State auditor candidate Tom Schweich (R) pulled in 10 large contributions of $10,000 each in the last week of the first fundraising quarter of 2010.
Those contributions include funds from Mitek Industries, Sanford McDonnell of St. Louis, Robert Hermann of St. Louis, TSI Holding Company, Jesse Bodine of St. Louis, HBE Corporation, Scott Wilson of St. Louis, Stephen Ditman from Godfrey, IL, Anheuser-Busch, and Peter Herschend, who co-owns Herschend Family Entertainment which owns Silver Dollar City in Branson (Herschend's CEO, Joel Manby, was recently featured on an excellent episode of Undercover Boss).
Schweich is challenging House Budget Chairman Allen Icet (R), who was once presumed to be the likely party nominee. But that presumption no longer exists.
Icet didn't report a single contribution over $5,000 to date in Mar., according to reports filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission.
And on top of that, in the last fundraising quarter we have data for, Schweich trounced Icet in terms of total dollars raised. Plus Schweich picked up some major endorsements from Republicans like Mitt Romney and former Missouri Sen. John Danforth. In other words, the contest seems to be leaning in Schweich's favor.
We'll know more about the how the campaign finances for Icet and Schweich compare when their full 1Q-2010 reports are released in mid-Apr.
The winner of the Republican primary this Aug. will face incumbent Susan Montee (D) in the Nov. 2010 general election.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Schweich raises $100,000 in last week
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Schweich has been winning over folks at Lincoln Days from what I am hearing. Now he has the funding to take on incumbent Susan Montee. I hate to be a bandwagon guy, but lets get behind the candidate that has a chance to unseat Montee. Tom has my vote.
Agreed.
Seriously? From everything I've read and heard, in spite of the fatcat money Schweich is raising (as opposed to grassroots money), he is alienating voters all over the state and Icet is picking up steam. It looks more to me like this will be one of those races where the grassroots guy, Icet, beats the establishment guy. This happens all the time in primaries.
Only an Icet operative could truly believe what Anonymous April 5th wrote. Even as a neutral operative I can tell you that Schweich is in a much better position to take on Montee. And seriously, Icet is trying to pitch Schweich as the "establishment" choice. Typically the establishment candidate is the one who boasts all the statehouse endorsements. Last time I checked, that guy was named Allen Icet.
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