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How Much Does A St. Louis City Alder Seat Cost?

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Updated 12/27/2025 to reflect additional December 2025 donations by Jerald Kent, Chairman and CEO of Tierpoint and Cequel 3 data centers.

I have no idea how much candidates for St. Louis City Alder and Board President raised and spent in 2023 or 2025. I could go thru campaign finance reports filed at Missouri Ethics Commission. But those figures would be highly problematic because of independent spending by political action committees (PACs), legal money laundries in Missouri.

What I can tell you about is the St. Louis City-based PAC, that now has an agenda before the Board of Alders and City economic development boards, that spent a lot of money electing the Board of Alders in recent years. A LOT.

Civic Progress Action Committee, the PAC for Civic Progress, and its successor 21st Century St. Louis PAC, the PAC for Greater St. Louis, have a 24 year history online at MEC. It’s a history showing dramatic changes in purpose and how they operate– two different eras, different goals.

Civic Progress Action Committee was run for many years by Walter L. Metcalfe, Jr. and Alfred E. Kerth, III. Civic Progress was a rich white man’s club, the captains of industry. Their PAC was noblesse oblige politics.

Civic Progress Action Committee paid for lunch meetings at private clubs including St. Louis Club and The Bogey Club. It paid for administrative services from FleishmanHillard, Bryan Cave, PricewaterhouseCoopers, RubinBrown, and Civic Progress Inc. It invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in Euro Dollar Bonds. Nothing like that shows up in 21st Century St. Louis PAC’s reports.

Civic Progress Action Committee hired lobbyists to monitor and testify at hearings: 35 checks, $5,000 each to Nexus Group from February 2018 to December 2020; 33 checks, $5,000 to $10,000 each to Dentons, previous employers of Nexus Group, from January 2015 to February 2018. Lobbyist Dick Wiles, a Jefferson City fixture for decades, once represented Civic Progress as well.

Greater St. Louis has 15 lobbyists, both at the State Capitol and at City Hall. They are not paid by 21st Century St. Louis PAC. At City Hall and at economic development board meetings (corporate welfare) the organization is served by attorney David Sweeney, former Clerk of the Board of Alders and considered a “friend” by most Alders and other elected officials at City Hall. Sweeney also lobbies for many developers. Generally, Alders rubberstamp projects that Sweeney represents.

One thing that Civic Progress Action Committee did not do was consort with City Alders, donate to candidates, or make Independent Expenditures to elect candidates. That all changed when Civic Progress merged with several organizations to become Greater St. Louis and Jason Hall, its CEO, took over Civic Progress Action on August 3, 2022. Good luck finding a news article on this merger that is objective, not mostly propaganda.

In 2023, 21st Century St. Louis PAC helped elect two Alders representing the City’s central corridor and lesser amounts on eight other successful candidates, 12 of 15 votes on the Board including Board President Megan Green. In 2025, the PAC helped elect 8 of 8 Alder seats on regular and special election ballots, a majority of votes on the Board.

In 2023, 21st Century St. Louis PAC’s $42,936.02 in direct expenditures and contributions were pivotable to helping nine-year Washington University employee Michael Browning defeat two incumbent Alders-  Tina “Sweet-T” Pihl and Michael Gras- to become Alder of the City’s Central West End’s new 9th Ward, a product of consolidating wards from 28 to 14 and subsequent redistricting. Another $40,936.03 went to the re-election of 14th Ward Alder Rasheen Aldridge, one of two Downtown Alders.

In 2025, 21st Century St. Louis PAC spent $13,936.68 on Alder Browning, who had neither a primary nor general election opponent, and $26,379.91 electing banker Jami Cox Antwi as Downtown’s second Alder, the 8th Ward seat vacated by the election of Alder Cara Spencer to Mayor.

Another $16,183.60 went to the re-election of 1st Ward Alder Anne Schweitzer; $16,533.44 to help re-elect 7th Ward Alder Alisha Sonnier; and $13,978.68 to re-elect 11th Ward Alder Laura Keys; plus, smaller amounts for another four Alders.

Browning and Aldridge have sponsored millions and millions of dollars in corporate welfare for developers in the City’s central corridor (Central West End to Downtown)- property tax abatements (which reduce revenue to public schools), sales tax exemotions, developer-controlled special taxes, and more. Antwi is the Board’s newest member but will predictably follow in the footsteps of Spencer and, before that, Alder Phyllis Young, in sponsoring millions in corporate welfar for Downtown developers. That’s why Greater St. Louis invests money in Alder elections. And the sky’s the limit on how much.

Most of the money spent by 21st Century St. Louis PAC was by Direct Expenditure. In Missouri, these are funds to support or oppose a candidate or ballot measure without giving directly to a candidate or committee, money for mailings, robo calls, digital advertising, etc.

Direct Expenditures are a way around campaign finance contribution limits. A PAC can donate the legal limit, for Alders that’s $2,600, then spend as much as it wants in Direct Expenditures. 21st Century St. Louis PAC did exactly that.

Direct Expenditures are also only reported by the PAC making them. They do not show up on beneficiary candidate or ballot committee reports. You have to know who the players are in an election and track their reports available online at Missouri Ethics Commission. The spending may attract news media attention for statewide candidates and ballot issues but rarely local elections.

January 2023 to October 2025
21st Century St. Louis PAC
Direct Expenditures Benefiting St. Louis City Candidates
06/30/2025 $11,627.82 Alder Jami Cox Antwi
06/13/2025 $12,152.03 Alder Jami Cox Antwi
03/24/2025 $14,183.60 Alder Anne Schweitzer
03/24/2025 $13,933.44 Alder Alisha Sonnier
03/24/2025 $13,836.68 Alder Michael Browning
03/24/2025 $13,718.68 Alder Laura Keys
03/29/2023 $6,686.28 former Alder Joe Vollmer
03/29/2023 $6,686.27 former Alder Joe Vaccaro
03/27/2023 $11,140.06 Alder Michael Browning
03/27/2023 $11,140.07 Alder Rasheen Aldridge
03/22/2023 $11,235.48 Alder Michael Browning
03/22/2023 $11,235.48 Alder Rasheen Aldridge
03/20/2023 $15,960.48 Alder Michael Browning
03/20/2023 $15,960.48 Alder Rasheen Aldridge

January 2023 to October 2025
21st Century St. Louis PAC
Contributions to St. Louis City Electeds and Failed Candidates
05/28/2025 $2,600 Alder Jami Cox Antwi
03/26/2025 $2,600 Alder Laura Keys
02/13/2025 $2,600 Alder Anne Schweitzer
02/13/2025 $2,600 Alder Matt DeVoti
02/13/2025 $2,600 Alder Alisha Sonnier
12/17/2024 $2,600 Alder Pam Boyd
12/17/2024 $2,600 Alder Shane Cohn
12/17/2024 $2,600 Alder Laura Keys
10/09/2024 $2,600 Alder Michael Browning
12/14/2023 $2,600 Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore
03/10/2023 $2,600 failed Alder candidate J.P. Mitchom
03/10/2023 $2,600 Alder Rasheen Aldridge
03/10/2023 $2,600 Alder Michael Browning
03/10/2023 $2,600 Alder Tom Oldenburg
03/10/2023 $2,600 Board President Megan Green
03/10/2023 $2,600 Alder Shane Cohn
03/10/2023 $2,600 Alder Daniela Velazquez
03/10/2023 $2,600 Alder Pam Boyd
03/10/2023 $2,600 former Alder Joe Vollmer
03/10/2023 $2,600 Alder Laura Keys
03/10/2023 $2,600 former Alder, now Mayor Cara Spencer
02/21/2023 $2,600 Alder Shane Cohn
02/21/2023 $2,600 Alder Daniela Velazquez
02/21/2023 $2,600 former Alder, now Mayor Cara Spencer
02/21/2023 $2,600 former Alder Joe Vollmer
02/21/2023 $2,600 Alder Michael Browning
02/21/2023 $2,600 former Alder Mike Gras
02/21/2023 $2,600 Alder Laura Keys
02/21/2023 $2,600 Alder Pam Boyd
02/21/2023 $2,600 former Mayor Tishaura Jones
02/21/2023 $2,600 former Comptroller Darlene Green
02/21/2023 $2,600 Board President Megan Green
02/21/2023 $2,600 Alder Tom Oldenburg
02/21/2023 $2,600 former Alder James Page
02/21/2023 $2,600 Alder Rasheen Aldridge

Who funded the 21st Century St. Louis PAC’s efforts in St. Louis City Alder campaigns in 2023 and 2025?

January 2023 to October 2025
21st Century St. Louis PAC Funders

12/16/2025 $20,000 Jerald Kent (Tierpoint and Cequel 3, data center)
08/11/2025 $20,000 Jerald Kent (Tierpoint and Cequel 3, data center) – this contribution was posted 12/22/2025 as a 48 Hour Report, so should be getting a fine from Missouri Ethics Commission for failure to disclosure in timely manner
07/29/2025 $7,372.44 STL Regional Chamber PAC*
02/27/2025 $5,000 Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (law firm)
02/23/2025 $5,000 David Peacock (Advantage Solutions)
02/03/2025 $5,000 David Peacock (Advantage Solutions)
12/02/2024 $10,000 John Tracy (Dot Family Holdings)
11/12/2024 $25,000 Andrew Taylor (Enterprise Mobility)
10/23/2024 $5,000 Commerce Bancshares
10/10/2024 $10,000 Ameren (utility, strong interest in data centers)
10/07/2024 $20,000 Lodging Hospitality Management (developer, hotelier)
08/23/2024 $4,500 Jerome Schlichter (attorney)
08/23/2024 $4,500 Susan Schlichter (retired)
08/20/2024 $5,000 Michael Konzen (PGAV)
08/14/2024 $10,000 John Tracy (Dot Family Holdings)
08/13/2024 $10,000 Thompson Coburn (law firm)
08/12/2024 $20,000 Jerald Kent (Tierpoint and Cequel 3, data center)
08/16/2024 $5,000 Schnuck Markets
09/05/2023 $10,000 John Tracy (Dot Family Holdings)
03/29/2023 $4,000 Lodging Hospitality Management (developer, hotelier)
03/29/2023 $4,000 Susan Schlichter (retired)
03/27/2023 $10,000 Thompson Coburn (law firm)
03/27/2023 $5,000 Spire PAC (utility)
03/24/2023 $2,500 Commerce Bancshares
03/21/2023 $5,000 900 N Tucker LLC (developer,Old Post-Dispatch Bldg, data center, Interco Plaza)
03/20/2023 $10,000 Jerald Kent (Tierpoint and Cequel 3, data center)
03/20/2023 $3,000 Edward L. Dowd Jr. Living Trust (attorney)
03/17/2023 $20,000 First Bank
03/16/2023 $10,000 Post Holdings (consumer packaged foods)
03/14/2023 $5,000 Bryan Cave Missouri PAC (law firm)
02/24/2023 $5,000 900 N Tucker LLC (developer, Old Post-Dispatch Bldg, data center, Interco Plaza)
02/17/2023 $5,000 Schnuck Markets
02/14/2023 $5,000 Commerce Bancshares PAC
02/09/2023 $5,000 Jerome Schlichter (attorney)
02/07/2023 $25,000 Andrew Taylor (Enterprise Holdings)
02/08/2023 $10,000 Jerald Kent (Tierpoint, data center)
02/06/2023 $5,000 Lodging Hospitality Management (developer, hotelier)
02/02/2023 $5,000 Robert Hermann Jr (Busch Family, Hermann Companies)
02/01/2023 $5,000 Thompson Coburn (law firm)

Notice how much the source of funds changed after the merger.

January 2015 to December 2020
Civic Progress Action Committee Funders
12/21/2020 $12,000 SSM Health St. Louis
11/17/2020 $4,500 Caleres Inc
10/13/2020 $7,500 Nestle Purina PetCare
10/13/2020 $7,500 BJC Healthcare
09/30/2020 $4,500 Stifel Financial
09/26/2020 $7,500 Edward Jones
09/23/2020 $4,500 Maritz
08/27/2020 $7,500 Ameren Missouri
06/25/2020 $4,500 Coin Acceptors Inc
06/22/2020 $4,500 Schnucks Markets
06/10/2020 $4,500 Harbour Group Industries
06/05/2020 $13,000 RGA Reinsurance
05/29/2020 $4,500 Cequel III
05/18/2020 $4,500 Graybar Electric
05/11/2020 $4,500 Spire Missouri
03/31/2020 $13,000 Anheuser-Busch
02/11/2020 $13,000 Centene Management
02/10/2020 $4,500 Commerce Bancshares
02/06/2020 $13,000 Emerson Electric
01/31/2020 $4,500 Hunter Engineering
01/29/2020 $13,000 Enterprise Holdings Inc PAC
12/13/2019 $75,000 Civic Progress Inc
03/20/2019 $4,500 Caleres
02/26/2019 $4,500 Maritz
02/08/2019 $7,500 Mercy
01/25/2019 $13,000 Centene Management
01/25/2019 $13,000 Enterprise Holdings Inc PAC
01/16/2019 $4,500 Schnucks Markets
01/02/2019 $7,500 Ameren Missouri
12/14/2028 $4,500 Hunter Engineering
11/05/2018 $25,000 Civic Progress
11/02/2018 $4,500 Cequel III
10/23/2018 $4,500 Maritz
05/31/2018 $4,500 Graybar Electric
05/21/2018 $4,500 BJC HealthCare
05/16/2018 $4,500 Harbour Group Industries
05/07/2018 $13,000 Anheuser-Busch
05/03/2018 $4,500 Coin Acceptors
05/03/2018 Southwestern Bell Telephone dba AT&T
05/01/2018 $7,500 RGA Reinsurance
05/01/2018 $13,000 Express Scripts
03/29/2018 $4,500 Caleres Inc
02/08/2028 $7,500 Edward Jones
01/26/2018 $4,500 Mercy St. Louis
01/24/2018 $4,500 Harbour Group Industries
01/24/2018 $13,000 Enterprise Holdings Inc. PAC
01/24/2018 $7,500 Centene Management
01/09/2018 $13,000 Emerson Electric
01/17/2018 $4,500 Spire Missouri
01/05/2018 $4,500 Commerce Bancshares
09/13/2017 $4,500 Southwestern Bell Telephone dba AT&T
07/01/2017 $4,500 Commerce Bank
06/20/2017 $13,000 Monsanto
06/12/2017 $13,000 Anheuser-Busch
05/22/2017 $13,000 Enterprise Holdings Inc. PAC
05/17/2017 $7,500 RGA Reinsurance
05/02/2017 $4,500 Mercy
04/28/2017 $4,500 Maritz
04/11/2017 $4,500 Caleres Inc
04/06/2017 $4,500 Coin Acceptors Inc
03/30/2017 $4,500 Stifel Financial
02/02/2017 $7,500 World Wide Technology Holding Co
01/30/2017 $4,500 Schnuck Markets
01/25/2017 $7,500 Centene Management
01/25/2017 $7,500 Edward Jones
12/22/2016 $13,000 Emerson Electric
12/22/2016 $4,500 Hunter Engineering
12/20/2016 $4,500 BJC Healthcare
12/20/2016 $175,000 Civic Progress
12/19/2016 $4,500 The Laclede Group
11/07/2016 $2,000 Committee for Bond Initiatives
09/07/2016 $13,000 Anheuser-Busch
08/16/2016 $4,500 Harbour Group Industries
06/30/2016 $4,500 Graybar Electric
06/20/2016 $4,500 BJC Healthcare
06/20/2016 $4,500 Mercy
06/10/2016 $7,500 RGA Reinsurance
05/31/2016 $13,000 Express Scripts
05/31/2016 $4,500 Commerce Bancshares
05/31/2016 $4,500 Coin Acceptors
04/27/2016 $4,500 Cequel III
03/31/2016 $4,500 Stifel Financial
03/14/2016 $13,000 Enterprise Holdings PAC
02/29/2016 $4,500 The Laclede Group
02/09/2016 $4,500 Caleres
02/09/2016 $4,500 Schnuck Markets
02/02/2016 $7,500 Centenne Management
02/02/2016 $7,500 US Bank
02/02/2016 $13,000 Monsanto
01/26/2016 $4,500 Civic Progress
01/22/2016 $13,000 Emerson Electric
01/20/2916 $7,500 Ameren
01/12/2016 $4,500 Hunter Engineering
01/11/2016 $7,500 Edward Jones
12/22/2016 $13,000 Anheuser-Busch
05/28/2015 $4,500 Harbour Group Industries
05/28/2015 $4,500 Coin Acceptors
05/28/2015 $4,500 Maritz
05/15/2015 $4,500 Commerce Bancshares
05/15/2015 $4,500 Mercy
05/08/2015 $7,500 Nestle Purina PetCare
04/02/2015 $7,500 Energizer Holdings
03/12/2015 $7,500 Edward Jones
03/12/2015 $4,500 TKG Management
03/02/2015 $7,500 Peabody Investments
02/25/2015 $4,500 Schnuck Markets
02/25/2015 $4,500 Southwestern Bell Telephone dba AT&T Missouri
02/06/2015 $4,500 Brown Shoe
01/23/2015 $4,500 Graybar Electric
01/23/2015 $4,500 World Wide Technology Holding Co
01/23/2015 $7,500 Centene Management
01/19/2015 $4,500 UniGroup
01/15/2015 $7,500 US Bank
01/08/2015 $4,500 PF Services, Inc., 670 Mason Ridge Center
01/08/2015 $4,500 Hunter Engineering
01/08/2015 $13,000 Emerson Electric
01/08/2015 $7,500 Ameren

Civic Progress Action Committee paid for ballot issue campaigns affecting City of St. Louis- school bonds, Charter reform, Metropolitan Sewer District, sales tax for police, as well as statewide ballot issues. In 2012, as example, $68,600 was spent on Citizens for a Healthy Missouri’s ballot issue for a cigarette tax increase, defeated 51% to 49%. It will be interesting to see if Greater St. Louis continues that legacy.

January 2015 to December 2022
Civic Progress Action Committee & Civic Progress Inc
Contributions & Direct Expenditures to Ballot Issues
03/14/2022 $25,000 Local Jobs for STL
08/13/2021 $20,000 Invest in St. Louis Community College
03/19/2021 $25,000 Yes on Prop E – Earnings Tax STL
10/06/2017 $125,000 Citizens For A Safer St. Louis
03/29/2017 $10,000 Reduce & Reform STL
04/05/2017 $10,000 direct expenditure for Proposition S
02/24/2016 $100,000 Friends of St. Louis Public Schools
04/05/2016 $100,000 direct expenditure for Proposition 1
11/23/2015 $20,000 Campaign for Clean Water STL

In 2024, 21st Century St. Louis PAC endorsed MAGA candidate Mike Kehoe for Missouri Governor. In June 2025, the PAC donated $5,000 to the Missouri House Republican Campaign Committee. In May, 2025 Governor Kehoe and Missouri General Assembly took away local control of St. Louis City’s Police Department, overturned the will of Missouri voters who had approved local control.

*STL Regional Chamber PAC was part of the merger that created 21st Century St. Louis PAC. It was short lived on its own. Other than ordering checks, it spent no funds. The money transferred came from $7,500 in contributions in 2021 from Missouri American Water Employees PAC and Anheuser Busch, the only contributions the PAC had received.

Sinquefields Donate to Nexus PAC. Again

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Update Posts
01/14/2026 More Developer Money to Nexus PAC
01/10/2026 Nexus PAC Update. Money to Bosley Charity Intrigue.
11/28/2025 Nexus PAC Update

Free market, anti tax, school privatization evangelists and high roller campaign contributors Rex and Jeannne Sinquefield made a $25,000 donation this week to Nexus PAC (not their first), the legal campaign money laundry for Nexus Group, a prominent lobbying shop in Missouri.

Some of Nexus Group’s current and past clients include various school privatization organizations (that’s probably what the Sinquefield money is for), Airbnb Inc, and developers.

But wait. There’s more.

The Treasurer for Nexus PAC is attorney Matthew McBride. McBride also sits on a number of economic development boards for the City of St. Louis. He chairs the St. Louis City Port Authority Commission and also serves on the City’s St. Louis Development Corporation Board, Enhanced Enterprise Zone Board, Land Clearance for Redevlopment Authority, Planned Industrial Expansion Authority.

Preservation Square redeveloper McCormack Baron Salazar is a donor to Nexus PAC but McBride failed to abstain or recuse himself on economic development board votes relating to Preservation Square.

These are powerful entities that authorize corporate welfare for developments. Sometimes these boards act on their own and sometimes what they adopt then goes on to the Board of Alders for approval. Sometimes these boards grant more incentives after Alders have acted, a breathtaking lack of transparency.

Clear to a lot of us who follow the corporate welfare sausage making machine in St. Louis, the treasurer of a PAC that legally launders money from developers, someone who writes campaign checks to City elected officials, should not be appointed to boards, let alone boards with elected officials as members, with millions of dollars in incentives for developers on the table.

But here we are. No one at City Hall seems to see a problem with all this conflict of interest.

The only thing that makes sense, sadly, in all this is Rex Sinquefield donating a lot of money to a PAC for lobbyists who not only represent school privatization interests but also developers who seek tax abatement, which is taking money away from public school kids who Sinquefield despises.

2023-January 2026 Nexus PAC Funders
01/12/2026 $10,000 Paric Holdings (developer)
01/05/2026 $9,400 Pharmaceutical Care Management Assn (Washington DC)
10/07/2025 $10,000 McCormack Baron Salazar (developer)
09/29/2025 $10,000 OHM KCI JA LLC (airport concessions)
09/23/2025 $25,000 Rex and Jeannne Sinquefield
07/29/2025 $20,000 Nexus Group
05/21/2025 $5,000 McCormack Baron Salazar (developer)
03/28/2025 $10,000 Paric Holdings (developer)
02/24/2025 $2,500 OHM KCI JA LLC (airport concessions)
10/29/2024 $40,000 Paric Holdings (developer)
09/30/2024 $16,000 Rex and Jeannne Sinquefield
09/12/2024 $1,000 Invenergy Transmission
09/12/2024 $2,000 Invenergy Transmission
08/12/2024 $6,000 Invenergy Transmission
07/31/2024 $1,000 Invenergy Transmission
07/19/2024 $10,000 Nexus Group
02/07/2024 $2,000 Shelter Insurance, Columbia MO
02/01/2024 $4,000 Shelter Insurance, Columbia MO
01/25/2024 $4,000 Shelter Insurance, Columbia MO
12/18/2023 $6,000 Invenergy Transmission
12/11/2023 $10,000 Paric Holdings (developer)
12/05/2023 $2,000 Nexus Group
11/28/2023 $10,000 Nexus Group
11/13/2023 $15,000 Rex and Jeannne Sinquefield
09/26/2023 $10,000 Paric Holdings (developer)
06/16/2023 $10,000 Paric Holdings (developer)
05/05/2023 $10,000 Paric Holdings (developer)
03/20/2023 $2,000 McCormack Baron Salazar (developer)
02/09/2023 $2,000 Shelter Insurance, Columbia MO
01/27/2023 $4,000 Shelter Insurance, Columbia MO
01/25/2023 $4,000 Shelter Insurance, Columbia MO

2023-January 2026 Nexus PAC Contributions to St. Louis City Electeds
10/02/2025 $1,000 Communities First (charity run by Lucinda Frazier, mother of St. Louis City State Rep LaKeySha Bosley and former Alder Brandon Bosley, charity is same address as both their campaign accounts)
10/02/2025 $500 St. Louis City State Rep Nick Kimble
09/30/2025 $2,500 Progress PAC, St. Louis City Board President Megan Green
09/29/2025 $1,600 St. Louis City Comptroller Donna Baringer
06/26/2025 $1,000 St. Louis City Comptroller Donna Baringer
06/17/2025 $2,500 Progress PAC, St. Louis City Board President Megan Green
05/07/2025 $2,500 Progress PAC, St. Louis City Board President Megan Green
04/02/2025 $500 St. Louis City Alder Shane Cohn
03/31/2025 $5,000 A Brighter Future for St Louis PAC, St. Louis City Mayor Cara Spencer
02/28/2025 $2,500 314 Forward PAC, former St. Louis City Mayor Tishaura Jones
02/25/2025 $5,000 Progress PAC, St. Louis City Board President Megan Green
01/23/2025 $500 St. Louis City Treasurer Adam Layne
01/16/2025 $1000 St. Louis City Alder Anne Schweitzer
10/29/2024 $5,000 Progress PAC, St. Louis City Board President Megan Green
10/29/2024 $2,000 St. Louis City Board Prez Megan Green
10/29/2024 $1,000 St. Louis City Alder Shane Cohn
10/29/2024 $1,000 St. Louis City Alder Daniela Velazquez
10/07/2024 $500 St. Louis City State Rep Marty Joe Murray
10/07/2024 $2,400 accused rapist and St. Louis City State Senator Steven Roberts Jr
12/27/2023 $1000 St. Louis City Alder Daniela Velazquez
12/04/2023 $5,000 STL Democratic Coalition, appears to be connected to accused rapist and St. Louis City State Senator Steven Roberts Jr, former State Rep Wiley Price, former Sheriff Vernon Betts; $60,893.08 on hand
04/07/2023 $500 St. Louis City Alder Pam Boyd
03/24/2023 $500 St. Louis City Alder Laura Keys
03/05/2023 $500 St. Louis City Alder Rasheen Aldridge
02/23/2023 $500 St. Louis City Alder Shameem Clark-Hubbard

2023-January 2026 Nexus PAC Contributions to candidates and PACs elsewhere in Missouri and other states
12/18/2025 $2,000 MAGA Hannibal State Rep Chad Perkins
11/12/2025 $750 MAGA Jaackson County State Rep Mike Steinmeyer
11/12/2025 $1,400 St. Louis County State Senator Tracy McCreery
11/05/2025 $1,000 Columbia, South Carolina, City Councilman Sam Johnson
10/22/2025 $500 MAGA Cass County State Rep Sherri Gallick
10/03/2025 $250 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul
10/02/2025 $2,000 MAGA Jackson County State Rep Ron Fowler
10/02/2025 $500 MAGA Springfield State Rep Bill Owen
09/30/2025 $2,000 St. Louis County State Senator Brian Williams
09/30/2025 $500 St. Louis County State Rep Raychel Proudie
09/29/2025 $1,000 Atlanta GA Mayor Andre Dickens
09/04/2025 $2,000 MAGA Warren County State Rep Jeff Myers
08/27/2025 $2,400 Conservative Solutions for Missouri PAC, MAGA Jefferson County State Senator Mary Elizabeth Coleman (now owns a $1.9M home in Central West End, St. Louis City)
08/27/2025 $2,400 Boone County State Senator Steve Webber
08/27/2025 $2,400 MAGA Scott County State Senator Jamie Burger
08/27/2025 $2,400 MAGA Cole County State Senator Jake Vogel
08/27/2025 $2,400 MAGA St. Francois County State Senator Mike Henderson 
08/27/2025 $2,400 MAGA 1776 PAC
08/27/2025 $2,400 MAGA  Pettis County State Rep Brad Pollitt, now candidate for State Senate
08/27/2025 $1,000 Boone County Commissioner Kip Kendrick, former State Rep
08/27/2025 $1,000 MAGA Lake of the Ozarks State Rep Jeff Vernetti ( also a developer)
08/27/2025 $1,000 MAGA Mid-Missouri Conservative PAC
08/27/2025 $1,000 MAGA Dunklin County State Rep Cameron Bunting Parker
08/27/2025 $1,000 MAGA St. Charles County State Rep Travis Wilson
08/27/2025 $1,000 MAGA Butler County State Rep Hardy Billington
08/27/2025 $500 MAGA St. Charles County State Rep Dave Hinman
08/27/2025 $500 MAGA St. Charles County State Rep Terri Violet
08/27/2025 $500 MAGA Cass County State Rep Bill Irwin
08/27/2025 $500 MAGA Clay County State Rep  Mark Meirath
08/27/2025 $500 MAGA Jefferson County State Rep Cecelie Williams
08/27/2025 $500 MAGA St. Charles County State Rep Scott Miller
03/31/2025 $1,250 Kansas City Councilwoman Ryana Parks-Shaw, candidate for KC Mayor
01/09/2025 $2,400 MAGA Jefferson County State Senator Mary Elizabeth Coleman
11/22/2024 $500 MAGA Lake of the Ozarks State Rep. Jeff Vernetti (also a developer)
10/29/2024 $2,825 MAGA Governor Mike Kehoe
10/18/2024 $2,000 MAGA St. Louis County State Rep Brad Christ
10/07/2024 $2,500 Homefront PAC, Boone County State Senator Steve Webber
10/07/2024 $2,400 MAGA Linvingston County State Senator Rusty Black
10/07/2024 $2,000 Great Northwest PAC (MAGA Livingston County State Senator Rusty Black)
10/07/2024 $2,400 St. Louis County State Senator Doug Beck
10/07/2024 $2,000 DougPAC, St. Louis County State Senator Doug Beck
09/26/2024 $500 Jesus Oset, failed MAGA candidate for Boone County Circuit Judge
09/18/2025 $250 St. Louis County State Rep Mark Boyco
09/18/2025 $500 St. Louis City State Rep Nick Kimble
09/11/2024 $2,000 Kansas City State Rep Ashley Aune
09/03/2024 $2,400 MAGA Stone County MAGA State Senator Brad Hudson
09/03/2024 $2,400 MAGA St. Charles County State Senator Adam Schnelting
08/12/2024 $500 152 Freedom PAC (could not find this in MEC database, address is a UPS store in Poplar Bluff, probably related to MAGA State Rep Hardy Billington)
08/09/2024 $1,000 MAGA Jasper County State Rep Lane Roberts
08/09/2024 $1,000 MAGA Hannibal State Rep Louis Riggs
08/09/2024 $1,000 MAGA Jefferson County State Rep Renee Reuter
08/09/2024 $1,000 MAGA Kansas City State Rep Sean Pouche
08/09/2024 $1,000 MAGA Lincoln County State Rep Doyle Justus
08/09/2024 $1,000 MAGA Clay & Platte Counties State Rep Josh Hurlbert
08/09/2024 $1,000 MAGA Jasper & Newton Counties State Rep Bob Bromley
07/23/2024 $2,400 MAGA Ozark County former State Rep Travis Smith
07/19/2024 $825 MAGA Jasper County former State Rep Cody Smith
07/19/2024 $1,500 America Forward
07/10/2024 $1,000 MAGA Reynolds County former State Rep Chris Dodson Dinkins
07/10/2024 $1,000 MAGA Scott County State Senator Jamie Burger
07/10/2024 $1,000 MAGA Newton & McDonald Counties State Rep Dirk Deaton
07/10/2024 $2,400 Jackson County Leadership PAC, MAGA State Senator Mike Cierpiot
07/10/2024 $2,400 MAGA St. Francoise County State Senator Mike Henderson
07/10/2024 $2,400 Kansas City State Senator Patty Lewis
07/10/2024 $500 MAGA St. Charles County State Rep Travis Wilson
07/10/2024 $500 MAGA Jefferson County State Rep David Casteel
07/10/2024 $500 MAGA Warren County State Rep Jeff Meyers
07/10/2024 $500 Kansas City State Rep Wick Thomas
07/08/2024 $1,000 North County Solidarity PAC (Walton Family- Elbert, Rochelle)
12/23/2023 $2,500 MAGA former Attorney General Andrew Bailey
12/04/2023 $5,000 DougPAC, St. Louis County State Senator Doug Beck
12/04/2023 $5,000 B PAC, St. Louis County State Senator Brian Williams
11/16/2023 $500 MAGA Greene, Christian and Webster Counties State Rep Darin Chappell
11/16/2023 $1,000 Kansas City Councilwoman Ryana Parks-Shaw, candidate for KC Mayor
11/16/2023 $1,000 St. Louis County State Senator Tracy McCreery
11/16/2023 $1000 MAGA Warren County State Rep Jeff Meyers
11/16/2023 $1000 MAGA St. Louis County former State Rep John Diehl
11/16/2023 $2,400 Clay County State Senator Maggie Nurrenbern
11/16/2023 $2,000 Eastside Forward PAC, Kansas City State Senator Barbara Anne Washington
11/16/2023 $2,000 MAGA St. Charles County State Senator Nick Schroer
11/16/2023 $2,000 MAGA Clay and Ray Counties former State Rep Doug Richey
11/16/2023 $2,000 MAGA Saline County State Senator Kurtis Gregory
11/16/2023 $2,500 Missouri United, former St. Louis County MAGA State Rep Dean Plocher
11/16/2023 $2,500 Lincoln PAC, MAGA Springfield State Senator Lincoln Hough
11/16/2023 $2,825 MAGA Buchanan and Platte Counties State Senator Tony Luetkemeyer
10/09/2023 $500 MAGA St. Charles State Rep Travis Wilson
10/06/2023 $1,000 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s campaign for Mayor of Houston
09/28/2023 $2,500 Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s campaign for Mayor of Houston
09/14/2023 $2,500 MAGA Springfield State Senator Lincoln Hough
09/06/2023 $1,000 MAGA former Independence State Rep Robert Sauls
09/06/2023 $1000 MAGA Hannibal State Rep Louis Riggs
09/06/2023 $1000 MAGA Kansas City State Rep Sean Pouche
09/06/2023 $1,000 MAGA Clay & Platte Counties State Rep Josh Hurlbert
08/29/2023 $1,000 North County Solidarity PAC (Walton Family- Elbert, Rochelle)
08/29/2023 $1,000 Six County PAC, MAGA pac based in St. Francois County, helped elect Elaine Gannon to Missouri Senate
08/02/2023 $1,000 MAGA Springfield State Rep Alex Riley
08/02/2023 $500 MAGA Dunklin County State Rep Cameron Bunting Parker
08/02/2023 $500 MAGA Lee’s Summit State Rep Jon Patterson
06/25/2023 $1,000 Kansas City Councilwoman Melissa Patterson Hazley
05/16/2023 $1,000 Kansas City State Senator Barbara Washington
05/08/2023 $2,500 MAGA former Attorney General Andrew Bailey
05/04/2023 $2,500 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson
03/24/2023 $500 former Bellefontaine Neighbors Mayor Tommie Pierson Sr
01/26/2023 $2,400 Columbia State Senator Steve Webber
12/27/2022 $2,500 Page PAC, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page

Returned or Not Delivered Nexus PAC Donations
09/30/2025 $2,000 St. Louis County State Senator Tracy McCreery (reported 01/06/2026)
10/29/2024 $2,825 MAGA former Attorney General Andrew Bailey (reported 07/14/2025)
10/07/2024 $1,900 Boone County State Senator Steve Webber (reported 10/10/2025)
07/08/2024 $1,500 St. Louis City Alder Shameem Clark-Hubbard (reported 07/14/2025)
09/26/2024 $500 Columbia State Rep Steve Webber (reported 12/02/2024)
01/08/2024 $2,175 MAGA former Attorney General Andrew Bailey (reported 04/05/2024)
12/21/2023 $2,825 MAGA Jasper County former State Rep Cody Smith (reported 07/26/2024)
11/16/2023 $2,000 MAGA Livingston County State Senator Rusty Black (reported 07/26/2024)
11/16/2023 $2,000 MAGA Callaway County State Senator Travis Fitzwater (reported 07/26/2024)
10/12/2023 $5,000 United We Stand PAC, connected to Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas (reported 01/16/2024)
10/31/2023 $2,400 MAGA State Rep, unsuccessful Secretary of State candidate Dean Plocher (reported 01/16/2024)
09/28/2023 $1,000 St. Louis County Executive Sam Page (reported 07/26/2024)
09/28/2023 $500 St. Louis City Alder Daniela Velazquez (reported 01/16/2024)
09/12/2023 $1000 Tri-County PAC, not listed in MEC database, might be Professional Firefighters of Tri-County PAC, (reported 01/16/2024)
02/21/2023 $500 St. Louis City Alder Pam Boyd (reported 04/17/2023)
03/09/2022 $1000 ATL for All (reported 02/27/2023)
06/16/2022 $500 MAGA former Caldwell County State Rep Randy Railsback (reported 02/27/2023)
11/28/2022 $1,000 MAGA St. Charles County State Senator Nick Schroer

Is There a Missouri Prez Primary Election?

Photo from White House website of U.S. President Joe Biden

There is no 2024 Presidential Preference Primary Election paid for by, regulated by, or conducted by the State of Missouri and county election authorities.

The answer to whether there is a Presidential Preference Primary Election is more complicated. The answer: Yes, sorta, Maybe, and No.

If you are only looking for MDP Presidential Preference Primary Timeline, go to the end.

In 2022, the Republican super majority of the Missouri General Assembly passed, and Republican Governor Mike Parson signed into law, House Bill 1878 as amended, a seven page bill which grew to 82 pages. Among the many, many, many provisions, this election-related measure repealed State-run, State paid for Presidential Preference Primaries. They have been replaced with a series of political party caucuses (Delegate Selection), to be funded by the parties, to nominate a candidate for President before the national conventions and send delegates to the conventions.

For Republicans, Missouri is a caucus-only state. The placeholder webpage (or finally updated, depending on when you read this) for March 3rd Missouri GOP Presidential Caucuses is here.

Missouri Democrats are also having caucuses but also sorta having a Presidential Preference Primary Election.

If you go to the Missouri Democratic Party (MDP) website, and I’m not suggesting you should because it will hurt your head, nothing will jump out at you about a Presidential Preference Primary. Wander around long enough on the site and you MAY find the MDP Delegate Selection Plan dated October 31, 2023. It’s a 72 page pdf of legalese written for party insiders, not voters.

That Delegate Selection Plan is the MDP Caucus Plan with a side of Sorta Presidential Primary Election to be held on March 23rd. The Plan calls for Mail-In Voting run by MDP and MAY include an In-Person Election run by MDP and County Central Committees. As a former St. Louis City Democratic Committeewoman, I hear your collective moans and “great, just great” about City Dems running an election.

The MDP Presidential Preference Primary is open to all registered voters whose “registration reflects Democrat or Unaffiliated status,” per the MDP Plan.

Screenshot of October 31, 2023 letter from Missouri Democratic Party to Democratic National Committee regarding DNC's rejection of MDP's plan to conduct their Presidential Preference Primary with Ranked-Choice Voting

Per the MDP Plan, their election will be conducted by a contractor. December 31st was their fundraising deadline for $175,000 for the Party-run election. I don’t know if that was met. Without raising that money, the MDP reserved the right to cancel the In-Person Voting and just have Vote-By-Mail. They have put out no information on the election, so it’s reasonable to assume they may not have raised the money.

If the MDP did not reach the fundraising goal and have to cancel the In-Person Election, MDP Chair Rusty Carnahan is ready to blame the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The MDP wanted Ranked-Choice Voting for the Party-run election, which the DNC rejected. It appears that Carnahan was planning on raising money for the election from pro-Ranked-Choice sources. See October 31, 2023 letter from Carnahan.

Per The Plan, the MDP will send a mailer to registered Democrats by February 1st with information on how to vote in their Party-run Primary. You will not get the mailer, however, if you have not changed your voter registration to signify you are a Democrat (a very new thing in Missouri), OR did add party affiliation but it’s not showing on Secretary of State Jay “I Will Kick Biden Off The November Ballot” Ashcroft’s statewide database as of January 22, 2024. You may still vote in the election, you just won’t get the mailer.

Also, per The Plan, the MDP will work with the contractor to provide a Vote-By-Mail package that includes: “a copy-proof ballot, a ballot envelope, a return envelope, and an outer mail envelope complete with return postage indicia. Materials will be coded with voter-specific identifiers.” You will have to contact MDP to get the packet. Please do not call your County Clerk or Election Board for information or complaints. They have nothing to do with this election.

If the MDP Presidential Preference Primary In-Person Election is held, each Missouri County will have one polling place, except “St. Louis and Kansas City metropolitan areas will have multiple polling places.” It’s a crappy plan. 61 of 115 Counties in Missouri have smaller populations than the smallest ward in St. Louis City and people in rural counties may have to drive a very long way to their polling place.

Also

St. Louis City 6th Ward Alder Daniela Velazquez and St. Louis County Meramec Township Democratic Committeeman Brian Wingbermuehle serve on MDP’s Delegate Selection and Affirmative Action Committee.

Links to Political Parties in St. Louis City recognized by State of Missouri
Democratic Central Committee (not a secure site)
Republican Central Committee
Libertarian Party

News articles about Missouri Democrats Presidential Primary. I have found very few and not posting the press release from SOS Ashcroft some are using as news.

September 20, 2023. St. Louis Public Radio. Missouri GOP and Democrats to take different paths in selecting presidential delegates

September 7, 2023. Missouri Independent. Mail-in ballots, ranked-choice voting part of Missouri Democrat plan for presidential primary. Party Chairman Russ Carnahan says cash-poor party has donors ready to underwrite heavy cost of holding election with polling sites in every county

August 31, 2023. Spectrum News. ‘Lemonade out of lemons’: Political parties scramble on new rules for 2024 presidential race in Missouri

August 30, 2023. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Missouri Democrats to allow 17-year-olds to vote in party-run presidential primary

MDP Presidential Primary Timeline

Sunday, December 31, 2023: MDP Fundraising deadline for $175,000 in election administration funds

Tuesday, January 2, 2023: Presidential candidate filing opens with MDP

Monday, January 22, 2024: Presidential candidate deadline for certifying the name(s) of their authorized representative(s) to MDP, filling a statement of candidacy, submitting an affirmative action plan, and paying the necessary filing fee

Monday, January 22, 2024: MDP pulls Voter List from Missouri Secretary of State for all registered Democrats in Missouri

Thursday, February 1, 2024: MDP mails Voter List of registered Democrats with instructions on how to participate in the Presidential Preference Primary. Advertising campaign begins.

Monday, February 12, 2024: MDP begins Mail-In Ballot distribution

February 21*, 2024: Deadline to Register to Vote in MDP Presidential Preference Primary. If you are registered to vote but have not declared party affiliation yet, you will still be allowed to vote in this Party-run election. Open to voters who are Democrats or Unaffiliated. That’s the date in MDP Delegate Selection Plan. Springfield News-Leader says February 26th.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024: Deadline to request Mail-In Ballot from MDP

8 am to Noon Saturday, March 23, 2024: MDP Presidential Preference Primary In-Person Election (if held)

10 am Saturday, March 23, 2024: Deadline for MDP to receive your Mail-In Ballot

Monday, March 25, 2024: Deadline for MDP Primary results to be announced

Aldergeddon: New 6th Ward

New 6th Ward Map, St. Louis City

The new St. Louis City 6th Ward includes parts of current 6th, 8th, 10th, 15th and other Wards and is the result of Census Redistricting and Ward Reduction.

All 14 New Ward Profiles here.

2023 Alder Primary Results

18+ Population: 18,668
Registered Voters: 15,576 (83.4% Registered)
Total Ballots Cast: 1,874 (12.03% Turnout)
Total Votes Cast for Alder candidates:  1,993 – In St. Louis City Municipal Primary Elections, voters may vote for as many candidates as they want with top two advancing to General Election.
Board President
Megan Green: 1,419
Alder Candidates
Jennifer Florida: 750
Daniela Velázquez: 1,243

2023 Alder General Election

Candidate for 6th Ward Alder Daniela Velázquez
Neighborhood: Shaw
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of Mavend Media LLC; Vice President for Corporate Reputation at FleishmanHillard; former Senior Public Relations Strategist at Elasticity; former Communications Director at Missouri ACLU)
2023 Alder Primary: 1st place of 2 candidates, 1,243 Votes of 1,993
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $25,753.78 raised ($2,600 21st Century St. Louis PAC/Civic Progress, $2,600 LIUNA, $2,600 attorney Jerry Schlichter, $2,600 Carpenters, $2,500 rehabber David Boger, $2,000 Ashley Schuster Kempf- Salume Beddu, $1,000 Leadership Counts- legal money laundry- Steve Stone + St. Louis Cardinals, + Kevin Short + LIUNA 42, $1,000 Anheuser Busch’s theLouPAC, $1,000 Kristin Wormley-Lee VP Aristotle, $1,000 SEIU, $1,000 IAFF 73, $500 Sheetmetal Workers 36, , $500 Protect Missouri Workers, $500 Ellis Hyman-Evolution Strategies, $100 former State Sen Joan Bray, $100 Building Trades, $100 Alder Shane Cohn); $14,410.67 spent ($4,000 Bree Bowen- campaign management, $2,240.61 MO Political Consulting); $27,999.30 on hand; $2,2240.62 debt
February 2023 Report #2: $4,350 raised ($2,600 21st Century/Civic Progress, $1,000 LIUNA 42, $250 CWA, $150 WePower’s Jonathan Blumberg); $1,515.80 spent; $16,655.19 on hand; $4,481.23 debt
February 2023 Report #1: $15,342.29 raised ($2,600 UNITE HERE, $1,000 LIUNA 110, $500 SEIU Healthcare, $500 SEIU MO/KS, $250 WePower’s Charli Cooksey, $150 11th Ward Alder Jimmy Lappe, $100 WePower’s Jonathan Blumberg); $8,269.46 spent (mostly to MO Political Consulting); $13,820.99 on hand; $4,481.23 debt (MO Political Consulting)
January 2023 Report #2: $1,585 raised, $4,465.92 spent ($3,981.05 to MO Political Consulting), $6,748.16 on hand, $0 debt
January 2023 Report #1: $15,788 raised ($250 WePower’s Charli Cooksey), $5,658.92 spent ($3,454.56 MO Political Consulting), $9,629.08 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Annie Rice (8th Ward Alder, attorney)

Former Recorder of Deeds/former 15th Ward Alder Jennifer Florida**
Neighborhood: Tower Grove South
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: realtor
Other Elected Office: former Recorder of Deeds 2014; former 15th Ward Alder; former candidate for 15th ward Alder 2021; former candidate for 15th Ward Alder 2017
Genealogy: wife of former 14th Ward Alder Stephen Gregali (currently airport power plant manager at Lambert Airport; former business manager for Operating Engineers Local 2
2023 Alder Primary: 2nd place of 2 candidates, 750 Votes of 1,993
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $2,105 raised ($500 St. Louis Police Officers Assn, $250 lobbyist Lou Hamilton, $100 Building Trades); $7,334.37 spent ($647.23 Rice Strategy- Nancy Rice’s expired dba); $2,181.28 on hand
February 2023 Report: $6,650 raised ($250 former Mayor Vince Schoemehl, $200 former 13th Ward Alder Fred Wessels, $150 former 17th Ward Alder Joe Roddy); $1,526 spent; $7,410.65 on hand; $23.31 debt
January 2023 Report: $2,390 raised ($600 former Alder Steve Conway, $250 former Mayor Lyda Krewson), $103.35 spent, $2,286.65 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Harry ‘Ross’ Hammond Jr

2023 Running for Board President

Board of Alder President Megan Ellyia Green
Neighborhood: Tower Grove South
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: was or is Adjunct Professor at Washington University; owner of MEG Consulting (consulting, strategic planning, grant writing services)
Other Elected Office: former 15th Ward Alder
2023 Board President Primary: 1st place of 1 candidate- 17,177 votes of 24,823 ballots
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $10,874 raised ($5,200 21st Century St. Louis/Civic Progress PAC, $2,600 Leadership Counts- legal money laundry- Steve Stone + St. Louis Cardinals, + Kevin Short + LIUNA 42, $1,500 Realtors PAC, $1,000 HNTB Mo- design firm); $15,853.40 ($15,000 Our Revolution); $8,199.53 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report: $12,372 raised ($2,600 SIEU Healthcare, $2,600 The LOUPAC, $1,600 Plumbers and Pipefitters 562, $1,000 IBEW); $13,902.05 spent ($12,500 Our Revolution predictive dialer, also addendum note on payment of $10,000 owed to Public Eye/Richard Callow); $13,178.32 on hand; $15,500 debt
January 2023 Report #2: $6,336.0 raised ($500 former Mayor Vince Schoemehl, $2,600 SEIU), $8,627.38 spent ($2,150 campaign manager Luke Davis, $2,100 communications Michelle Hornish, $1,539.99 rent to Radius Realty), $14,708.37 on hand, $13,000 debt
January 2023 Report #1: $22,328 raised, $16,316.43 (mostly to pay on debt), $16,999.75 on hand, $13,000 debt
November 2022 Report Amended: $23,874.48 raised, $41,165.26 spent, $10,988.18 on hand, $23,000 debt
November 2022 Report: $22,080.48 raised, $31,048.55 spent, $19,310.89 on hand, $3,000 debt
October #2 2022 Report: $67,663.32 raised, $80,153.61 spent, $28,278.96 on hand, $3,000 debt
October #1 2022 Report: Limited Activity
Treasurer: Torrey Park (former 15th Ward Committeewoman, also Treasurer for 15th Ward Committeewoman Karissa Gilman-Hernandez)
Affiliated PAC- Progress PAC
March 2023 Report #3: $12,000 raised ($4,000 SEIU 1, $2,000 SEIU Healthcare, $2,500 Sue McCollum- Eagle Brands owner and chair of Forest Park Forever, $2,500 Simmons Hanley- Alton law firm, $1,000 Protect Missouri Workers PAC); $82,923.71 spent ($56,978.99 Amendment 2 Consultants- made direct expenditures of various amounts for 5 candidates and against 4 candidates, $2,660 Lashley Baer- legal counsel); $50,194.78 on hand; $0 debt
March 2023 Report #2 Amended: Bob Fox contribution amended from $25,000 to $2,500. New totals: $89,250 raised; $8,820 spent; $121,118.49 on hand
March 2023 Report #2: $111,750 raised ($40,000 LIUNA, $25,000 Bob Fox- closet entrepreneur and founding co-sponsor of Teach for America St. Louis with wife Maxine Clark of Build-A-Bear, $10,000 Michael Kennedy- KAI Design, $10,000 Tony Thompson- KWAME, $5,000 H&A Restoration, $5,000 developer Mayo Aiyelokun,$2,500 Sheet Metal Workers, $500 lobbyist David Sweeney); $8,820 spent ($2,600 candidate Tashara Early, $1,000 candidate Norma Walker); $143,618.49 on hand; $0 debt
March 2023 Report #1: $39,350 raised ($15,000 LIUNA MO-KS, $5,000 developer Will Smith, $5,000 Plumbers & Pipefitters, $3,600 developer Michael Staenberg, $500 Steve Tilley’s Strategic Capitol Consulting, $250 St. Louis Building Trades, $250 Strategic Capitol Consulting lobbyist Brittany Robbins, $250 Alder Bill Stephens); 17,846.37 spent ($10,261.74 Advertisers Printing mailing + $7,500 Our Revolution phone bank to benefit Alder5 candidates Rasheen Aldridge, Tashara Earl, Bret Narayan, Alisha Sonnier); $40,688.49 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report #1: $30,600 raised ($5,000 Sheet Metal Workers, $5,000 UFCW 655, $2,500 Maxine Clark, $2,000 SEIU MO-KS, $2,000 SEIU Healthcare), $12,353.51 spent ($7,500 Our Revolution phone bank); $19,184.86 on hand; $0 debt
December 2022 Report: $0 raised, $4,011.93 spent, $938.37 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report #2: $25,312.31 raised, $2,677.26 spent, $26,356.95 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Vanessa Carroll (6th Ward Committeewoman; also Treasurer for 7th Ward Alder Candidate Alisha Sonnier; former Treasurer for Alison Dreith for 6th Ward Democratic Committeewoman )

Other Public Officials Residing In Ward

Current 8th Ward Alder Annie Rice
Neighborhood: Shaw
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: attorney
Party Office: former 8th Ward Committeewoman
Other Political: treasurer for STL Charter Committee (2023 Prop C ballot issue)
Campaign Finance
Terminated committee 2/20/2023
April 2023 Report: $0 raised, $1,547 spent ($ 1,255.61 to STL Charter Committee), $0 on hand, $0 debt
January 2023 Report: $0 raised, $361 spent, $1,547 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $0 raised, $117 spent, $1,908 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Kimberly Franks (also treasurer for 8th Ward Committeewoman Josie Grilles)

Ward Organizations

New 6th Ward Democrats
(15th Ward Democrats name change and new Treasurer filed with MEC 2/21/ 2023)
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report #2: $595 raised; $391 spent; $889.08 on hand; $318.07 debt (sample ballot printing)
March 2023 Report #1: $450 raised, $68.25 spent, $685.08 on hand, $318.07 debt (printing sample ballot supporting Board President Megan Green and Alder candidate Daniela Velázquez)
Treasurer: Tod Martin (15th Ward Democratic Committeeman; Director Of Administration at St. Louis County; former Deputy Chief of Staff for US Senator Claire McCaskill; former Finance Director, Slay for Mayor)
President: Jan Oleary

New 6th Ward Republican organization: None

Current Eighth Ward Independent Democratic Association
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $0 raised; $3,202.29 spent ($200 Daniela Velázquez, $800 Alisha Sonnier, $402,20 Helen Petty); $519.45
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: $170 raised, $698.28 spent, $3,721.74 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Keir Haug (library manager)
SOS registration: Eighth Ward Independent Democratic Association nonprofit was cancelled 06/07/2022

Current 8th Ward Republican organization: None

Former 15th Ward Democrats
(Name change to 6th Ward Democrats with MEC February 21, 2023)
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: $30 raised, $9 spent, $251.44 on hand, $0 debt
November 2022 Report: $60 raised, $357.87 spent, $230.44 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $230 raised, $235.21 spent, $528.31 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Deborah Pratt (manager at SSM Health, president of Tower Grove South Neighborhood Association)
President: Jan Oleary
SOS filings: 15th Ward Democrats nonprofit, current Board- Sarah Felts, Margaret Burke, Torrey Park, Deborah Pratt

Current 15th Ward Republican organization: None

Political Party Committeepeople

Current 8th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Josie Grillas
Neighborhood: Southwest Garden
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation:
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
January 2022 Report: $170 raised, $698.28 spent, $3,721.74 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Kimberly Franks (also treasurer for 8th Ward Alder Annie Rice)

Current 8th Ward Democratic Committeeman Paul Fehler
Neighborhood: Shaw
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: works for Strategic Growth & Development at St. Louis Development Corporation; documentary filmmaker; former employee at Recorder of Deeds
Other Elected Office: former candidate for 8th Ward Alder
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
July 2019 Report: $6,207.94 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Nadia Ghasedi (wife of 8th Ward Committeeman Paul Fehler)

Current 8th Ward Republican Committeewoman Mary Ellen Barringer
Neighborhood: Tower Grove East, New 7th Ward
Property Tax Abated: No
Occupation: Arbonne salesperson
Campaign Finance
* No party committeewoman account filed with MEC

Current 8th Ward Republican Committeeman: Vacant

Current 15th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Karisa Gilman-Hernandez
Neighborhood: Tower Grove South
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: community organizer at Dutchtown South Community Corp
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
July 2020 Report: $405.59 on hand, $0 debt.
Treasurer: Torrey Park (former 15th Ward Committeewoman, also Treasurer for Board President Megan Ellyia Green)

Current 15th Ward Democratic Committeeman Tod Martin
Neighborhood: Tower Grove South
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: director of Administration for St. Louis County, former Deputy Chief of Staff for US Senator Claire McCaskill
Other Political: treasurer for new 6th Ward Democrats
Campaign Finance
* No party committeeman account filed with MEC

Current 15th Ward Republican Committeewoman: Vacant

Current 15th Ward Republican Committeeman: Vacant

Former Public Officials

Former Board President Lewis Reed
Neighborhood: Compton Heights, moved to Forest City, Arkansas
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: 60 Plaza Square (developer); The Running-Mate LLC (software development)
Other Elected Office: former 6th Ward Alder; former candidate for Mayor 2021 and 2017 and 2013
Genealogy: husband of Mary Entrup (former 6th Ward Democratic Committeewoman, attorney)
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: Limited Activity
February 2023 Report: Limited Activity
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
Last report showing activity- January 2022 Report: $0 raised, $3,107.57 spent, $93,718.72 on hand, $56,228 debt
Treasurer: Donna Shead
Affiliated PAC- One St. Louis
Terminated 4/3/2022

Former City Judge Debra Carnahan
Neighborhood: Compton Heights
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: attorney, not sure what she’s doing these days, former City judge, former Assistant US Attorney,
Genealogy: wife of former Congressman Rusty Carnahan
Campaign Finance
MEC account says she is running for 6th Ward Alder in 2023
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
Last activity, April 2019 Report: $6,934.07 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Jaclyn Guthrie


* Political Party County Central Committee ward and township committeepeople have the option to file their campaign finance reports with their county election authority- Board of Election Commissioners in the case of St. Louis City- or online with Missouri Ethics Commission. The St. Louis City Board of Election once posted pdfs of ward committeepeople campaign finance reports to the Board’s website. That is no longer the case. To inspect records, you must visit the Board in person.

** Jennifer Florida was 15th Ward Alder and considering a run for Board President when she was asked by Mayor Francis Slay to resign and accept appointment as Recorder of Deeds to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Recorder Sharon Quigley Carpenter. Carpenter remained on Democratic Primary ballot for re-election and won Primary. Recorder Florida then filed as an Independent to run against Carpenter in General but Carpenter was elected.