One Brentwood aldermanic candidate has received almost two thousand dollars in contributions, and several have received and spent nothing.
Candidates for public office in Missouri are required to file a 40 Day Before Report—due 40 days before the election—detailing contributions and expenditures. Reports are also due eight days before, and 30 days after the election.
The candidates for Ward 1 alderman both e-filed on the Missouri Ethics Commission website. Ward 3 alderman candidate, Steve Lochmoeller, filed the report in person at the St. Louis County Board of Elections. See also: Brentwood mayoral candidates file financial reports
A candidate who has not received or spent any money is not required to form a committee or file a report. Aldermanic candidates Keith Slusser (running unopposed in Ward 2), Andrew Hartnett (against Steve Lochmoeller in Ward 3) and Tom Kramer (unopposed in Ward 4) have not formed committees.
Ward 1 candidate David Plufka has received $1,842 in contributions and spent $994.
Plufka has received these contributions:
- Don Musick, $500
- Keefe & Griffiths, P.C., $500
- Christine Lewis, $250
- Susan Ryan, $200
- Lipic’s Engagement, $155.99 (in-kind)
- David Plufka, $136.35 (in-kind)
- Rhodes & Lally, LLC, $100
Plufka spent $994 for yard signs at Lipic’s Engagement.
Ward 1 candidate Hart Nelson has contributed $200 to his campaign, and received no other contributions. He has not spent anything on his campaign according to the report.
Ward 3 candidate Steve Lochmoeller filed in person, and has received a total of $1,650 in monetary contributions:
- James H. Bastian, St. Paul, MO, $500
- Steve Lochmoeller, Brentwood, MO, $300
- Jane Lochmoeller, Brentwood, MO, $200
- Alice M. Faron, New Melle, MO, $150
- Karen M. Smith, Brentwood, MO, $150
- A. G. Leahy, Brentwood, MO, $150
- Louise Charboneau, Brentwood, MO, $100
- Amy Stoker, Defiance, MO, $100
Lochmoeller has spent $434.63, including $240 for flyers.
See also: 4 running for mayor of Brentwood, 6 for alderman