MOScout Daily Update: Kunce Hits Valentine - Hawley Running - MOScout Picks and more...
Kunce Hits Valentine
Democrat Lucas Kunce had an ad up on the air that attacks Trudy Busch Valentine for participating in the Veiled Prophet Society – a strange upper-class rite of passage in St. Louis. See the ad here.
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Kunce added Bill Clay to his list of endorsements. See it here. “We’ve never had a Senate candidate who knows our struggles so well and cares for everyday people like Lucas Kunce does…”
MOScout Forecast
I’m a little later than usual sitting down and making my best guess at winners in the Aug 2 elections. Find them on the 2002 tracker spreadsheet here. My picks are in bold.
Lots of tough calls/guesses…
Polling the Final Stretch
We’re just eleven days away from the August primary. I’ve asked for polls from Remington on the open state senate seats. Here’s our schedule…
Tomorrow morning I’ll have a fresh Senate 2 poll.
Monday: Senate 10
Tuesday: Senate 12
Wednesday: Senate 20
Thursday: Senate 22
Friday: Senate 26
Next Saturday: GOP Statewide
Hawley Highlighted By 1/6 Committee
Last night video of US Senate Josh Hawley hightailing it away from the Capitol mob made the highlight reels from the January 6 Committee.
One MOScouter: Everyone has short attention spans, but I think it will have a lasting effect on [Hawley’s] ambitions.
We’ll see…
Parson Addresses Draught
Press release: In response to increasingly dry conditions and the growing threat of serious drought, especially across Missouri's southern counties, Governor Mike Parson today issued Executive Order 22-04 calling upon the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to activate the Drought Assessment Committee and the associated drought impact teams.
Lobbyists Registrations
Steven Wills added Union Electric Co. DBA Amerenue, Ameren Services, Ameren Corp.
$5K+ Contributions
Missouri United (pro-Plocher) - $20,500 from Penn National Gaming
Missouri United - $9,000 from RQC Pac.
Missouri United - $9,000 from MO DSV Pac.
MO Six PAC (pro-Bernskoetter) - $10,000 from RightPath PAC.
FedEx Corporation Missouri State PAC - $14,000 from FedEx Corporation Political Action Committee (FedExPAC) (Memphis TN)
Lincoln PAC (pro-Hough) - $10,000 from Penn National Gaming.
Let's Go Brandon PAC - $71,000 from Ketchmark & McCreight, P.C.
Old Drum Conservative PAC (pro-Hoskins) - $10,000 from True Patriot PAC (pro-Brattin).
Local 41 Political Action Fund - $46,986 from Missouri PAC Federal Committee.
Local 41 Political Action Fund - $20,118 from Missouri PAC Federal Committee.
Missouri Freedom Foundation PAC - $8,700 from Gail Griswold.
United Steelworkers District 11 Missouri Non-Federal Account - $25,000 from United Steelworkers (Pittsburgh PA)
MSCEW PAC Federal Cmte - $6,000 from IBEW PAC Voluntary Fund (Washington DC)
Gannon For Jefferson County - $17,793 from Let’s Go Brandon PAC.
House Democratic Campaign Committee - $9,026 from Citizens for Crystal Quade.
Birthdays
Happy birthdays to Sen. Rick Brattin, Eileen McGeoghegan, and Jason Brown.