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Mon, Jul 16, 2007

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The Race for Governor

Add another $1.6 million to Matt Blunt’s total cash raised. After spending almost $400,000 in the last three months, the governor had about $5.8 million in the bank as of June 30.

$100,000 from the Republican Governor’s Assoc.
$50,000 from AT&T
$50,000 from Muneer Satter, a Goldman Sachs employee in Chicago.
$50,000 from Harold Simmons in Dallas, TX
$10,000 here… $25,000 there… You get the picture.

Compared to Blunt’s 98-page campaign finance report, Jay Nixon’s 312 pages seems like a phone book. But size isn’t everything and though Nixon clearly had many more individual donors, Blunt’s big check writers again proved decisive.

Nixon raised a little more than half what Blunt did in the same period, roughly $950,000, but spent $50,000 more, leaving him with $2.5 million.

The A.G. Race

State Senator Mike Gibbons, candidate for Attorney General, raised $106,000, spent $43,000 and has $158,000 in the bank.

State Senator Chris Koster, another AG candidate, raised $157,000 to add to the half-million
he already had in the bank. After expenses, $644,000 cash on hand.

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Antonio D. French is a writer, political consultant, and newly-elected Democratic Committeeman living in north St. Louis, Missouri.

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4 Comments For This Post

  1. shawn w Says:

    Antonio,

    What about the race for Lt Govenor?

  2. Maire Says:

    http://tinyurl.com/2cjaon

    Jason Rosenblaum’s (Columbia Tribune) Report on the Lt. Gov

  3. Anonymous Says:

    I wonder how many of Governor Blunts contributors got cut from the medicaid rolls?????

  4. Anonymous Says:

    As we proudly showed in the last 2 Board elections, it is possible for voters to see past who has the most money and actually evaluate candidates based on merit. Let’s hope that trend continues. It would be a real step toward true democracy.

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