MOScout Daily Update: Kehoe Senior Staff - Hoskins Senior Staff - End-of-the-Year MOScout Readers’ Poll and more…
Kehoe Team
Governor-Elect Mike Kehoe announced his senior staff. It’s the team who have been working on the transition.
· Chief of Staff: Adam Gresham.
· Deputy Chief of Staff – Policy and Legislation: Bill Anderson.
· Deputy Chief of Staff – Operations: Casey Adrian.
· General Counsel: Lowell Pearson.
· Policy Director: Jamie Birch.
· Legislative Director: Drew Dampf.
· Communications Director: Gabrielle Picard.
Hoskins Hires
Press release: Missouri Secretary of State-elect Denny Hoskins announced senior staff appointments for his administration, naming key leaders who will work alongside him to uphold the mission of integrity, transparency, and service to Missouri’s citizens. The following individuals will be joining Hoskins’ leadership team:
· Matt Alsager – Chief of Staff
· Claudia Sands – Deputy Secretary of State
· Amanda Bell – Legislative Director
· Rachael Dunn – Communications Director
· Clifton Davis – General Counsel
End of the Year Readers’ Poll
Take the always-popular MOScout End-of-the Year Readers’ Poll here.
· I’ll share the results when I return on Friday.
Clinton Won MO Too
I mistakenly wrote yesterday that Jimmy Carter was the last Democratic president to carry Missouri. Bill Clinton did too, twice. But Carter won a majority of the votes, whereas Clinton did not as third party candidate Ross Perot was in those races as well.
Some of the Greats We Lost This Year
Bill Alter
Kim Brinkmann
John Briscoe
Jean Carnahan
Kathie Conway
Dean Dohrman
Jennifer Durham
Harry Gallagher
Sam Hamra
Joe Knodell
Al Mueller
Vivian Dalton Murphy
Chuck Pryor
Mike Reid
Judi Roman
Bill Wyrick
$5K+ Contributions
The Wonderdog PAC (pro-Kurtis Gregory) - $6,000 from Fletcher Grain Company.
MoCannTrade PAC - $6,000 from Standard Wellness Missouri LLC.
Lobbyist Registrations
Elizabeth Grace Riley added Gamble & Schlemeier, and all of their clients.
James Harris added State Shield Action.
Ron Hicks added Missouri Vacation Home Alliance.
Sara Rutherford added DCM Land, LLC.
Salvatore Panettiere added KC Scholars / Great Jobs KC; and deleted Health Forward Foundation.
Gamble & Schlemeier deleted Deckard Technologies.
Ryan DeBoef deleted Americans for Fair Energy Prices, and Contender eSports LLC.
Jean Evans deleted Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.
Jay Hahn deleted Americans for Fair Energy Prices, CareSTL Health, and Plift.
Kathryn Harness deleted Missouri Self Storage Owners Association, and Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund.
Paul Lewis deleted Towing & Recovery Association of Missouri.
Will Marrs and Kelli Richardson deleted JAG Missouri, Inc.
Birthdays
Happy birthdays to Senator Josh Hawley, Sen. Mike Moon, Carol Kemna, and Chris Krehmeyer.
New Year’s Day: Pat Contreras, Clint Tracy, and Bill Otto.
Thursday: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, Brittany Robbins, and Lyle Rowland.
MOScout Schedule
Happy New Year. Please be safe tonight. I’ll be back on Friday.