Rook Adds Serious Cash

Lori Rook, an attorney from Southwest Missouri, seeded her campaign yesterday with $500,000.  Rook is running for state treasurer as a Republican.

Scharf to Rep Trump

Republicans everywhere are salivating at Will Scharf’s latest move: he’s joining Donald Trump’s team of lawyers.

Plocher Fires Ross
Speaker Dean Plocher abruptly dismissed his chief of staff Kenny Ross.  Ross is a trusted and well-respected staffer who’s known for keeping his word and being big on integrity...

Yesterday all campaigns and PACs had to report their fundraising numbers for the past three months.  With the primary elections now less than ten months away, these numbers are becoming much more important.

The Hit on Plocher

An op/ed in The Heartlander lists votes of Speaker Dean Plocher’s that “should give pause to any conservative voter.”

1. Nursing home staffing.

2 - 3. Life expectancy.

4. Remote work.

5. Cheaper renewables.

6. Productivity boom coming?

MOScout Poll: Current Issues
Survey conducted by Remington Research on October 11, 12. 806 likely 2024 November Election voters participated in the survey. Margin of Error is +/-3.6%.
Q1: Thinking about the war breaking out in the Middle East; are you more sympathetic to the Israelis; OR; are you more sympathetic to the Palestinians?
Israelis: 76%
Palestinians: 4%
Not sure: 20%

Schwadron in for SOS

Rep. Adam Schwadron announced yesterday that he is entering the Republican secretary of state scrum. 

Osage Plots IPs Path

Greta Bax filed four initiative petitions to amend the constitution to allow a new gambling boat on the Osage river.

Hamra Announcement in Coming Weeks

Mike Hamra appears to be moving forward with his gubernatorial campaign. 

Frisella for Bailey?

Last week mega-influencer Andy Frisella hosted Attorney General Andrew Bailey on his popular REAL AF podcast.

Eigel the Outsider

Sen. Bill Eigel replied to MOIndy’s report of criticism from Missouri Chamber President Dan Mehan: “I don’t care what The Swamp thinks.”

Mehan Dings Eigel

Missouri Independent reports on Missouri Chamber President Dan Mehan, speaking about the need to address the child care crisis directed his ire at the Missouri legislature and calling out Sen. Bill Eigel in particular. 

HuckPAC Backs Ashcroft

In the large contributions, Mike Huckabee’s PAC, HUCK PAC, sent $50,000 to Jay Ashcroft’s PAC. 

More Rex Chex

In the last batch of big checks that were received before the September 30 deadline, Rex Sinquefield showed his support for three more legislators…

Watching the Money

As big checks rolled in at the end of the fundraising quarter, here’s what caught my eye…

1 – 3. Mehlman deck.

4. Insurance risk.

5. Ag as % of GDP, by state. 

6 - 7. Size of federal government.

8. Paid maternity leave, by country.

9. Threshold to be a 1%er, by state.

MOScout Poll: GOP Statewide

Survey conducted by Remington Research September 27, 28. 714 likely 2024 Republican Primary voters participated in the survey. MoE: +/-3.4%.  (July results in parenthesis.)

Q1: Possible candidates in the Republican Primary for Governor are Jay Ashcroft, Bill Eigel, and Mike Kehoe. If the election were held today, for whom would you vote?

Jay Ashcroft: 32% (34%)

Bill Eigel: 5% (4%)

Mike Kehoe: 15% (14%)

Undecided: 48% (48%)

Sinquefield Adds to Kehoe PAC

Retired businessman Rex Sinquefield gave another $250,000 to American Dream PAC, which supports Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe’s gubernatorial bid.

No Free Passes for GOP

It’s not just open seats like Senate 27 that will have spirited Republican contests in 2024, it’s likely ALL Republican state senate seats.