KINDER ENDS PRIMARY WITH FUNDRAISING EDGE

Republican state senatorial candidate Peter Kinder emerged from the primary election campaign with about $27,000 more in campaign contributions than his Democratic opponent, Betty Hearnes of Charleston.

According to campaign finance reports for the period covering 30 days after the August primary election, Kinder had raised $68,640 while Hearnes had raised $40,999.

Hearnes, who defeated two opponents to win the Democratic primary, listed total expenditures of $37,238; Kinder, who was unchallenged in the primary, showed expenditures of $27,512.

Since the last report, due seven days before the primary election, Kinder raised $8,029 and spent $15,919 while Hearnes raised $13,568 and spent $10,289.

Hearnes had the largest single contribution during the period, taking a $5,000 contribution on July 24 from the St. Louis Heart Institute Cardiothoracic Surgeons Inc. of Bridgeton.

Kinder's largest single contribution for the period was $500 from several contributors.

State campaign finance disclosure laws require candidates to list the names of all contributors giving more than $100 and any amount contributed by a political action committee. Kinder reported $3,004 in contributions under $100 while Hearnes received $2,243 in the smaller amounts.

Kinder's campaign was also a contributor to another campaign; he gave $500 to Jim Talent, minority leader of the Missouri House, who was successful in a Republican primary for Congress in the 2nd District.

Hearnes had two $1,000 contributions during the reporting period, one from the MATA-PAC and the Dirck for Senator Committee.

She received $500 contributions from Burch and Associates of Jefferson City; DeSales and Ruth Duenne of Charleston, Herman and Helen Duenne of Charleston, and from her husband, former Missouri governor Warren Hearnes. In all, Hearnes contributed $3,000 during the primary to his wife's campaign.

Kinder's $500 contributors were Don Harrison, Greg Tobin, and Dennis Stockard, all of Cape Girardeau. Kinder also received $300 from the Missouri Amoco PAC and a $300 in-kind contribution from Drury Southwest Inc.

Among the other contributors to Hearnes were: Ed Robinson of Perryville, $300; Jean Hearnes of Charleston, a $275 in-kind contribution; Mr. and Mrs. Byron Moxley of Charleston, $250; Carmen McKinley and John J. Lux of Charleston, $200 each; William Cason of Clinton, $200; the St. Louis Police Officers Association, $200; and Richard and Mary Pike of Charleston and Travis and Kathleen Morrison of West Plains, both $150.

Hearnes also listed $100 contributions from: the Central Trades and Labor Council of Cape Girardeau, the St. Louis Police Fraternal Organization, Howard Baer of St. Louis, and Daniel and Julia Sindelar of St. Louis.

Other contributors to Kinder's campaign for the period included: Marjorie Mills of Cape Girardeau $275; Danny Lynn and Joe Buerkle of Cape Girardeau, $250 each; James Vangilder of Jackson, $250; Jim Graham of Fredericktown, $150; Roger Mainor, Rock Wilferth, Jerry Schwab, John Janssen, Martin Hecht, Ken Dobbins, Tom Herbert, Carlston Bohnsack, Edward Campbell, James Hirsch, and James Kinder, all of Cape Girardeau, $125 each; and Ralph Boyer of Sikeston, $125.