The cavalry has finally arrived for Eigel in the form of an army of lawyers, checks in hand. It’s kinda like the Warren Zevon song: Lawyers, Guns and Money. Eigel has always had the message that republicans love to hear. Specifically burn it all down. Now he has some money to spread that message.
That money comes as a huge boost to Eigel as he was trailing badly in the Emerson College poll at 6%. There was a long over $5,000 fundraising drought for Eigel until the $100,000 check from a trial lawyer group, followed by a wave of attorney contributions totalling $445,000. The contributions coincide with Eigel going up on tv with his first ad standing in front of a farm attacking Washington, the trans movement, and outlining his support for guns.
There were high fives all around the Kehoe campaign after the Emerson College poll showed that after three years of nonstop campaigning he has finally pulled to within the margin of error of Ashcroft 23% to 20% with Eigel a distant third at 6%. There is no coincidence that after this poll became public both Eigel and Ashcroft debuted new ads.
While Eigel won the fundraising week, Kehoe raised $321,000 this week on the strength of a lengthy list of the business community that you can see below. He has also kept racking up endorsements, the Missouri Hospital Association has endorsed Kehoe. You can find our story on the endorsement here. Also the Missouri Sheriff’s Association gave an endorsement as well.
This week Mike Kehoe visited Stoddard County, welcomed by the Bank of Advance. He also visited Henry County, Higginsville, Lafayette, and Clinton speaking to supporters. Touring the Northland, the Kehoe bus stopped by Andrew County, and then headed out west to knock on doors with Kansas City Fraternal Order of Police in Clay County.
The Ashcroft campaign has made its way to Douglas County, Springfield, as well as Brooks Brothers Trailer and Equipment in Troy. The tour didn’t stop there, Ashcroft continued on to Pettis County to visit the local Republican Committee. He also stopped by Bolivar, Douglas County, Lake Ozark, Fulton, and Clever. Jay Ashcroft has made it his goal to eliminate income tax. Taking action on radioactive waste, Ashcroft was joined by Just Moms STL as they put up their own radioactive warning sign. However, it’s not a good sign for Ashcroft when Eigel is garnering steam.
Contributions over $5,000 This Week
Kehoe: $321,300
Ashcroft: $35,855
Bill Eigel: $445,000
American Dream PAC (Kehoe)
Patrick Murphy: $5,650
Kevin Mainord: $7,500
Richard Arnoldy: $10,000
John O’Connell: $10,000
United Scripts: $7,000
Pool King Enterprises: $7,000
Midwest Long Term Care: $15,000
David Hogan: $10,000
Richard Miller: $50,000
Taxpayers Unlimited: $25,000
MBL Development: $10,000
Matthew Lowe: $7,500
POL PAC: $6,000
JE Dunn Construction: $10,000
Justin Akin: $5,650
Evergy Metro Inc: $100,000
Commerce Bancshares: $10,000
Robert Blitz: $10,000
Promontory 150: $15,000
Committee for Liberty PAC (Ashcroft)
Thomas Walsh: $25,000
AnnMarie Kerr: $5,650
Henry Elster: $5,205
Believe in Life and Liberty (BILL) PAC
Trial Lawyers for Justice: $100,000
Gorny Dandurand: $10,000
DM Law Shared Services: $30,000
The Simon Law Firm: $20,000
Dollar Burns Becker and Hershewe: $25,000
Edelman and Thompson: $50,000
Shamberg Johnson and Bergman: $10,000
O’Leary Shelton Corrigan Peters Dalton and Quillin: $10,000
Donald L Schlapprizzi: $15,000
Cook Barkett Ponder and Wolz: $10,000
Langdon and Emison: $20,000
Strong Law: $10,000
Brown and Crouppen: $15,000
Cordell Law: $20,000
Joan Langenberg: $100,000
