MOScout Daily Update: More CRE Talk - Bean in Senate 25 - PAC Estimates - DeStefano Registers - MO Gun Research and more...
4 in Senate 25
Word is that Jason Bean is entering the Senate 25 Republican primary (Libla termed). Bean is the son of former Rep. Otto Bean. He joins three others: Reps. Steve Cookson and Jeff Shawan, and Eddy Justice.
MOScout Daily Update: Waiting on CRE - O'Donnell Files Charter Bill - Will MO Tackle Tech Policy? - Choinka Promoted and more...
December Revenues Slip
December state tax receipts fell about 1.5% compared to December 2018, driven by lower sales tax receipts and higher refunds.
This brings the fiscal year to date number to +5.15% compared to last year.
MOScout Daily Update: Skelton Out in Senate 19 - $425K to Rowden PAC - Parson OKs Refugees - SCOMO on Special Laws and much much more....
Skelton Out in Senate 19
News Tribune reports that “Michela Skelton, a Democratic candidate, has announced she has withdrawn from her campaign for Missouri's 19th state Senate district.”
What It Means
Good news for Dems who are eyeing Senate 19 as a possible pick-up. Former Democratic Rep. Judy Baker now becomes presumptive nominee to face Sen. Caleb Rowden.
MOScout/Remington polling from September showed the race in a statistical tie: Rowden at 49% and Baker at 45% with a margin of error +/- 4.7%.