MOScout Daily Update: Bailey Gets NRA - Eigel Gets Attorney $$ - Scharf Slams DESE - Starter Look at Senate Floor Race and more…
Bailey Lands NRA Endorsement
Attorney General Andrew Bailey pulled down the NRA endorsement. This is considered one of the “big three” in Republican primaries that gives instant recognition with primary voters. (The other two are Missouri Right to Life and Farm Bureau.)
The NRA’s state senate endorsements…
· Senate 11 – Aaron McMullen
· Senate 23 – Adam Schnelting
· Senate 29 – Mike Moon
· Senate 31 – Rick Brattin
And their state house endorsements…
House 1 – Jeff Farnan
House 33 – Chris Sander
House 56 – Michael Davis
House 61 – Bruce Sassman
House 64 – Tony Lovasco
House 100 – Philip Oehlerking
House 109 – Kyle Marquart
House 110 – Justin Sparks
House 111 – Gary Bonacker
House 113 – Phil Amato
House 116 – Dale Wright
House 119 – Brad Banderman
House 123 – Lisa Thomas
House 131 – Bill Owen
House 140 – Jamie Gragg
House 142 – Jeff Knight
House 143 – Bennie Cook
House 146 – Barry Hovis
House 154 – David Evans
House 156 – Brian Seitz
House 160 – Ben Baker
House 161 – Lane Roberts
Money Watch
MOIndy on Tilley PACs – Missouri Independent writes about the so-called “Tilley PACs,” political action committees related to lobbyist Steven Tilley and funded by his firms’ clients. Read it here. They gave $120K to Lincoln Hough’s PAC yesterday.
$345K to Eigel – Sen. Bill Eigel’s PAC received $100K from Joan Langenberg, and $225K from various trial attorneys to score one of the biggest hauls of his campaign.
Republican governor large contributions so far this quarter…
· American Dream (pro- Kehoe): $2,814,398
· BILL PAC (pro-Eigel): $455,000
· Committee for Liberty (pro-Ashcroft): $186,721
And… Team Kehoe has a monster fundraiser on tap tonight at Hunter Farms with Governor Mike Parson slated as a special guest.
Scharf Slams DESE, Promises Investigation
At last night’s attorney general forum Republican Will Scharf slammed DESE and promised to investigate the department if elected…
· Our state department of education, DESE, currently has a budget of over $10 billion. It has over 1,800 employees. Neither of those numbers has ever been higher before. And yet our schools are comprehensively failing to education our students.
· I think we need an education system that focuses on parental rights, that focuses on student achievement, and doesn’t focus on the woke garbage that we’re seeing come out of government in Jefferson City…
· So what will I do as attorney general? First of all, I think we need to investigate DESE. I think we need to understand how this completely unaccountable bureaucracy is so comprehensively failing our students and our families all over the state. And why it’s done so for so long.
· I think we have a real problem with government accountability in Jefferson City. Folks whose names have never appears on a ballot, deep state bureaucrats you can call them, a lot of my supporters would, run this state in a way that has left out core governmental functions, like education, essentially – how should I phrase this – parents today don’t control their education of their children. And that’s wrong.
· Under we break the Jefferson City dynamic we’re just going to getting more of the same…
The Coming Senate Floor Race
One MOScouter calls the Senate floor leader race the “only interesting leadership race,” and gives a quick sketch of its contours….
· Sen. Jason Bean is the only publicly announced candidate.
· Sens. Tony Luetkemeyer and Travis Fitzwater are both telling senators that they are running.
· Sen. Curtis Trent used to say that he wasn’t interested. He now says that he’s not ruling it out.
It’s very fluid right now. Republicans hold 24 seats, but vote counting and coalition building is full of moving pieces: 9 Republicans have competitive primaries and 2 more may not return if they win their statewide contests.
· Bottomline: “This race won’t really start until August 7th.”
eMailbag on Hawley
Josh Hawley has moved away from being a culture warrior and Donald Trump sycophant, jockeying to be Vice President or a Supreme Court Justice, to "fighting for the people" on radioactive waste, social media, corrupt corporations, etc. I think he has seen something in the polling months ago and in the Kunce campaign that has him worried.
$5K+ Contributions
Defend Missouri (pro-Scharf) - $540,000 from Club for Growth Action - Missouri Federal Committee.
Believe in Life and Liberty - BILL PAC (pro-Eigel) - $100,000 from Joan Langenberg.
Believe in Life and Liberty - BILL PAC - $50,000 from Edelman and Thompson LLC.
Believe in Life and Liberty - BILL PAC - $30,000 from DM Law Shared Services Company LLC.
Believe in Life and Liberty - BILL PAC - $25,000 from Dollar Burns Becker and Hershewe LC.
Believe in Life and Liberty - BILL PAC - $20,000 from Cordell Law LLP.
Believe in Life and Liberty - BILL PAC - $20,000 from Langdon and Emison LLC.
Believe in Life and Liberty - BILL PAC - $20,000 from The Simon Law Firm.
Believe in Life and Liberty - BILL PAC - $15,000 from Brown and Crouppen PC.
Believe in Life and Liberty - BILL PAC - $15,000 from Donald L Schlapprizzi PC.
Believe in Life and Liberty - BILL PAC - $10,000 from Gorny Dandurand.
Believe in Life and Liberty - BILL PAC - $10,000 from Shamberg Johnson and Bergman.
Believe in Life and Liberty - BILL PAC - $10,000 from O'Leary Shelton Corrigan Peters Dalton and Quillin.
Believe in Life and Liberty - BILL PAC - $10,000 from Cook Barkett Ponder and Wolz LC.
Believe in Life and Liberty - BILL PAC - $10,000 from Strong Law.
Lincoln PAC (pro-Hough) - $30,000 from Conservative Justice PAC.
Lincoln PAC - $22,500 from AGC of MO PAC.
Lincoln PAC - $20,000 from XCaliber (Pryor, OK).
Lincoln PAC - $20,000 from Missouri Senior PAC.
Lincoln PAC - $20,000 from MO Majority PAC.
Lincoln PAC - $20,00 from Missouri C PAC.
Lincoln PAC - $20,000 from Missouri AG PAC.
Lincoln PAC - $20,000 from Conservative Leaders of Missouri.
Lincoln PAC - $20,000 from Missouri Growth PAC.
Lincoln PAC - $6,000 from Walnut Creek Management Services.
Lincoln PAC - $6,000 from Bridgemark Healthcare.
Committee for Liberty (pro-Ashcroft) - $5,205 from Henry Elster.
Conservative Leadership of the Ozarks (pro-Travis Smith) - $40,000 from Conservative Justice PAC, LLC.
Missourians for Constitutional Freedom - $10,000 from Katie Feuerbacher.
MO Bankers Association State PAC - $8,000 from First State Community Bank.
Independent Physicians PAC of Mid MO - $30,000 from Jefferson City Medical Group, PC.
Physical Therapy Access PAC - $20,000 from Jefferson City Medical Group, PC.
Missouri Senate Campaign Committee - $10,000 from Missouri Health Plan Association PAC.
St Louis County Police Association PAC - $31,000 from St. Louis County Police Association.
Missouri Energy Development Association Political Action Committee - $50,000 from Ameren Missouri.
MO Energy Dev Association Gateway Political Action Committee - $50,000 from Ameren Missouri.
MO Energy Dev Association State Line Political Committee - $50,000 from Ameren Missouri.
Chris Wright 4 MO Governor - $14,000 from Christopher Wright.
Birthdays
Happy birthdays to Brandon Koch, the mighty Jason Rosenbaum (the big 4-0), Christine Ingrassia, and Joe Vaccaro.