Sinquefield Sends $250K to Kehoe PAC

Mega-GOP donor Rex Sinquefield donated $250,000 to American Dream PAC, which is supporting Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe’s 2024 gubernatorial campaign.

Gray Retires from Polsinelli

Polsinelli announced the formation of a government relations arm, Polsinelli Strategic Solutions LLC.  In the announcement, a couple of nuggets…

SBOE Legislative Priorities

The State Board of Education approved its legislative priorities for 2023 with minimal amendments. 

Scoop: Keller Signs on with Team Scharf

Conservative political consultant Gregg Keller is joining Will Scharf’s campaign for attorney general as senior advisor.

Legal Missouri Spent $8.8M

The successful campaign to pass recreation marijuana use spent $8,877,099, according to its 30 Day After filing

1. Flu season.

2. Car deaths.

3. Rent

4. TitleMax. 

5. Companies adding solar.

6. Little Bosnia

MOScout Poll: House Pre-Files

Survey conducted by Remington Research on December 7 and 8 with 801 likely 2024 November Election voters participated in the survey. MoE is +/-3.3%.

Q4: House bill 238 would require internet service providers to grant an automatic reimbursement to subscribers for any outage that lasts longer than twenty-four hours. Do you support or oppose this proposal?

Support: 74%

Oppose: 13%

Not sure: 13%

Data Security

Data security seems to be rising as a topic of interest…

Kehoe’s Uphill Road

One MOScouter thinks that the hallway sentiment on Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe’s gubernatorial chances is too optimistic.

Ashcroft to DC

Press release: Wednesday, December 7th, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft will be attending the oral argument in Moore v. Harper at the United States Supreme Court.

1 Big Thing: $$$ Brings Out Big Ideas

With the state’s coffers overflowing, legislators are allowing themselves to expand their wish list to include some ambitious ideas.

Leathers Exits

On LinkedIn, Mardy Leathers announced that he was exiting the Office of Workforce Development, where’s he’s been director for the past 5+ years.

Blunt and Ashcroft Split Over Gay Marriage

Senator Roy Blunt (who served as president of Southwest Baptist University in the 90s) voted to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, hours after Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft sent a public letter asking him to vote No.

Drone Deliveries Coming?

Axios had a story up yesterday about Amazon planning to roll out drone deliveries in 2024. And it’s not alone.The article says that they’re “lagging behind Walmart, which says it's expanding its DroneUp delivery network to 34 sites in six states.”

Bailey as AG

Wednesday, Governor Mike Parson appointed his general counsel Andrew Bailey to succeed Eric Schmitt as attorney general.

Driving the Day: AG Announcement

Knocking an item off the To Do list before the holiday, Governor Mike Parson will announce his appointment to replace Attorney General Eric Schmitt. The press conference is scheduled for 9:30AM.

Chatter on Gubby Appts

The twin openings for state treasurer and attorney general are the subject of chatter while JeffCity waits for Governor Mike Parson to make the appointments.

First in MOScout: MADA for Kehoe

Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe will announce his twelfth organizational endorsement for his gubernatorial campaign today.

1. Gen Z AWOL?

2. MO childcare costs.

3. Insulin $$

4 & 5. Trump

6. Travel has improved.

Q1: Do you think the recent elections were conducted fairly, or was their widespread fraud?

I think they were conducted fairly: 40%

I think there was widespread fraud: 39%

Not sure: 21%