Campaign Finance

Steve Stenger, the Democratic candidate for St. Louis County executive, is entering the final weeks of the contest with more than twice the money in the…

Former Missouri House Speaker Catherine Hanaway got $750,000 this week from wealthy financier Rex Sinquefield for her 2016 campaign for governor. That’s…

State Sen. Eric Schmitt, R- Glendale, has amassed more than $1.5 million in the bank in his bid to become Missouri’s next state treasurer – a notably…

The seven or eight people who love watching political ads will be in for an exciting three weeks. Everybody else in Missouri may want to become familiar…

A fundraising quarter before an election is when Missouri politics starts getting real. And by “getting real,” I mean getting "realexpensive.”Tuesday is…

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., contends that Missouri’s “Wild West” approach to politics — which imposes no restrictions on campaign donations or…

(Updated 4:30 p.m., Wed., April 2 with comments from U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.)For the second time in four years, the five Republican-appointed justices…

The latest chapter of Power Players – Jason Rosenbaum's periodic watchdog report on political fundraising in Missouri – shows that Democrats topped…

When it comes to campaign financing, one name stands out: Rex Sinquefield. In 2013, an off year politically, the retired financier gave millions in…

For most intents and purposes, it was all quiet on Missouri's electoral front in 2013. But that didn’t stop the money from flowing to candidates and…