PAC supporting Jill Carter raises nearly quarter of a million

During the past three months, Show Me Values PAC, the independent committee that is supporting the re-election bid of 32nd District Sen. Jill Carter, R-Granby has raised $242,200, according to its quarterly disclosure report filed July 7 with the Missouri Ethics Commission.

The committee spent $29,665.08 during the reporting period and had $291,615.30 in the bank at the end of June.

Part of that money was likely used by the committee for its second mailing of flyers describing Carter as being "100 percent Pro-Trump."

The top contributors to the PAC were J & J Ventures Gaming of Missouri LLC, a company that sells video gaming terminals, NEMO Leadership PAC and Mid America Regional Carpenters Council Missouri Kansas of St. Louis, each of which contributed $50,000.

Those contributing $500 or more to Show Me Values PAC during this reporting period were the following:

AMEC PAC, $5,000

J&J Ventures Gaming of Missouri LLC, $50,000

NEMO Leadership PAC, $50,000

R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, $500

American Snuff Company, Clarksville, Tennessee, $500

Santa FE Natural Tobacco Company, Inc. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, $500

Conservative Leadership for Southeast Missouri $10,000

MO Majority PAC, Perryville, $5,000

Missouri Growth PAC, Perryville, $10,000

Conservative Leaders of Missouri, LLC, $10,000

CN MO PAC, Jefferson City, $2,000

Missouri and Kansas Laborers PAC, Wentzville, $10,000

Brown and Crouppen PC, St. Louis $7,000

Mandel and Mandel, LLP, St. Louis $1,000

Clement Van Ronzelen and Schulte LLC, Jefferson City, $1,000

Shamberg Johnson Bergman, Kansas City, $2,500

Padberg Applebaum Knepper, St. Louis $1,000

Barnes Law Firm, Kansas City, $1,500

A Better Missouri, Jefferson City, $2,400

Missouri Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Jefferson City, $2,400

Build St. Louis PAC, $2,400

Missouri AG PAC, Perryville, $10,000

Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Missouri Kansas, St. Louis, $50,000

Gunn Slater LLC, Clayton, $1,000

Schmitt Templin LLC, Kansa City, $1,000

The committee made one contribution, $2,400 the maximum that can be given to a caandidate committee to Friends of Jill Carter for Senate.

Among the expenditures listed for April through June were $8,970 for direct mail and $8,800 for ditial advertising.

The PAC supporting Carter's opponent Ellen Nichols, Stand for Truth, hasn't filed its report at this writing. The deadline is midnight.