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PrintCOLUMBIA — Although incumbent 9th District U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer has nearly 200 times as much campaign money as his two challengers combined, the Libertarian and Democratic opponents both said they are in the race to win.
- Every candidate on the Nov. 2 ballot, along with every campaign promoting or opposing propositions and amendments, filed their last campaign finance reports before Election Day on Monday. The reports showed how much money each has raised and, just as or more important, who was giving it to them. Candidates for a U.S. Senate seat, Boone County Presiding Commissioner and three districts in the Missouri House of Representatives are only a handful of folks Boone County residents will get to vote for next week.
Blaine Luetkemeyer
Numbers as of Sept. 30:
Money raised: $1.1 million since Jan. 1, 2009. About $886,000 of that total came from individual and committee donations.
The big donors:
- About $74,000 from business owners, CEOs, executives and the self-employed.
- More than $28,000 from medical workers.
- Almost $11,000 from legal workers.
- More than $265,000 from political action committees and lobbyists.
Money spent: Almost $809,000. He has just short of $329,000 cash on hand.
Christopher Dwyer
Money raised: While he registered with the Federal Election Commission as a candidate, he said he is "not even close" to the $5,000 threshold that requires a candidate to report contributions.
Money spent: He has spent money mostly on gasoline to drive around the district to candidate forums and other election events. He said he cannot afford yard signs, advertisements or campaign fliers.
"I don't have the luxury that Democrats and Republicans have," Dwyer said.
Jeff Reed
Money raised: He estimates he has funded $500 out-of-pocket and raised about $700.
Money spent: He said that in the past few weeks he has spent some of this money just to get his name out to the public, but the majority of the money will be spent the week before the election on things such as newspaper and radio ads.
"We are not going to raise $5,000, and we may not raise $1,000," Reed said. "But, we will just do the best we can and see how it goes."
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