MOScout Daily Update: Primary Book III - Phase 2 Announced - No Ham Breakfast!?! - Virtual Dem Convention Kicks Off and more...

MOScout Primary Book III: GOP House Primaries

Here’s the final installment of my August primary preview: a look at every contested Republican primary in the House.  Find it here.

Once more, there are some holes, but for each race, it contains photos of candidates, a brief biography, links to their Facebook or campaign websites and their current fundraising numbers.  As well as an early MOScout forecast of who will win.

Enjoy! And please send me any goofs or corrections you find as I will likely update it.

June 16: BIB Day

Coming soon… Back in Business Day for Missouri.  Governor Mike Parson said yesterday that Reopening Phase 2 was pretty simple: no more restrictions from the state.

That will officially happen on June 16.  Parson is leaving the state of emergency in place to facilitate the flowing of federal resources, and also keeping his deregulatory actions active as well.

But there will be no more statewide guidance on social distancing or occupancy limitations.

Local jurisdictions can continue to implement their own restrictions.

And

The state fair will proceed but…. Without the ham breakfast!   As one lobbyist texted: “[Then] what’s the point?”

Two New IE PACs

Two new PACs were formed.  One to advance the candidacy of St. Louis Prosecutor Kim Gardner and another to opposed Mike Parson.  PACs aren’t subject to the campaign contributions.  So many candidates have established PACs in addition to their candidate committees.  But the PACs can not be controlled by the candidates.  Their expenditures must be independent from the candidate’s campaign.

·         Missouri Justice & Public Safety PAC was formed in support of Gardner’s re-election. The treasurer is Velta Smith. See the paperwork here.

·         A Stronger Missouri was formed to oppose Parson’s re-election campaign.  The treasurer is Linda Locke.  See the paperwork here.

Springfield School District Joins Vaping Lawsuit

Springfield News Leader reports that the “Springfield Public Schools is the latest in a string of a districts suing Juul Labs Inc., a high profile manufacturer of e-cigarettes… The school board voted Tuesday to join the federal lawsuit. The vote was taken behind closed doors, which is permitted because it involved legal action. It claims, among other things, that the company marketed its products to teenagers — including flavored products — and got a new generation of young people addicted to nicotine….”

Dem State Convention

It’ll be an online affair.  Starting tonight, you can watch it here.

WHO: Speakers for the Friday Kickoff Event include former Georgia House Democratic Leader and founder of Fair Fight, Stacey Abrams, Auditor Nicole Galloway, Secretary of State candidate Yinka Faleti, Treasurer candidate Vicki Englund, State Senator Jill Schupp, State Senate candidate Deb Lavender, and State Senate candidate Judy Baker.

WHEN: Welcome Night: Friday, June 12, 2020 starting at 5:30 PM

            State Convention: Saturday, June 13, 2020 starting at 10:00 AM

Lobbyist Registrations

Jane Dueker deleted Home Builders Association of St. Louis and Eastern Missouri.

$5K+ Contributions

North County Alive PAC - $15,000 from Chipp Political Account.

Birthdays

Happy birthdays to Mark Mantovani and Scott Charton.