Labor Sends $250K to Galloway

Keep Government Accountable, the pro-Nicole Galloway PAC, received two large checks from organized labor.

· $150K from Missouri and Kansas Laborers PAC.

· $100K from Midwest Region Laborers Political League Education Fund.

Judge Rewrites CLEANER Ballot Language

Judge Patricia Joyce delivered a potential deathblow to the CLEANER proposal, rewriting the summary language.

The first bullet point would now read: “Repeal rules for drawing state legislative districts approved by the voters in November 2018 and replace them with rules proposed by the legislature.”

In last week’s Remington Group/MOScout poll: 65% of Missourians responded that “the spread of COVID-19 is a public health threat, and face masks should be required in public.”

1. Retail sales

2. Voter priorities.

3. Children catching COVID.

4. Vaccine participation

5. Presidential prediction.

Labor Defends CLEAN

In the large contributions, the Missouri and Kansas Laborers' PAC sends $250,000 to the CLEAN Missouri campaign committee.

MEC Committee Deadline

YAL’s Make Liberty Win PAC won a preliminary injunction against the requirement that committees must be formed 60 days before an election in order to spend money on that election.

Judge Stephen Bough writes in the order: “There is a strong and compelling interest in protecting First Amendment rights of political speech and association” as the basis of his order. See it here.

Special Session Reset

The House referred its special session bills, breaking up the Senate’s omnibus SB1 into individual bills as they announced they would.

· It would appear that at least for now the House is taking a wait-and-see approach to the AG jurisdiction provision. They may decide to wait for the Senate act to what if anything can be passed out of that chamber on the topic before expending their own political capital.

Virtual Truman Gala

MO Dems’ annual Truman Dinner is going virtual. But they’re still selling “tables” for the September 12 event. See it here.

I guess it’s BYOB?

Parson Expands Call

The press release for the new call goes into detail about what the governor envisions. The Attorney General will be able to prosecute cases only if 90 or more days have passed, the chief law enforcement officer makes the request of the Attorney General, and the Circuit Attorney has not yet filed charges…

But the actually call is much more vague. It simply asks for authorization for the AG to prosecute murder – and related cases – in the City of St. Louis. It’ll be interesting to see how narrowly or broadly defined the role of the AG is in the drafted legislation.

Senate Passes Crime Bill

The Senate passed SB 1, the governor’s anti-crime package, on Friday. The vote was split entirely according to race – something which should give pause to all policy-makers. It passed 27 – 3, with the three No votes coming from the African American members of the Senate.

The Axiom Caucus?

In 2018, Axiom Strategies focused efforts on getting involved in Missouri House races.They quickly became a powerhouse consultant for Missouri House races. At last count, there were 54 clients of Axiom Strategies in the Missouri House. On Tuesday, 22 Axiom clients won open state rep primaries throughout Missouri.

Revenue Picture Brightens

The state revenue numbers for July were very strong.This was expected because the tax filing date had been pushed back into July from April.

Bush Drops Clay

Upset of the night: Cori Bush takes out the Lacy Clay.Lacy’s father, Bill Clay, went to DC in 1968, and in the 50+ years since then St. Louis has had a Congressman Clay.No more.

Rowden Hangs Out Shingle

Lobbyist Ryan Rowden is hanging out a shingle.

Press release: Rowden announced the formation of The Rowden Group, a full-service government relations firm. With more than two decades of political experience, The Rowden Group will provide a sound legislative strategy based on legislative successes and strong relationships in the industry… Prior to The Rowden Group, Rowden served as Executive Director of the Missouri Petroleum Council and as the Director of Government Affairs for the Missouri Association of Counties

In St. Louis County: Sam Page unveiled endorsements from former County Executive Charlie Dooley and former St. Louis City mayor Francis Slay.

1. Veep stakes

2. COVID concern tracker

3. Open Table reservations

4. Vaccine pipeline

5. State sales tax rates

6. Big Foot sightings

School Start Dilemma

The Kansas City Chamber hosted a zoom call with state education chiefs from Missouri and Kansas to share plans re-open schools. Dr. Randy Watson, Commissioner of the Kansas State Department of Education, compared planning for fall to the invasion of Normandy, "the minute we landed, the plan was worthless."

“Eye Off the Ball?”

Governor Mike Parson’s pivot to violent crime may backfire if Missouri emerges as a national hotspot of the coronavirus…

2,084 new COVID cases in Missouri yesterday.

Rowden PAC Backs Cole

One of yesterday’s “large contributions” that’s generating some buzz is Majority Forward PAC sending $60,000 to Southwest Conservative Values PAC.

Majority Forward is the PAC allied with Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden. And Southwest Values is allied with David Cole.

Looking At Facebook Ads

A scan through the Facebook Ad Library lets you see what message candidates are pushing right now.

In the governor’s race, most of Governor Mike Parson’s ads involve the 2nd Amendment and “law and order.”

Meanwhile Auditor Nicole Galloway’s highlight that the race is winnable.