We journeyed to Jefferson City this morning, checked in at the House Communications Office and then set up our still cameras in a side gallery. Over the course of the morning session we had conversations with Representatives Joe Aull (D), Jason Kander (D), Chris Kelly (D), Jill Schupp (D) and Mary Still (D). Representative Denny Hoskins (r) crossed the aisle and we had a lengthy conversation in the side gallery about redistricting and its aftermath, the budget, revenues, and HB 1229.
Speaker Steve Tilley (r) at the dais.
Stained glass above the press gallery and dais in the House chamber.
Representative Jill Schupp (D-82).
Old media in the press gallery above the dais. There's a lot of space up there, but not very many people occupying it anymore.
One gets the feeling that the paradigm has been changing and it isn't finished just yet.
Have you written your Missouri Representative on Speaker Tilley's decision to put a bust of Rush in the Hall of Famous Missourians?
Here is what I wrote my Representative -- Denny Hoskins, CPA.
Representative Hoskins,
Do you agree with Speak Tilley that Rush Limbaugh should be honored in the Missouri Hall of Fame with Harry Truman, John Ashcroft, Buck O'Neil, and Samuel Clemons to name just a few?
If you agree, would you please explain what have Rush's contributions been to warrant him being with the list above?
If you disagree, what are you doing to convince the Speaker this is a terrible choice?
What's a republican incumbent to do? The Appellate Apportionment Commission cut Representative Denny Hoskin's (r) base out from under him.
The map of the new 51st Legislative District, including the eastern half of Warrensburg, part of Pettis County, and the city of Marshall in Saline County - from the Appellate Apportionment Commission.
Denny Hoskins (r) lives approximately two and a half miles from the far southwest corner of the new 51st Legislative District. A district which, at close to fifty miles from corner to corner, includes a good chunk of Saline County and the city of Marshall in Representative Joe Aull's (D) old district. Representative Aull (D) cannot run again due to term limits.
Knob Noster, in eastern Johnson County and a significant contributor to Hoskin's margin in 2008 (a narrow victory with a recount), is now lumped in with Sedalia in the new 52nd Legislative District. On the other side, Warrensburg is cut in half, with the University of Central Missouri (and those presidential election year student voters in the dorms) in the new 54th Legislative District.
Let's take look at that new 51st Legislative District:
Appellate Apportionment Commission
House Redistricting Plan
Election Returns Data [pdf]
2002 through 2010 Merged, 2008 and 2010
November 30, 2011
District 51
% Democratic 02 to 10 58.5% % Republican 02 to 10 41.5%
% Democratic 2008 55.7% % Republican 2008 44.3%
% Democratic 2010 51.1% % Republican 2010 48.9%
Whoa. A 58.5% Democratic performing district, with a 51.1% performance in 2010 when Democrats didn't bother voting? 2012 won't be 2010.
And to further demonstrate that the Appellate Apportionment Commission has a sick sense of humor and is well attuned to karma, the Missouri Valley Community Action Agency is located in Marshall. Uh, oh.
@FiredUpMissouri Fired Up! Missouri
Ummm... MT @DLHoskins: One of my constituents told me "God loves u because your pro-gun." I will proudly support the 2nd amendment! 2 hours ago
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And just think, that carry conceal stuff worked out so well for Representative Denny Hoskins (r) the last time.
Not jobs, but, this being the republican controlled Missouri General Assembly, conceal carry.
Introduced yesterday:
HB 778 Allows certain persons to carry concealed firearms in the state capitol building or at a meeting of the general assembly if it is held in the state capitol building if they have a concealed carry endo
Sponsor: Riddle, Jeanie (020)
Co-Sponsor: Parkinson, Mark (016) ... et al.
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2011
LR Number: 1229L.01I
Last Action: 3/08/2011 - Read Second Time (H)
Bill String: HB 778
Next Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: HOUSE BILLS FOR SECOND READING
To repeal section 571.107, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to carrying concealed firearms in the state capitol building, with existing penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 571.107, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 571.107, to read as follows:
[....]
(5) Any meeting of the governing body of a unit of local government; or any meeting of the general assembly or a committee of the general assembly, except that nothing in this subdivision shall preclude a member of the body holding a valid concealed carry endorsement from carrying a concealed firearm at a meeting of the body which he or she is a member. Possession of a firearm in a vehicle on the premises shall not be a criminal offense so long as the firearm is not removed from the vehicle or brandished while the vehicle is on the premises. Nothing in this subdivision shall preclude a member of the general assembly, a full-time employee of the general assembly employed under section 17, article III, Constitution of Missouri, legislative employees of the general assembly as determined under section 21.155, or statewide elected officials and their employees, holding a valid concealed carry endorsement, from carrying a concealed firearm in the state capitol building or at a meeting whether of the full body of a house of the general assembly or a committee thereof, that is held in the state capitol building;
[....]
[emphasis in original]
Heh. Except, members of the general public who hold valid conceal carry permits wouldn't be able to carry in the galleries of the House or the Senate. That's quite an exception, don't you think? Wouldn't letting those in the general public with valid conceal carry permits actually carry in the galleries and everywhere else in the capitol make everyone safer? Just asking.
And, there's a very interesting absence among the co-sponsors of the bill:
From Representative Denny Hoskins' (r-noun, verb, CPA) March 4, 2011 Capitol Report:
....This week, Speaker Steve Tilley appointed me to the Missouri Film Commission. Missouri needs to continue to work hard to attract production companies to come to Missouri to film movies. This has brought millions of dollars of out-of-state money into Missouri in the last two years, including the films Up in the Air and Winter's Bone. Recently, Governor Nixon withheld an important economic development tool that caused Paramount Pictures to withdraw their plans to produce another major film in St. Louis and go to another state. All states but one have film commissions or offices which work to keep their state in the forefront of consideration so you can see the competition is stiff. Governor Nixon's budget recommendation is to eliminate the Missouri Film Commission. With no film commission, there is no one to advocate for Missouri, which means we aren't seriously considered. I have already made my position clear on the importance of this investment in this economic development effort and will continue to do so in the Budget Committee and on the House floor if necessary....
Representative Denny Hoskins (r-121) prefiled HB 45, a bill to modify a statute with the catchy republican title: "Big Government Get Off My Back Act". The proposed bill has an interesting addition:
Any federal mandate implemented by the state shall be subject to statutory authorization of the general assembly.
[emphasis in original]
Anyone have an explanation for that clause? Just asking.
There was a letter to the editor about Denny Hoskins (r) last Friday in the Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal:
It appears that the way to get ahead in the Missouri Republican-controlled legislature is to try to avoid taxes and use unethical means to get elected.
These unethical tactics were used against a fine, upstanding and talented young lady. He should be ashamed of what he did, but it seemed to pay off.
The Republicans in the Missouri legislature must certainly condone these tactics, because he was appointed chairman of an important committee. God help us.
The "30 Day After General Election" reports were due in at the Missouri Ethics Commission today. At this point we usually start wading through final campaign reports by race (and we are) and post as many stories as we can on the interesting minutiae and connections we find in our research. In starting that research today we ran into another blatant connection to the robocalls in the 121st Legislative District race. Yes, we were very interested in this race - it had a hardworking and hard charging newcomer in Courtney Cole (D) challenging a republican incumbent who managed to keep shooting himself in the foot. Alas, Denny Hoskins (r) was reelected.
Right at the end of the campaign the Missouri House republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) loosed homophobic robocalls against a number of Democratic candidates across the state, including Courtney Cole, on October 27th. You might want to remember that date.
Of course, the republican candidates disavowed any knowledge of those calls. Wink, wink.
We followed the story and tracked the source of those robocalls:
....The Missouri House republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) filed a "no name" report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on October 29th. There are some enlightening expenditures:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe: HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC
ReportDate: 10/29/2010
Survey St. Louis, LLC PO Box 432 Saint Charles, MO 63302-0432 10/28/2010 IE GOTV Call-Hoskins $1,288.54
Survey St. Louis, LLC PO Box 432 Saint Charles, MO 63302-0432 10/28/2010 IE GOTV Call-Brattin $1,141.13...
That's for Denny Hoskins (r-noun, verb, CPA) in the 121st Legislative District and Rick Brattin (r) in the 124th Legislative District....
On October 29, 2010 Denny Hoskins (r) publicly disavowed any knowledge of the robocalls in the Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal:
Warrensburg - Rep. Denny Hoskins sought to distance himself Thursday from a robocall barrage targeting his Nov. 2 Democratic opponent....
....Hoskins said in a prepared statement. "I did not pay for, approve or have any knowledge of the robocall, nor do I condone its message...."
You might want to remember that date.
Denny Hoskins (r) filed his "30 Day After General Election" report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on December 1st. There was an interesting entry in the expenditures:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe: CITIZENS FOR HOSKINS
ReportDate: 12/2/2010
B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS
SURVEY ST. LOUIS PO BOX 432 ST. CHARLES, MO 63302 10/29/2010 PUSH CARDS $1,712.15
[emphasis added]
That's right, on the same day that he disavowed the robocalls, and two days after those calls were made, Denny Hoskins (r) paid the perpetrator of those calls, Survey St. Louis, for campaign paraphernalia. How nice.
The right hand doesn't know what the far right hand is doing? Yeah, right.
So, we thought we do a little searching on Survey St. Louis via the Missouri Secretary of State:
Warrensburg - Rep. Denny Hoskins said he is positioning himself to one day, perhaps, chair the House Budget Committee, but not this year....
....Hoskins said part of his plan included taking no action to seek a House leadership position this week, such as caucus leader.
"I decided not to run for any leadership position because I would like to be a chair of a committee," he said. "If you hold any leadership position you cannot be a chair of a committee. In the Senate, because there are fewer of them than of us, they can hold a leadership position and be a chair of a committee...."
[emphasis added]
Spoils, what spoils?
Heh. They had a plan. As in, see how you can spin it when you got nothing.
[paraphrased]...Woody [the interviewer] asked Hoskins why he would be singled out for missing a vote. Hoskins replied that the Democratic leadership was under investigation by the FBI (mentioning Representative Paul LeVota by name). Hoskins went on to say that he was being picked on because he's in the leadership of the freshman class, and that he's considered future leadership [in the House]...
Regular readers here at Show Me Progress may have noted our coverage of the 121st District race. Part of this was due to our proximity to the action, but a larger part was the remarkable person who was the Democratic Party candidate, Courtney Cole - a smart and savvy candidate, a quick study and an individual with a thorough understanding of the nuts and bolts of campaigning. Someone who thrives on door to door voter contact.
In many ways this race was a microcosm of our universe with the added benefit of an incumbent who always somehow managed to find some way to stumble, but in the end somehow still managed to find a way to land on his feet - with the assistance of plenty of cash from the HRCC.
You can safely bet that the representative in the 121st Legislative District will continue to give us plenty to write about. And we'll continue to give him the coverage he and his constituents deserve.
Update:
An e-mail sent by Courtney Cole (D) to her supporters:
...Congratulations on all that we've been able to accomplish with this campaign. This has truly been a positive experience and has provided me with so many opportunities along the way. We never would have had the success that we have without your support and that truly means the world to me.
I will not give up in my fight for what I think is right here in Johnson County. There are people hurting and that motivates me even more to get involved and help however I can to relieve their pain.
In the meantime, please stay informed on what is going on in our local and state governments. Reach out to your officials and respectfully work with them to bring solutions to the problems that we are facing.
The Missouri House republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) filed a "no name" report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on October 29th. There are some enlightening expenditures:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe: HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC
ReportDate: 10/29/2010
Survey St. Louis, LLC PO Box 432 Saint Charles, MO 63302-0432 10/28/2010 IE GOTV Call-Hoskins $1,288.54
Survey St. Louis, LLC PO Box 432 Saint Charles, MO 63302-0432 10/28/2010 IE GOTV Call-Brattin $1,141.13...
That's for Denny Hoskins (r-noun, verb, CPA) in the 121st Legislative District and Rick Brattin (r) in the 124th Legislative District.
A photo taken on Thursday in Harrisonville, Missouri in the 124th Legislative District:
Warrensburg - Rep. Denny Hoskins sought to distance himself Thursday from a robocall barrage targeting his Nov. 2 Democratic opponent....
....Hoskins said in a prepared statement. "I did not pay for, approve or have any knowledge of the robocall, nor do I condone its message...."
A photo taken today in Warrensburg, Missouri in the 121st Legislative District:
Why, that's just across the street from Denny Hoskins' place of business, complete with a campaign sign!
So, who is the representative from the 146th Legislative District?:
Representative Darrell Pollock, a Republican, represents part of Laclede and Camden County (District 146) in the Missouri House of Representatives. Rep. Pollock is a small business owner in Lebanon....
...He has two children, Stephen....
Where have we seen that name before? Oh, wait...someone is in the employ of the HRCC:
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
Stephen Pollock Bolivar, MO
9/15/2010
Payroll
$10,330.80 [aggregate]
$750.00
Stephen Pollock Bolivar, MO
9/2/2010
Travel Expense
10,330.80 [aggregate]
$1,098.42
HRCC? What HRCC?
Is someone working for the HRCC driving dad's car around the 121st and 124th Legislative Districts? Around the same time as those robocalls? Just asking.
We received yet another mailer from Denny Hoskins (r-noun, verb, CPA) today and noticed a little detail that belies this assertion in yesterday's Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal:
...Rep. Denny Hoskins sought to distance himself Thursday from a robocall barrage targeting his Nov. 2 Democratic opponent....
....Hoskins said in a prepared statement. "I did not pay for, approve or have any knowledge of the robocall, nor do I condone its message...."
It's kind of hard to distance yourself from the House republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) when you're wearing their swag in one of the few mail pieces paid for by your own campaign:
Nice shirt. Where'd you get it?
Uh, the HRCC?
Or when the Executive Director of the HRCC walks in the UCM homecoming parade with you, wearing your campaign t-shirt:
Dave Hageman, Missouri Executive Director of Victory Enterprises (left) and
Robert Knodell, Executive Director of the House Republican Campaign Committee (right)
I hope you got out and got some sunshine. I spent my day trying to get in touch with a couple of republican fellows who are up to their armpits in robocall bilge. --BG
I managed, through a source that was promised anonymity, to locate the cell phone numbers of the Executive Director of the HRCC and the Executive Director of Victory Strategies, a political strategy firm that is closely associated with the HRCC.
They are also pretty closely associated with Denny (Noun, Verb, CPA) Hoskins in Warrensburg, as you can see in this photo:
Dave Hageman, Missouri Executive Director of Victory Enterprises (left) and
Robert Knodell, Executive Director of the House Republican Campaign Committee (right)
Marching together in the CMSU UCM homecoming parade kinda makes the whole 'recoil in horror and deny everything' approach Denny has chosen not merely unbelievable, but, frankly, laughable mockworthy.
I first left a message for Mr. Knodell, but I didn't expect a callback. He doesn't even say his name on his voicemail greeting, just his number, but I gave it the old Mizzou try...Keep in mind I hate talking to machines...
"Hi, ah, my name is Tammy Booth and I am a reporter with "They Gave Us a Republic" that's a national web, ah, national news website...they gave us a republic dot com, if you want to look at it...Ah, I was wondering...I'm looking for a man named Robert Knodell, and I'm wondering if I can get a comment on the HRCC decision to pull the robocalls that went out attacking schoolteachers and, and other Democrats, um...at the end of the, ah, that have now been pulled...and if you had a comment on the decision to launch them, and the decision to pull them. Thank you."
I wasn't too pushy...I waited a bit before sending him the following text message:
Hello, I am looking for Robert Knodell and a comment on the robocalls that went out and were quickly pulled. Thank You. Tammy Booth theygaveusarepublic.com
I didn't call Mr. Hageman. He wasn't going to answer for me, and we both knew it, so I just cut to the chase and sent the following message:
Hello Mr. Hageman. My name is Tammy Booth and I am a reporter with the national news site theygaveusarepublic.com I am looking for comments on the decision to first launch, then pull the robocall campaign that accused Democratic candidates of taking money from the gay porn industry? Thank you.
It is now 7:30 p.m. on Friday, and neither of these fellows has seen fit to "man up" as Sharron Angle would say.
I can only assume then that they know they have no excuses, realize that they have done more harm than good (or as my father used to say "stepped on their dicks") and they are bravely laying low 'til Tuesday.
They don't just have "no comment," they have the double-secret "no comment" that no one has to say.
The negative fallout from the House republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) attack robocalls continues locally.
The text of the calls:
Female voice: This is an urgent alert for all Christian families. Before you vote you should know that state representative candidate Courtney Cole has taken hundreds in campaign donations from a representative of the hard core pornography industry, including gay pornography. By allowing her Democratic campaign to be funded by those who are involved with and support hard core pornography Courtney Cole clearly does not share our Christian family values. On election day stand up for what's right and decent by voting no on Courtney Cole. Paid for by House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc.
Warrensburg - Rep. Denny Hoskins sought to distance himself Thursday from a robocall barrage targeting his Nov. 2 Democratic opponent....
....Hoskins said in a prepared statement. "I did not pay for, approve or have any knowledge of the robocall, nor do I condone its message...."
....The Star-Journal received phone calls and e-mails, and a visit from former House Rep. Deleta Williams, all denouncing the House Republican Campaign Committee's robocall content.
"These robocalls that are being made against Courtney Cole and in support of Denny Hoskins, paid for the HRCC, are despicable," Williams said Thursday. "They cross the line of campaign decency. I believe it's a threat to our democracy because more and more good, qualified people will become increasingly reluctant to serve in public office when they know that they or their families may be targeted by these types of tactics."
That distancing thing is really quite interesting.
The Executive Director of Missouri's HRCC, Robert Knodell and Missouri Executive Director of Victory Enterprises, Dave Hageman walked with Denny Hoskins (r) in the UCM homecoming parade on October 23rd wearing Hoskins' campaign t-shirts:
Dave Hageman, Missouri Executive Director of Victory Enterprises (left) and
Robert Knodell, Executive Director of the House Republican Campaign Committee (right)
"...I did not pay for, approve or have any knowledge of the robocall, nor do I condone its message..."
As we previously wrote about those folks walking in the parade:
That makes it difficult for Denny Hoskins (r-noun, verb, CPA) to distance himself from the HRCC, don't you think?
....The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
...that no person shall, on account of his religious persuasion or belief, be rendered ineligible to any public office or trust or profit in this state...
[emphasis added]
In the aftermath of the offensive robocalls presented across the state by the House republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) which were directed at Democratic Party candidates for the Missouri General Assembly no one in the old media appears to be asking Steve Tilley (r) and the HRCC how the message of the robocalls...
This is an urgent alert for all Christian families....clearly does not share our Christian family values....Paid for by House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc.
...a candidate meeting someone's definition of "Christian family values" - coincides with those constitutional clauses.
....Tilley, the 2011 House speaker-elect, also criticized House Democrats, saying they have run worse ads.
"These calls pale in comparison to the misleading and malicious attacks by the Missouri Democratic Party against Republican candidates across the state," he said. "I call on my Democrat colleagues to apologize and to do as we have done by ending the negative personal attacks against Republicans contained in ads, calls and mailers in the closing days."
Yeah, running those bogus robocalls about pornography and religious "family values" is equivalent to pointing out that republicans didn't pay over $20,000.00 in taxes on time or that they happen to own a plane with a lobbyist. That seems to work really well for old media, you know, all things being equal.
Today the House republican Campaign Committee ran a robocall in the 121st Legislative District attacking Courtney Cole (D) in terms that have never been seen before in this district:
Female voice: This is an urgent alert for all Christian families. Before you vote you should know that state representative candidate Courtney Cole has taken hundreds in campaign donations from a representative of the hard core pornography industry, including gay pornography. By allowing her Democratic campaign to be funded by those who are involved with and support hard core pornography Courtney Cole clearly does not share our Christian family values. On election day stand up for what's right and decent by voting no on Courtney Cole. Paid for by House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc.
Evidently they don't care about the Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, or Wiccan (among many others) families in the district. Or maybe the HRCC feels less urgency for those families. Are they saying their favorite candidate feels the same way? Just asking. They know him better than we do.
A baseless accusation with no substance. Check. Exploiting religion. Check. Homophobia. Check. That's the Missouri republican party for you. And those ain't exactly family values.
The folks in the HRCC who paid for this robocall were walking with Denny Hoskins (r-noun, verb, CPA) and wearing his campaign t-shirt in last weekend's homecoming parade in Warrensburg:
Dave Hageman, Missouri Executive Director of Victory Enterprises (left) and
Robert Knodell, Executive Director of the House Republican Campaign Committee (right)
That makes it difficult for Denny Hoskins (r-noun, verb, CPA) to distance himself from the HRCC, don't you think?
The Missouri republican party continues to prop up Denny Hoskins (r-noun, verb, CPA) with attack mail directed at Courtney Cole (D) in the 121st Legislative District race.
The mail piece disclaimer. Ah, the usual suspects.
The Missouri republican party filed their "8 Day Before General Election" campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on October 25th:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe: MO REPUBLICAN PARTY ReportDate: 10/25/2010
Majority Strategies Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 10/11/2010 IE direct expenditure Hos$6,970.74
Majority Strategies Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 10/21/2010 IE direct expenditure Hos$3,074.27
Majority Strategies Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 10/06/2010 IE direct expenditure Hos$6,151.58
The House republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) is going all in with media buys in the really small media market in the 121st Legislative District race. They not only do small town parades - according to the latest report from the Missouri Ethics Commission, they flood local cable and radio with ads to prop up incumbents. From the HRCC "8 Day Before General Election" campaign finance report filed yesterday:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe: HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC ReportDate: 10/25/2010
B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS
Victory Enterprises Davenport, IA 10/13/2010 IE Radio Buy-Hoskins$21,098.74
Victory Enterprises Davenport, IA 10/13/2010 IE Media Buy-Hoskins$19,576.00
[emphasis added]
Yep, that's over $40,000.00 in outside money.
Democratic Party challenger Courtney Cole filed her "8 Day Before General Election" campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on October 25th:
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe: COLE FOR HOUSE
1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $68,408.66
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $7,735.00
9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A - 8A) $76,643.66
15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $64,387.99
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 - 27) $5,793.33
[emphasis added]
Think about that. The HRCC has propped up Denny Hoskins (r-noun, verb, CPA) with media buys alone that amount to more than half of the money raised by the Democratic Party challenger.
Let's look at some of the latest contributions to Courtney Cole's (D) campaign:
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