Sunday, February 9, 2014

Time to play "Show me the money"

It's that time of year: the annual publication of campaign finance reports.  Thought you might like to see who has what.  If you want to dig into the details of a particular report, go to this page

Governor Phil Bryant
Cash on hand: $1,317,568
Contributions: $1,027,000

Leftenant Governor Tate Reeves
Cash on hand: $1,233,628
Contributions: $548,575

Secretary of State Gilbert Hosemann
Cash on hand:  $391,195
Contributions: $95,274

Treasurer: Lynn Fitch
Cash on hand: $59,959
Contributions: $251,318

State Auditor Stacey Pickering
Cash on hand: $37,082
Contributions: $58,911

Ag Commish Cindy Hyde-Smith
Cash on hand: $121,186
Contributions: $104,323

Attorney General Jim Hood
Cash on hand: $72,504
Contributions: $92,400

The Commish Mike Chaney
Cash on hand: $164,560
Contributions: $105,850

Now for some locals.

Representative Phillip Gunn
Cash on hand: $216,184
Contributions: $183,542

Senator Dean Kirby
Cash on hand: $303,426
Contributions: $61,200

Senator David Blount
Cash on hand: $54,845
Contributions: $31,416

Senator Josh Harkins
Cash on hand: $57,355
Contributions: $30,343

Senator Will Longwitz
Cash on hand: $44,343
Contributions: $60,969

Senator John Horhn
Cash on hand: $2,482
Contributions: $16,822

Senator Kenny Wayne Jones
Cash on hand: $3,412
Contributions: $6,900

Representative Bobbie Moak
No report posted.

Representative Cecil Brown
Cash on hand: $41,139
Contributions: $24,000

Representative Rita Martinson
Cash on hand: $27,898
Contributions: $2,600

Representative Bill Denny
Cash on hand: $4,473
Contributions: $2,850

Representative Mark Baker
Cash on hand: $101,492
Contributions: $35,500

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

Campaign finance reports for federal candidates are also available. It's interesting to see just how little in-state support some of them have. Chris McDaniel, for instance. His DC sugar daddies will surely be disappointed that he can't raise money. How long can he last once the Beltway agitators pull out of Mississippi and send their dollars to competitive races? Hear me now, believe me later: You're wasting support in McDaniel when there are winnable races you could be influencing.

Anonymous said...

Is that ^^^ the best Thad's lackies can do?

YEE-HAW said...

At yesterday's Dixie National event in the Coliseum, Cindy Hyde Smith rode in on a horse, microphone in hand and thanked the Governor (seated in cowboy hat, boots and vest) for his leadership.

The emcee of the arena, also on horseback, acknowledged the Governor (spotlights please) as well as Congressman Harper. The Gov already had a mic and stood to say what a great day it was in Mississippi and what a great job Hyde-Smith is doing as the best Ag Commish in the USA.

Both the Governor, his body guards and Harper's entourage were seated behind a Harper banner hanging to the arena floor.

As soon as the lights dimmed and came back up a few minutes later, there were vacant seats where the Harper group had, just minutes earlier, been seated. And they remained vacant for the rest of the rodeo and concert.

Whistle-Stop politics at its best. No money raised here folks - we just here to see the show.

Anonymous said...

^^^ That's the best truthful information.

Anonymous said...

I wish, at the end of a campaign, all unused contributions would have to be either pro-rated and returned to contributors or given to either the county, state or national treasury.

If you wanted someone elected once, it doesn't mean you would have contributed to the next election.

Of course , that's bill that's never going to happen!

Anonymous said...

Harper is scared.

Anonymous said...

Harper was embarrassed because he felt out of place dressed like an Ole Miss sophomore among thousands of country music and rodeo fans. Besides, he had to get over to a church hand-shakin' event anyway.

Anonymous said...

Interesting to see how much money former Senator Walter Michel still has in his account. Primary fight coming up next year in that NEJ/Ridgeland/Madison Senate district?

Anonymous said...

I found it interesting to see on Thad Cochran's FEC report for the 4th Quarter of last year, that the first INDIVIUAL contributor listed was Haley Barbour. Barbour listed his address as being 1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC, 20004. be interesting to see if Haley tries to vote in the Republican primary on June 3rd, 2014, in Yazoo County, MS, since he apparently does not live there anymore.

Anonymous said...

One is a work address. The other is a residence address, sort of. Others are not revealed yet.

Anonymous said...

@ February 9, 2014 at 11:20 PM

If your plan is to scream out-of-state money is evil, you better take a look in the mirror.

A quick glance at campaign finance reports of a certain Governor who is 100% backing Cochran had contributions from Tulsa, OK; Amherst, MA; Barnesville, MD, Midland, MI' Potomac, MD; New Orleans, LA; Crownsville, MD; Alpharetta, GA; Houston, TX; Rocklin, CA; PA, IL, GA, KY, etc. and many from DC.

Your arguments are weak. If there is something wrong about accepting out of state $, then that rule of thumb applies to all candidates, including the past governor. If there is nothing wrong with it, then you're simply trying to divert attention from the issue at hand.

Same thing happened with the commercial about votes--you forgot to say that the bills you were using in the examples were bills that the governor signed into law. Oops, kind of ragging on one person for the exact same thing the governor, who is backing Cochran, did.

How about answering this big question: Why did Cochran not vote to defund Obamacare? Its a trainwreck, hurting millions of people, going to lead to single payer/government insurance, website employed felons who had access to personal data, etc. Yet there's his vote in black and white on the rolls----someone telling him what to vote was more important than us. No amount of PR can change a rollcall vote.

And I didn't ask IF he had voted against Obamacare in the past. I specifically asked---why didn't Cochran stand up and vote to defund this nightmare. He had that opportunity and willfully chose to vote against defunding.

You're fired.

Anonymous said...

Does anyone really read or pay attention to a post that is multiple paragraphs? Someone has way to much time on their hands to blather on that much.

Anonymous said...

I'm not 11:20 pm, but I absolutely despise those who don't mind their own business but come to our State with their deep pockets.

It absolutely screws the whole concept of our democratic republic AND state's rights.

The party with the most money at the moment doesn't give a crap about principles of government.

We long ago sold ourselves to the highest bidder!

Anonymous said...

McDaniel's out of state $$$s are the result of the Club for Growth sending out their notice to "send money to ...." and they fill in the candidate's name. They have sent the message about McDaniel. Interesting thing is that normally the CFG folks send in checks at the max amount, and often two (spouses get individual max as well.) But in McDaniel's case, much of the out-of-state dollars was in $250-$500 amounts. Makes me believe they weren't that committed last fall. Be interesting to see if on the next report they are still around or if CFG has moved on to what they fell is winnable.

Anonymous said...

5:45, you are about as lame as they come. SCREAMMMMM about out of state money when someone else gets it but be quiet as a mouse when out of state money goes to Barbour and Cochran.

Perfect democrat logic.

How come the Cochran supporters are doing everything they can to shove your attention towards anything, ANYTHING, except Cochran's voting record.

Anonymous said...

@ 2:52 who is bitching about multiple paragraphs:

I for one DO read well written, multiple paragraph posts such as the one by 2:05, if that is your reference point. It's well written, factual, interesting and succinct. Plus it calls a prior poster into account, a challenge, if you will.

No problem with multiple paragraphs, especially brief ones that are factual and to the point, such as the one you're reading now.

What I DO have problems with are lengthy diatribes that have zero paragraph breaks or stunt-posts such as your own.

Anonymous said...

The Tea Party is the best thing that ever happened to the Democratic party.

Didn't learn a thing from the Presidential election and will go after other conservatives and hope the supporters of those conservatives will be fanatical enough to vote for your guy rather than stay at home in disgust.

Probably not a worry in MS, but the strategy sucks.

Cowboy Dan said...

YEE-HAW wrote:

"At yesterday's Dixie National event in the Coliseum [snip] As soon as the lights dimmed and came back up a few minutes later, there were vacant seats where the Harper group had, just minutes earlier, been seated. And they remained vacant for the rest of the rodeo and concert."

Went to the parade Saturday. Along comes Hinds County car with Kenneth Stokes signs on the side. No Kenneth, no LaRita. Two young girls driving empty car.

Later along comes Darrel McQuirter. Driving his own ride. With wife in the passenger they warmly waved and smiled and acknowledged the waving and applauding crowd. Class.

Anonymous said...

I would considered Chris McDaniel until I read until I read the posted rants of his supporters.

Anonymous said...

@ 4:55 PM
Perhaps this may help. Go to the Senate's website (http://www.senate.gov/index.htm) and look up voting records for things that you believe in or things that you are against. I believe it is a very honest way to determine if Cochran is representing you or not.

Personally, his voting does not represent my views. I am not pleased with what is happening in DC. That's why I want a change.

I would encourage any voter to look at the roll call votes to get a 'picture', so to speak, of their Congressional representative. It is a great way to see what they are actually doing in DC.


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