MOScout Daily Update: More A3 $$$ - GOP Bottleneck Coming? - Kunce Backs Trump on IVF - Chiefs Vote Ahead? and more…

Quick Friday update….

Bottleneck on GOP Political Ladder?

The consensus among the political class is that we’re going to see another Republican sweep in the statewide races.  This is based on the past couple of cycle in which the top of the ticket has won by double digits.  Democrats last statewide victory was in 2018 when Nicole Galloway beat Saundra McDowell.  There’s no McDowellesque candidate on the ballot this year.

Assuming this occurs, it will create a ceiling on all the Republican legislators who have traditionally set their sights on statewide office.

This year 6 Republican state senators and 3 Republican state representatives ran for statewide office. 

If Republican occupy all the statewide seats – unless folks start primarying incumbents – every state senator who’s termed out in the next six years and wants to continue their political careers will be boxed out from higher office.  They’ll be looking at county commissions or appointments.

·       The hope is that this will be good for governing, and functional Senate because there will be less incentive to blow things up for political gain.

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Looking out, under this scenario, we’ll have five statewide Republicans eying and elbowing each other for the next eight years as they jockey for position to succeed Governor Kehoe in 2032.

Kunce Backs Trump Position on IVF

Democrat Lucas Kunce announced yesterday he backed Donald Trump’s promise for the government to pay for IVF treatments.

Lt. Col. Lucas Kunce (USMCR, 13 years active duty) announced that in addition to his support for the Right To IVF Act, Kunce also supports former president Donald Trump’s zero-cost IVF proposal for “all Americans that need it” and would work to enact both proposals if elected to the U.S. Senate.

·       It shows the extent to which reproductive policies are suddenly in flux. Trump has been characteristically inconsistent.  And Democrats are happy to use Trump to pressure other Republicans to choose between the Party’s rigid pro-life bloc and its wider coalition of voters.

More A3 $$$

The huge checks keep coming to support the pro-choice ballot question.  Today in the large contributions is a $750,000 check from Global Impact Social Welfare Fund.  This brings the amount raised by the campaign since the start of August to over $9.3 million.

·       Also in the large contributions, folks are sending money to Senate primary winners.  Both Reps. Patty Lewis and Adam Schnelting saw their PACs take in checks.

Another Chiefs Vote Coming?

Speaker-elect Jon Patterson tell KMBC that he sees another vote coming to Jackson County to support the Kansas City Chiefs as they mull their future stadium site.  Read it here.

[JP] met with Royals owner John Sherman and Chiefs president Mark Donovan.  After those conversations, he believes there will be another public vote, and he thinks it is much more likely to pass.

·       "I think with Kansas having their offer, there's a lot more urgency to it now," Patterson said. "And anything that we do cannot happen without Jackson County. So I think you'll see another vote. And I think Jackson County will be there."

Wannabees

The Appellate Judicial Commission announces the applicants for the vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals created by the impending November 2024 retirement of Judge Kurt S. Odenwald: Shane K. Blank, Timothy M. Etzkorn, Joseph L. Goff Jr., Peter W. Gullborg, Kathleen S. Hamilton, Craig K. Higgins, Timothy W. Inman, Joseph B. Kloecker Jr., Maria A. Lanahan, Virginia W. Lay, Ellen S. Levy, Joan M. Lockwood, Susan M. Petersen, David E. Roland, Talley M. Smith, Michael F. Stelzer, David R. Truman, and Grant W. Wobig.

Lobbyist Registrations

Heath Clarkston and Doug Nelson added Krey Distributing Co. LLC.

Cheryl Lynne Dozier added Greater Kansas City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and Flotron & McIntosh.

James Harris added Trinity Housing Development.

Dena Ladd added Wallis Companies.

Thomas Robbins deleted Bloom Medicinals.

$5K+ Contributions

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom (pro-choice IP) - $750,000 from Global Impact Social Welfare Fund (Alexandria, VA).

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom - $6,000 from Shayn Prapaisilp.

Vote "NO" on 3 - $20,000 from Robert Burns.

American Dream PAC (pro-Kehoe) - $50,000 from Continental Investment LLC.

American Dream PAC - $10,000 from Jeffrey McConville.

KERI PAC (pro-Ingle) - $10,000 from Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Missouri-Kansas Area PAC.

Brad PAC (pro-Hudson) - $10,000 from Missouri Leadership Fund.

Ready to Lead (pro-Patty Lewis) - $7,500 from MEDA PAC.

Ready to Lead - $7,500 from Missouri Energy Development Association PAC.

Protect our Kids PAC (pro-Schnelting) - $7,500 from Missouri Leadership Fund.

Protect our Kids PAC - $5,600 from Missouri Senior PAC.

House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc - $25,000 from HealthPAC.

House Democratic Campaign Committee - $10,000 from Piper for Missouri.

Committee to Elect Jacob Turner - $6,642 from Jacob Turner.

Missouri Leadership Forum - $15,000 from The Larson Group.

Missouri Leadership Forum - $15,000 from Craftsmen Management.

Missourians for a Fair Economy - $50,000 from UAW V CAP.

Quad County Emergency Services PAC - $8,732 from Professional Firefighters of Wentsvile, Local 2665.

Birthdays

Happy birthdays to Congresswoman Ann Wagner, and Sam Lee.