MOScout Daily Update: Election Day! - Trump for Brattin - Readers Pick’em Favorites - A5 Pre-Postmortem - July Revenues and more…
Happy Election Day!
CD-5: Trump Endorses Brattin
“It is my Great Honor to endorse MAGA Warrior, Rick Brattin, who is running to represent the wonderful people of Missouri’s 5th Congressional District! Rick is strongly supported by many of the greatest America First Patriots in Missouri, including Governor Mike Kehoe, and Congressmen Jason Smith, Bob Onder, and Eric Burlison, among others!,”said President Trump.
Tonight’s Senate Scorecard
Here’s a nifty scorecard for tonight based on endorsements and contributions, to see quick winners and losers…
Readers Pick’ems Pick
Thanks to all who braved the humiliation of being wrong. This was a TOUGH year. Here are the favorites among the 28 entries…
Senate 4 - Mitten 23.
Senate 6 - Veit 14 with Vogel second with 8.
Senate 10 - Deering 17.
Senate 14 - Proudie 19.
Senate 16 - Hardwick 21.
Senate 18 - Sharpe 15 with Blue second with 11.
Senate 20 - Trent 15, barely edging out Rook with 13.
Senate 28 - Alexander 18.
Senate 32 - Carter 27, the biggest favorite.
eMailbag: A5 Pre-Postmortem
People may act like the failure of A5 was about a poorly run campaign, but I think the original sin was how it was drafted. What keeps coming back up is there was no plan to make up lost revenue. They could have significantly simplified the whole proposal or actually put together a plan. It is kind of mind-boggling to me that between the Governor and Rex they did not have some sort of white paper showing where and how the revenue gets made up.
July Revenues Solid
The fiscal year started off solidly as state tax receipts rose 5%. July isn’t a huge month for revenues, so that translated to an increase of $42 million over July 2025. Still, it’s comforting that we’re starting with a healthy number.
Avery PAC Move
Sen.-elect Jim Avery’s Make JeffCo Great Again terminated and sent $40,000 to Make Jefferson County Great Again. Avery’s PACs have contributed to Lori Rook, Dusty Blue, and Sophia Shore’s PACs: Firebrand PAC and Take Back Missouri PAC.
· Depending on how today’s elections go, there’s some speculation that you could see Avery take the temperature of his future fellow Caucus members about a possible leadership bid…
Where the Growth Is
There’s been a lot of anti-data center rhetoric this campaign season. But if you want economic development, you can’t just ignore the industry…
Grade Inflation in Carterville?
What do you need to do to get a Poor rating these days? The City of Carterville nabbed a Fair rating from Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick despite this… For the year ended October 31, 2024, the city's Water and Sewer Fund had a beginning balance of $106,715, revenues of $963,108, and disbursements of $1,703,852, resulting in a negative ending fund balance of $634,029. In addition, the Water and Sewer Contingency Fund had a negative fund balance of $24,839 and the Capital Improvement Fund had a negative fund balance of $5,013.
· Carterville is represented by Sen. Jill Carter and Rep. Bob Bromley.
North to KC Civic Council
Aaron Northannounced that he’s joined the Civic Council of Greater Kansas City as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Economic Growth. “Over the past year and a half, I have had the opportunity to work closely with Floyd May, the Civic Council team and members, and partners across the region. That experience has only strengthened my belief in both the tremendous upside ahead for Kansas City and the Civic Council’s ability to help the region act on it.”
Lobbyist Registrations
Bill Gamble deleted PENN Entertainment, Inc.
James Harris deleted Rezilient Health.
Steven Tilley, Thomas Robbins, Christopher Schoeman, and Ron Berry deleted BesaMe Wellness Missouri Inc, Besa Hospitality Group LLC, Liberty Memorial Association, and MariMed Inc.
Steven Tilley, Thomas Robbins, Christopher Schoeman, Caleb Rowden, and Ron Berry deleted Citizens for Smart Growth in St. Charles County.
Thomas Robbins, Christopher Schoeman, and Caleb Rowden deleted Ceres.
Ron Berry deleted BJG Meat Co. LLC, Sensiva Health, Discovery Development, and Catalis.
Steven Tilley deleted Missouri Association of Nurse Anesthetists, and BRB DB Holdings Inc.
Thomas Robbins deleted BRB Missouri, LLC.
$5K+ Contributions
Butz STL PAC - $15,000 from Rex Sinquefield.
Butz STL PAC - $10,000 from Pulse PAC.
Butz STL PAC - $10,000 from Crawford-Butz and Associates.
PROUD PAC - $10,000 from Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council MO-KS Area PAC.
Birthdays
Happy birthdays to Don Soph and Robin Carnahan.