ELECTION: CROWELL OUTRAISING NEUMEYER IN MONEY RACE

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican Jason Crowell was winning the financial race in the campaign for 158th District legislative seat, campaign finance disclosure reports show.

During the latest reporting period, Crowell raised better than three times more money as his Democratic opponent, Tom Neumeyer, and nearly twice as much for the whole general election. Crowell had approximately $4,300 more in the bank than Neumeyer.

The reports cover the period of Sept. 3 through Sept. 30 and were filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission Monday.

At the end of the previous reporting period, which ended Sept. 2, Neumeyer had a $5,300 advantage over Crowell, who had spent more than $47,000 in winning a three way battle in the Aug. 8 Republican primary. Neumeyer was unopposed in his party's primary.

The two men will square off in the Nov. 7 election for the open seat in the Missouri House of Representatives currently held by state Rep. Mary Kasten, R-Cape Girardeau. Kasten is retiring. Her district represents most of the city of Cape Girardeau.

Crowell, a Cape Girardeau attorney, raised $16,040, both for the latest period and the general election, and spent $1,428.63. He reported $15,918.66 in cash on hand and $18,000 in debt.

Neumeyer, a Cape Girardeau city councilman, raised $4,940 during September and a total of $8,215 for the general election. He had $11,606.19 in the bank and $2,639.11 in debt. Neumeyer reported no expenditures.

About one-quarter of Crowell's money -- $3,915 -- came from donors contributing less than $100. Such donations accounted for 102 of his 169 itemized contributions.

Twenty donors gave Crowell the legal maximum for a House race of $275. Those donors included 10 businesses or political action committees: AGC Missouri, Alliance Blue Cross Blue Shield, AmerenUE, Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc., Life Underwriters, Missouri Progress Committee, Missouri Businesses for Good Government, Missouri Dental, Missouri Medical and Friends of Delbert Scott, the current House minority floor leader.

Ten individuals, all from Cape Girardeau, gave the limit: Barbara Narsh, Bob Fox, Carole Cozean, Charles Cozean, Gary Rust, Helen Rose, James White, James Bogle, Richard Kies and Scott Rhodes.

Prominent local Crowell contributors included former Democratic state Sen. A.M. Spradling Jr. of Cape Girardeau, $100; state Rep. David Schwab, R-Jackson, $100; Presiding Cape Girardeau County Commissioner Gerald Jones, $100; and Kasten, $25.

Sources outside of the 158th District -- primarily Jefferson City, Mo.,-based PACs -- accounted for nearly 36 percent of Crowell's money, $5,725.

Neumeyer had just 13 itemized donations, totaling $2,655. He took in another $1,700 from a fund-raising event and $585 in other small, non-itemized contributions.

None of Neumeyer's named donors gave less than $150. Nearly half of those contributions were for the maximum. Those supporters were the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Education Committee in Washington, D.C., the Electrical Workers union in St. Louis, Jon Zinkgraf of Highland, Ill., and Cape Girardeau residents Jayne Ervin, Jill Rickard and Jack Rickard.

Nearly half of the money Neumeyer reported from itemized donations -- $1,280 -- came from outside the district, including $675 from out-of-state relatives.

WHO GAVE WHAT TO WHOM?

Contributions to candidates for state representative in the 158th District for the reporting period of Sept. 3 through Sept. 30. Listed are donor, city (when not Cape Girardeau) and amount:

Jason Crowell, Republican

A.M. Spradling Jr., $100; AGC MO, $275; AGC of St. Louis, $100; Albert Lowes, $150; Alene Matthews, $50; Allen Spitler, $50; Alliance Blue Cross Blue Shield, St. Louis, $275; AmerenUE, Jefferson City, $275; American Insurance Association, Jefferson City, $100; Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc., Wilmington, Del., $275; Anita Wilson, $50; Ann Uhls, $137.50; Arnold Nagel, $25; Barbara Johnson, $25; Barbara Nash, $275; Barbara Rust, $25; Belva Wills, $15; Bill Morgan, $50; Bob Fox, $275; Bob Matthews, $50; Brinkopf William, $25; Brost and Associates Family Eye Care, $50; Cairo Dry Kilns Inc, Cario, Ill., $200; Cape County Republican Women's Club, $200; Carole Cozean, $275; Carole Rhodes, $50; Charles Wilson, $50; Charles Cozean Jr., $275; Charlotte Bess, $50; Chris Sheets, $50; Citizens for Hagemen, Cosby, $100; D. Ray Wilson, $35; David Schwab, $100; David Knight, $25; David Westrich, $125; David Metacalfe, $15; Debbie Coalter, $50; Deborrah Ramsey, $50; Delwin Elfrink, $50; Desi Ro Management Co. Inc., $50; Dix Morgan, $137.50; Edgar Fiehler, Jackson, $25; Elizabeth Rigdon, $25; FEAPAC of Missouri, Kansas City, $100; Friends of Delbert Scott, Wheatland, $275; Gary Rust, $275; Gay Hullar, $50; General American Life Associates, St. Louis, $150; Gerald Jones, $100; Glenn Reeves, $50; Goldie Benefield, $25; Han Mu Kang, $50; Harold Ridings, $50; Harry Rust, $25; Helen Rose, $275; Hillary Schmittzehe, $25; J.L. Sheets, $50; J. Russell Felker, $137.50; J.R. Zimmer, $100; Jack Sterrett, $25; Jackie Morgan, $137.50; Jacob Pyeatte Jr., $50; James White, $275; James Bogle, $275; Jamlock Manufacturing Co., $200; Janie McGaugh, $25; Jason LaPlante, $75; Jean Mabrey, $25; Jennifer Coad, $137.50; Jerry Wolsey, $50; Jerry Schwab, $50; Jerry Kinder, $25; Jerry Pind, $25; Jerry Brey, $75; Joan Morgan, $50; Joanne Erlbacher, $25; Joda Bess, $50; Joe Buerkle, $100; Joe Regenhardt, $250; Joe Narsh, $50; John Clifton, $25; John Rigdon, $25; John Critchlow, $100; John Ambercrombie, $137.50; Joyce Hemmann, $25; Judi Brey, $75; June Owen, $100; June Kang, $50; Karen Davis, St. Louis, $37.50; Kathy Brown, $25; Kay Sides, $75; Ken Schmitz, $25; Kidd's Inc., $100; Kieth Deimund, $137.50; Kim McDowell, $10; Laura Younghouse, $100; Life Underwriters, Jefferson City, $275; Lynn Management Division, $200; Madge Ridings, $50; Margaret Lents, $137.50; Marjorie Deimund, $137.50; Majorie Grindstaff, Jackson, $50; Mark Davis, St. Louis, $37.50; Marlena Pind, $25; Marsha Parish, $25; Martha Hamilton, $25; Martha Kinney, $50; Mary Kasten, $25; Mary Westrich, $125; Mary Alice Regenhardt, $250; Mel Kasten, $25; Melissa Ambercrombie, $137.50; Michael Uhls, $137.50; Michael Stephens, $25; Michael Moore, $25; Mike Kohlfeld, $25; Missouri Beer Wholesalers Association, St. Louis, $200; Missouri Progress Committee, Jefferson City, $275; Missouri Credit Union, St. Louis, $100; Missouri Businesses for Good Government, Jefferson City, $275; Missouri Criminal Defense Lawyers, Jefferson City, $250; Missouri Dental, Jefferson City, $275; Missouri Forest Products, Jefferson City, $100; Missouri Insurance Coalition, Jefferson City, $100; Missouri Manufactured Housing, Jefferson City, $250; Missouri Medical, Jefferson City, $275; Missouri Optometric, Jefferson City, $100; Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, Jefferson City, $250; Norma Spitler, $50; Norris Jackson, $25; O.D. Niswonger, $25; Patti Pyeatte, $50; Paul Bick, $10; Paul Hullar, $50; Phyllis Schwab, $100; Phyllis Schwab, $50; Polly Kinder, $25; R.J. McKinney, $25; Rachael Narsh, $50; Rebecca Whiffen, Sikeston, $50; Rebecca Harding, $30; Rhonda Reeves, $50; Richard Kies, $275; Richard Whiffen, $50; Richard Swaim, $25; Rick Brown, $25; Rickey Lents, $137.50; Rita Cran, $50; Robert Erlbacher, $25; Robert Minton, $25; Robin Kinney, $50; Roy McGaugh, $25; Scott Rhodes, $275; Sharon Sterrett, $25; Stan Sides, $75; Stephen Crain, $50; Suellyn Felker, $137.50; Susan Dodd, $50; Susan Elrod, $25; Ted Coalter, $50; Theresa Elfrink, $50; Thomas Ramsey, $50; Tim Coad, $137.50; Tom Phillips, $25; Tom Hamilton, $25; Verda Minton, $25; Verizon Midwest, $100; Vernon Rhodes, $50; Wilorene Phillips, $25.

Tom Neumeyer, Democrat

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Education Committee, Washington, D.C., $275; Electrical Workers, St. Louis, $275; James Grebing, $150 (total of two donations); Jayne Ervin, $275; Jon Zinkgraf, Highland, Ill., $275; Wilber Neumeyer, Mt. Pleasant, S.C., $200; Donald Neumeyer, Middleton, Wis., $255 (total of two donations); David Neumeyer, Lynchburg, Va., $200; Jack Rickard Jr., $275; Jill Rickard, $275; Judy Statler, Jackson, $200.

Source: Campaign finance disclosure reports filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission