April disclosure reports for Stevenson, Ruestman, Emery will show contributions from Sinquefield committees

As of a few moments ago, none of the Joplin area's five representatives or Sen. Gary Nodler had filed their July discloure reports with the Missouri Ethics Commission, but one thing is certain- when the reports are filed at least three of them will have sizable contributions from committees formed by retired billionaire and educational voucher supporter Rex Sinquefield.
As I noted in the April 19 Turner Report, Rep. Bryan Stevenson, R-Webb City, Rep. Ed Emery, R-Lamar, and Rep. Marilyn Ruestman, R-Joplin, all accepted contributions from the Sinquefield committees, which showed up on the committees' April disclosure forms, but were received too late to show up on the representatives' Ethics Commission filings.

Ethics Commission documents show Stevenson, received $7,375 from the Sinquefield committees form. The payments were all made on March 24, according to the committees' quarterly disclosure forms. That was apparently too late for them to appear on Stevenson's quarterly disclosure form.

This is not the first time Stevenson has received big bucks from Sinquefield. During the months in 2007 when campaign contribution limits were eliminated, Sinquefield gave Stevenson $7,500 on July 16, three days before the Missouri Supreme Court restored the limits. Stevenson later returned all but $325 of the $7,500.

Ethics Commission documents indicate Emery received $2,175, and Mrs. Ruestman, R-Joplin, picked up $1,000. The Emery and Ruestman contributions were made on March 31 and did not show up on their quarterly campaign reports.

Sen. Gary Nodler received $9,750 from Sinquefield committees, an amount which was included in Nodler's April disclosure report.