenburg (r) is term limited out.
Previous election results in the district:
Official Election Returns
State of Missouri General Election - 2008 General Election
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
2002, an off year election, was the most competitive. At least the Democratic candidate in 2006 and 2008 kept several thousand Democratic voters from voting for a republican by giving them an alternative.
John Bullard filed his fourth quarter campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on January 15th:
Ah, yes, those open seats. Representative Mark Bruns (r) is term limited out. In Cole County Democrat Cyrus Dashtaki and republican Daniel Klindt are busy raising money, though it appears they're going about doing so in different fashions.
First, let's take a look at the results of previous races in the district:
Official Election Returns
State of Missouri General Election - 2008 General Election
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
The Democratic Party candidate in the 30th Legislative District, Alexia Norris, filed her fourth quarter campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on January 15th. There are two republican candidates - their numbers are below the fold.
It was another good quarter:
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe: COMMITTEE TO ELECT LEXI NORRIS
1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $18,580.92
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $6,460.00
9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A - 8A) $25,553.92
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 - 27) $20,147.84
35. TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD
(SUM 29 + 30 + 31 - 32 - 33 - 34) $250.00
Former Missouri lawmaker Brian Yates couldn't hold back.
Having resigned his seat Dec. 1, midway through his final term, the Lee's Summit Republican let loose last week with a no-holds-barred assessment of the state of Jefferson City....
....Serving in the General Assembly, he said, had become a "scam...."
....The 34-year-old lawyer ticked them off: the passage of legislation in exchange for campaign donations, the underhanded dealings of former House speaker Rod Jetton, price tags placed on committee chairmanships, wealthy folks getting all the attention, all that political money sloshing around the Capitol....
Rep. Brian Yates (R-Lee's Summitt) is officially resigning at noon tomorrow to work full time for QC Holdings. It's a payday loan company, with stores operating mostly as Quik Cash or National Quik Cash.
H'ray usury!
We did a search at the Missouri Ethics Commission for campaign contributions by QC Holdings during 2008 and this is what we came up with:
The Democratic Party candidate in the 30th Legislative District, Alexia Norris, filed her third quarter campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on October 15th. So far we haven't been able to find any republican candidates who have filed reports for this open seat race.
It was a good quarter:
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe: COMMITTEE TO ELECT LEXI NORRIS
ReportDate:
1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $9,239.50
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $6,330.00 3. ALL LOANS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $0.00 4. MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS THIS PERIOD $0.00
5. SUBTOTAL MONETARY RECEIPTS THIS PERIOD ( SUM 2A + 3A + 4A ) $6,330.00
6. IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $3,011.42 7. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS PERIOD (SUM 5A + 6A) $9,341.42
8. FUNDS USED FOR REPAYING LOANS THIS PERIOD $0.00
9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A - 8A) $18,580.92
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 - 27) $14,327.86
The third quarter 2009 campaign finance reports were due today at the Missouri Ethics Commission. In the 121st Legislative District race Democratic challenger Courtney Cole outraised incumbent Denny Hoskins (r - noun, verb, CPA). It could have been worse for Denny Hoskins. If he hadn't had $5000 of help from his CPA friends it wouldn't have even been close.
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe: COLE FOR HOUSE
ReportDate: 10/15/2009
1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $0.00
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $14,401.21 3. ALL LOANS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $0.00
4. MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS THIS PERIOD $0.00
5. SUBTOTAL MONETARY RECEIPTS THIS PERIOD ( SUM 2A + 3A + 4A ) $14,401.21
6. IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $1,643.52 7. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS PERIOD (SUM 5A + 6A) $16,044.73 8. FUNDS USED FOR REPAYING LOANS THIS PERIOD $0.00
9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A - 8A) $16,044.73
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 - 27) $11,898.38
[emphasis added]
That's a really nice fundraising quarter. From zero to sixteen thousand in one quarter. With no loans.
It looks like Representative Denny Hoskins (r - noun, verb, CPA) has friends in the CPA world who want to prop up his quarterly campaign fundraising numbers. On September 30th, via the Missouri Ethics Commission [pdf]:
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY SINGLE DONOR - TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTION
CITIZENS FOR HOSKINS 9/30/2009
C081024
MISSOURI CPA PAC
540 MARYVILLE CENTRE DRIVE, SUITE 200
ST. LOUIS, MO 63141 9/29/2009
5,000.00
[emphasis added]
They can't be supporting him because of his stellar legislative achievements, that's for sure. The republican incumbent industrial complex must be feeling the heat from Courtney Cole (D).
Can't you just feel that Denny Hoskins (r - noun, verb, CPA) grass roots wave washing over you?
The 30th Legislative District in Platte County, northwest of Kansas City (Legislative District map detail via the Missouri House of Representatives).
In the 2008 general election republican incumbent Jason Brown bested Democratic challenger Mary Anne Baier in the 30th Legislative District taking 62.8% of the vote while significantly outspending his opponent. Brown is term limited out for 2010 (he has a committee raising money for a state senate race), so the 30th will be an open seat race in 2010.
Democrat Alexia Norris has formed a committee and has started raising money. At this point there doesn't appear to be a republican candidate who has actively started the fundraising process.
It's that time again at the Missouri Ethics Commission - those July quarterly campaign finance reports have been filed. And we will have plenty of fodder to sift through to feed the content beast.
In the 121st Legislative District, incumbent Denny "landslide" Hoskins (r - noun, verb, CPA) and recently announced Democratic challenger Courtney Cole are the two known candidates with committees. Courtney Cole's campaign committee [pdf] was just organized - there won't be a contribution/expenditure report until the next quarter.
Representative Denny Hoskins' (r) July quarterly campaign finance report is interesting:
HB 1201 Establishes a public campaign financing system for state elections with voluntary participation
Sponsor: Holsman, Jason R. (45) Proposed Effective Date: 08/28/2009
CoSponsor: LeVota, Paul (52) ..........etal. LR Number: 2517L.01I
Last Action: 04/02/2009 - Read Second Time (H)
HB1201
Next Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: Bill currently not on a calendar
A public campaign financing bill was introduced in the General Assembly last year.
Let's take a look at some of the details for the bill this session:
The 30 Day After Election Reports (pdf) from candidates and committees were due on December 4th. There's always a good chance you'll run into something interesting when you root around the on-line reports at the Missouri Ethics Commission site.
For instance, there were two open seat legislative races in west central Missouri which looked to be good Democratic pick up opportunities this cycle. The Democratic candidates were excellent (and a sign of strong recruiting). The republican candidates appeared to be rather lackluster. The results in the November General Election were not good, though:
Official Election Returns
State of Missouri General Election - 2008 General Election
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers
on Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Official Election Returns
State of Missouri General Election - 2008 General Election
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers
on Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Both Democratic candidates lost by small margins (though the 121st Legislative District race is going to be recounted next week). What happened? Money. Lots of it.
The third quarter campaign finance reports are getting filled with the Missouri Ethics Commission. In the 121st Legislative District open seat race between Jim Jackson (D) and Denny Hoskins (r - "I really, really want to be a CPA in the General Assembly, plese, oh please, oh pretty please") we're seeing a rough parity in the amount of money raised by each candidate. What is not evident from these reports is the ungodly amount of money on mail and radio spent on this particular race by third parties. We see (and hear) it in the district.
Jim Jackson (D) filed his third quarter 2008 campaign finance report today:
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe[e]: JIM JACKSON 2008
9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A - 8A) $49,560.00
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 - 27) $20,091.96
35. TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD
(SUM 29 + 30 + 31 - 32 - 33 - 34) $0.00
[emphasis added]
Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received
Committee: JIM JACKSON 2008
Report Date: 10/14/2008
13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $1,030.00
[emphasis added]
Hey, there's grass roots small dollar fundraising going on in there.
Let's look at the same for Denny Hoskins (r) who also filed his third quarter 2008 campaign finance report today:
A 48 hour report was filed today with the Missouri Ethics Commission by Michael Gibbons, the republican candidate for Attorney General, showing a single campaign contribution for $1,100,000.00. That's no typo. That's one million one hundred thousand dollars.
This has got to be some sort of record for Missouri.
Don't you just love those grass rootsie republican campaigns? In this republican created crappy economy somebody (or group of somebodies) is throwing that kind of cash at a republican candidate destined to lose in the general election. Wow. Just wow.
On August 28, 2008, our campaign finance world changed. In addition to lifting individual campaign contribution limits, there's a new reporting requirement for those really big contributions:
"All individuals and committees required to file disclosure reports under section 130.041 shall electronically report any contribution by any single contributor which exceeds five thousand dollars to the Missouri ethics Commission within forty eight hours of receiving the contribution. Such reports shall contain the same content required under section 130.041 and shall be filed in accordance with the standards established by the commission for electronic filing and other rules the commission may deem necessary to promulgate for the effective administration of this section."
Let's take a look at Kenny Hulshof's reports (the fun part!). The first, from August 29, 2008, filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission. Twenty-four hours after the limits were lifted:
The current representative in the 123rd, Brian Baker (r) (Is he running for office somewhere?), appears to have the time and the luxury to contribute to David Pearce's whining in the 31st Senate District race.
The 30th Legislative District in Platte County, northwest of Kansas City (Legislative District 
