Cook outpaces Kinder in fund raising

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Replenishing a campaign account drained in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor, Bekki Cook raised $1.30 for every $1 Peter Kinder, the Republican nominee for the office, collected last month. However, Kinder reported one-third more money on hand.

According to campaign finance disclosure reports filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission, Cook received $341,637 in cash and in-kind contributions from Aug. 29 through Sept. 30. At the close of that period, she had $412,341 in the bank.

Kinder, meanwhile, brought in donations totaling $262,276 and had $549,420 on hand.

Cook received 21.5 percent of her money, or $73,425, from Democratic Party organizations and special interest groups, primarily labor unions. Major contributors included the Carpenters Union, which through various affiliated groups provided $6,000, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which chipped in $4,100.

The maximum individual contribution for a statewide race is $1,200, but deep-pocketed organizations commonly establish several legally separate entities through which they can make multiple donations.

Lawyers from around Missouri also donated heavily to Cook's campaign.

Kinder collected $43,581 from special interest groups and Republican Party committees. Such sources accounted for 16.6 percent of his total collections.

St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch was among Kinder's biggest benefactors. Busch family members and various companies under the brewer's corporate umbrella combined to provide Kinder with at least $13,200.

Kinder is assistant to the chairman of Rust Communications, which owns the Southeast Missourian.

WHO GAVE WHAT TO WHOM

Individual contributors who gave the maximum donation of $1,200 to candidates for lieutenant governor for the reporting period of Aug. 29 through Oct. 1. Listed are donor and city of residence:

BEKKI COOK,

D-CAPE GIRARDEAU

Dorma Lee Booker, Jefferson City; Terry Bloomburg, St. Louis; AAA Video, not listed; Joyce Aboussie, St. Louis; Aboussie & Associates, St. Louis; Robert Adler, St. Louis; Christopher Ahrens, Shawnee Mission, Kan.; Albert Riederer, Kansas City; Allied Democratic Association, Kansas City; James Baldwin, Lebanon; Robert Ballsrud, St. Louis; Phillip Barkett Jr., Sikeston; Bradley Bradshaw, Springfield; James Brandenburg, St. Louis; Brown & Croupen, St. Louis; Bruntrager & Billings, Richmond Heights; Fred Bunch, Clinton; August Busch, St. Louis; Butterfly Associates, Clayton; Edward Campbell, Kirksville; Cap America Inc., Fredericktown; Thomas Carlson, Springfield; Carlson Gardner, Springfield; Lloyd Joseph Carmichael, Springfield; Marie Carmichael, Springfield; Carpenters District Council, Kansas City; Carpenters for Sound Legislation, Jefferson City; Carpenters Local 27, Oak Grove; Carpenters Local 61, Kansas City; Cement Masons Local 518, Kansas City; Central Bank Co., Jefferson City; Leonard Cervantes, St. Louis; Phillip Cervantes, St. Louis; Maxine Clark, St. Louis; Laura Cohen, St. Louis; Committee for County Progress, Kansas City; Communication Workers of America District 6, St. Louis; DFC Group, St. Louis; Debbie Dollar, Blue Springs; Tim Dollar, Blue Springs; Margaret Donnelly, Clayton; Geneva Douglas, Cape Girardeau; Don Downing, St. Louis; W. Mitchell Elliott, Gower; J. Kent Emison, Higginsville; Robin Emison, Higginsville; Excel Linen Services, Kansas City; Fox & Vuylsteke, St. Louis; Gallop, Johnson & Newman, St. Louis; Mark Gardner, Springfield; Valia Gardener, Springfield; Stacy Garner, Springfield; Gretchen Garrison, St. Louis; Andrew Gelbach, Warrensburg; Maurice Graham, St. Louis; Nancy Grove, Clayton; Patrick Hagerty, St. Louis; Steven Dunn Harrell, Springfield; Eric Harris, Park Hills; Heavy Constructors Association, Kansas City; Alison Hershewe, Joplin; Edward Hershewe, Joplin; Hershewe Law Firm, Joplin; Historic Properties, Lexington; Hoisting Engineers Local 513, Bridgeton; Holden for Governor, St. Louis; IBEW Educational Committee, Washington, D.C.; IBEW Local 1439, St. Louis; IBEW Local 53, Kansas City; Edward Imo, St. Louis; Margie Imo, St. Louis; Ironworkers Local 396, St. Louis; Jean Carnahan, Rolla; Jefferson Bank, Jefferson City; Jefferson Bank PAC, Jefferson City; Lynn Johnson, Mission Hills, Kan.; Susan Jones, Fairway, Kan.; Thomas Jones, Fairway, Kan.; Mark Kempton, Sedalia; S. Lee Kling, Brentwood; Margie Langdon, Lexington; Robert Langdon, Lexington; Langdon, Emison, Kuhlman & Evans, Lexington; Law Offices of Robert Palmer, Springfield; Local 610, Maryland Heights; MACO Construction Inc., Clarkton; MACO Development Corp., Clarkton; MACO Management Co., Clarkton; Teresa Mayhew Hess, St. Louis; Jean McDonnell, Kansas City; Thomas McDonnell, Kansas City; Stephen Meyerkord, St. Louis; MHA Northwest District, Jefferson City; Colleen Millstone, St. Louis; Robert Millstone, St. Louis; Missouri Federation of Teachers, Jefferson City; Missouri Hospital Association, Jefferson City; Missouri NEA, Jefferson City; Missourians for Choice, not listed; Montee Law Firm, St. Joseph; Gene Napier, Leawood, Kan.; Nephrology Associates, Cape Girardeau; Newman Bronson & Wallis, St. Louis; Onder, Shelton, O'Leary & Peterson, St. Louis; Operating Engineers Local 101, Kansas City; Mary Page, Fredericktown; Phillip Page, Fredericktown; Robert Palmer, Springfield; C.H. Parsons, Dexter; Parsons & Wilson, Dexter; Paul Passante, St. Louis; PIC III, St. Louis; PIC IV, St. Louis; PIC VI, St. Louis; PIC VII, St. Louis; PIC VIII, St. Louis; PIC Inc., St. Louis; Planned Parenthood Votes, St. Louis; Connie Ponder, Cape Girardeau; J. Michael Ponder, Cape Girardeau; Pyramid Architects, St. Louis; Redfearn Law Firm, Kansas City; Robert Ritter, St. Louis; Robb & Robb, Kansas City; David Schroeder, Des Peres; Stanley Schroeder, Des Peres; SEMO Building Trades, Cape Girardeau; Shamberg, Johnson, Bergman, Kansas City; Simon & Passanante, St. Louis; Slay for Mayor, St. Louis; Southwestern Bell Employee PAC, St. Louis; St. Louis Area Realtors, St. Louis; Stellar Properties Inc., St. Louis; Melinda Allen Stogel, St. Louis; Steven Stogel, St. Louis; Maxine Tacke, Springfield; Taxpayers Unlimited Inc., Kansas City; Telephone Contact, St. Louis; Lexington Brewery, Lexington; Karen Tokarz, St. Louis; United Transportation Union, Jefferson City; Betty Van Uum, St. Louis; John Weisenfels, Kansas City; Wheat Government Relations, not listed; James Winn, Shawnee Mission, Kan.; Stephen Woodley, St. Louis; James Wyrsch, Blue Springs.

PETER KINDER,

R-CAPE GIRARDEAU

Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., St. Louis; AmerenUE, Jefferson City; Bank of America, St. Louis; Western Anesthesiology Associates, Ballwin; Anheuser-Busch Inc., St. Louis; St. Louis Area Realtors, St. Louis; Heavy Constructors Association, Kansas City; Midwest Radiological Association, St. Louis; Bardgett & Associates, Chesterfield; Astec Power, Carlsbad, Calif.; Richard Baalmann, St. Louis; Lance Beshore, Joplin; Sharon Beshore, Joplin; Blue Cross Blue Shield, Westlake Village, Calif.; Laura Busch, St. Louis; Steven Busch, St. Louis; Busch Agricultural, St. Louis; Busch Media Group, St. Louis; Busch Properties Inc., St. Louis; August Busch III, St. Louis; Mrs. Robert Butler, St. Louis; Robert Butler Jr., St. Louis; John Capps, St. Louis; Christopher Chivetta, St. Louis; Capitol City Chrysler Nissan Inc., Jefferson City; Citizens for Watson, Greenville, Ill.; Jerry Clinton, Maryland Heights; ClosetMaid, Ocala, Fla.; Modern Land Co., Jefferson City; Metal Container Corp., St. Louis; Contract Freighters, Joplin; Charles Cozean, Cape Girardeau; Carole Cozean, Cape Girardeau; William DeWitt Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio; Crystal Springs Development Services, Creve Coeur; L.B. Eckelkamp Jr., Washington; Cape Electrical Supply, Cape Girardeau; Frank Emmendorfer Jr., Cape Girardeau; Southwestern Bell Employees PAC, St. Louis; Busch Entertainment Corp., St. Louis; US BanCorp., Minneapolis, Minn.; James Ferguson, Springfield; Team Emerson, Cape Girardeau; Gibbs, Pool, Gallaher, Jefferson City; Liebert Global Services, Westerville, Ohio; Citizens for Good Government, St. Charles; Cape Anesthesia Group, Cape Girardeau; Tri-County Group, Cape Girardeau; Harrah's Operating, Memphis, Tenn.; Shaun Hayes, St. Louis; Cornerstone Health Care Inc., Rogers, Ark.; Shirley Helzberg, Kansas City; Barnett Helzberg Jr., Kansas City; Craftsmen Independent Union, Cape Girardeau; Fisher Controls International, Marshalltown, Iowa; Johnson & Stark, Cape Girardeau; Jotori Dredging Inc., Maryland Heights; Mary Beth Kapp, Cape Girardeau; William Kapp III, Cape Girardeau; S. Lee Kling, Villa Ridge; William Laurie, Columbia; Nodler Leadership PAC, Joplin; Missouri Cable PAC, Independence; Missouri Medical PAC, Jefferson City; Fredna Mahaffey, Springfield; Marquette Leasing, Jefferson City; Gilster Mary Lee Corp., Chester, Ill.; May Department Stores, St. Louis; Marguerite McKee, St. Louis; Paul McKee Jr., St. Louis; Walter Metcalfe Jr., St. Louis; Missouri Chamber of Commerce, Jefferson City; John Mulacahy, St. Louis; Noranda Aluminum, New Madrid; Metro Heart Group, St. Louis; St. Louis County Orthopedic Group, St. Louis; Frederick Palmer, St. Louis; Gene Patterson, Cape Girardeau; Kansas City Power & Light, Kansas City; Precision Printing, St. Louis; Quilogy, St. Charles; BNSF Railway Co., Topeka, Kan.; Missouri Realtors, Columbia; Anheuser-Busch Recycling Corp., St. Louis; Scott Rhodes, Cape Girardeau; Ridgid Tool Co., Elyria, Ohio; River Ford Corp., Springfield; Rosemount, Chanhassen, Minn.; Semco Distributing, Perryville; Pyramid Homemaker Services, Cape Girardeau; Allyn Stoecker, Cape Girardeau; Willeford Stoecker, Cape Girardeau; Success Leasing Inc., Springfield; Midwest Motorcycle Supply, Arnold; Cape Nuerological Surgeons, Cape Girardeau; The Koman Group, St. Louis; Thermodisc, Mansfield, Ohio; Dick Thomas, Columbia; Anthony Thompson, St. Louis; John Tlapek, Cape Girardeau; Iron Mountain Trap Rock Co., Maryland Heights; Brian Underwood, St. Louis; Alison Ward, Kansas City; Brian Ward, Kansas City; David Ward, Kansas City; Scott Ward, Kansas City; Howard Wood, Bonne Terre; Joyce Wood, Bonne Terre; Randol York, Sikeston; Clemens for the Ozarks, Marshfield.