Public school opponents, including Walmart heir, spend nearly $100,000 on attack ads against Jill Carter

 

The youngest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton made a maximum $2,400 contribution to Ellen Nichols' 32nd District State Senate campaign Friday and a $10,000 contribution to Stand for Truth, the political action committee created to boost Nichols' candidacy.

Jim Walton's contributions are the latest from an individual or group pushing the concept of pouring more taxpayer money into charter schools and school vouchers at the expense of public schools.

According to Missouri Ethics Commission documents, American Federation of Children, founded by the family of Betsy DeVos, the Secretary of Education during the first Trump Administration, paid $89,408.36 in July for attack ads against Nichols' opponent, incumbent Sen. Jill Carter.

Walton is one of American Federation of Children's leading contributors. 

The Stand for Truth PAC has been putting even more money into attacks against Carter, according to Ethics Commission documents.

The latest 24-hour filings from Stand for Truth show the committee spent $123,349.47 over the past two days for attack ads against Carter, including $39,326.97 for mailing and postage, $13,000 for video production and editing and $55,000 for network and streaming ads.

The Carter campaign filed a 24-hour report Friday, noting a $2,000 contribution from Arlan Campbell, Stark City.

A Tuesday report showed the Carter campaign receiving maximum $2,400 contributions from Treatment Now PAC, Sandy PAC, BB Freedom Fund and William Hardin IV of St. Charles, $1,000 from Shelter Insurance PAC and $500 contributions from Missouri Broadband Providers PAC, Larry Woodward Properties, Joplin; and Amy Ipsen, Joplin.