Legal Missouri 2022 spent the most out of political committees based in St. Louis during the fourth quarter of 2022.
It spent $2,671,012 on 19 vendors during the time period.
The largest expense was for Media Production to Targeted Platform Media, which is based in Crownsville.
The second largest political spend from a committee operating in St. Louis during the fourth quarter of 2022 came from McCreery for Missouri. It spent $601,721 during the time period on 25 different vendors.
What’s known as “dark money”, which comes from political non-profits and shell corporations, has greatly increased expenditures and donations in recent elections to record-breaking highs.
Political campaign financial data is often updated, leading to a sometimes incomplete picture of a committee or candidate’s finances.
St. Louis functions as both a city and a county, which is why it’s compared to other Missouri counties when analyzing this data.
Top Expenditures from Missouri Political Committees based in St. Louis during Q4 2022
| Committee | Expenditures | Paid Vendors |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Missouri 2022 | $2,671,012 | 19 |
| McCreery for Missouri | $601,721 | 25 |
| Page for Missouri | $465,459 | 19 |
| Page PAC | $464,551 | 12 |
| Protect Missouri Freedom | $407,801 | 8 |
| Coatar for St. Louis | $389,906 | 47 |
| Jack PAC | $298,617 | 6 |
| Move Forward STL | $283,990 | 9 |
| Protect Saint Louis Freedom | $226,037 | 12 |
| Megan Green for St. Louis | $172,151 | 64 |
| Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Missouri-Kansas Area Political Action Committee | $140,160 | 3 |
| Brad Christ for Missouri | $77,517 | 18 |
| Enterprise Holdings Inc. PAC | $73,965 | 19 |
| Wrobley for Missouri | $44,345 | 8 |
| O’Donnellformissouri.com | $43,315 | 2 |
| Citizens for the Parkway Community | $39,843 | 11 |
| Citizens for Vicki Lorenz Englund | $38,375 | 21 |
| Committee to Elect Ann Zimpfer | $33,787 | 9 |
| Citizens for Jake Zimmerman | $31,629 | 5 |
| Nicole Galloway for Missouri | $29,008 | 7 |
| Citizens for Murphy | $28,621 | 40 |
| Progress PAC | $28,196 | 5 |
| Reform St. Louis County Now | $26,331 | 3 |
| Citizens for Phifer | $22,728 | 10 |
| Friends of Tom Oldenburg | $21,586 | 8 |
| Friends of Leslie Derrington for Missouri | $21,375 | 8 |
| Friends of Heather Navarro | $20,000 | 11 |
| Tishaura O. Jones for Mayor | $19,131 | 6 |
| Friends of Kyle Kerns | $17,886 | 17 |
| St. Louis County Democratic Central Committee | $16,428 | 6 |
| Back the Blue PAC | $15,352 | 5 |
| The Committee to Elect Steve Butz | $14,680 | 4 |
| Committee to Elect Paula Brown | $14,303 | 7 |
| Mahacek for Missouri | $13,332 | 8 |
| Roberts for St. Louis | $13,116 | 4 |
| Friends of Gregory FX Daly | $13,000 | 17 |
| Committee for Liberty | $12,605 | 2 |
| Friends of Michael Burton | $12,251 | 5 |
| Laborers Union Local #110 Voluntary Political Fund | $10,802 | 2 |
| Build St. Louis PAC, Inc. | $10,250 | 2 |
| Progresswomen | $9,039 | 5 |
| Show Me Integrity Action Fund | $9,003 | 4 |
| Citizens for Karla May | $8,244 | 19 |
| AGC of Missouri PAC | $8,062 | 8 |
| Committee to Elect Rita Days | $8,000 | 1 |
| Unsicker for Missouri | $7,188 | 7 |
| Citizens for Donna Baringer | $6,948 | 4 |
| Adam Layne for STL | $6,941 | 3 |
| Democratic Campaign Committee of St. Louis City | $6,400 | 16 |
| Growth and Opportunity PAC | $6,000 | 1 |
| South St. Louis County Labor Political Organization | $5,807 | 2 |
| Republican Party City of St. Louis | $5,740 | 12 |
| Ladonna Appelbaum for Missouri | $5,708 | 8 |
| Democracy 2.0 | $5,000 | 1 |
| 314 Forward | $5,000 | 1 |
| Daniela Velazquez for Saint Louis | $4,893 | 5 |
| Committee to Elect Jill Schupp | $4,808 | 2 |
| SOCO Red PAC | $4,688 | 3 |
| IBEW Local Union 1439 Political Action Committee | $4,413 | 1 |
| Committee to Elect Dinah L. Tatman | $4,389 | 7 |
| Committee to Elect Michael Browning | $4,316 | 4 |
| Civic Progress Action Committee | $4,177 | 2 |
| Committee to Elect Mavis Thompson | $4,137 | 4 |
| We Bellieve PAC LLC | $4,000 | 1 |
| Katie Bellis for Saint Louis | $4,000 | 1 |
| Better Elections | $3,909 | 3 |
| Friends of Joe Vaccaro Inc | $3,848 | 6 |
| The Krewson Committee | $3,739 | 5 |
| Citizens for Rasheen Aldridge | $3,567 | 5 |
| Freedom’s Promise PAC | $3,530 | 2 |
| Citizens for Lakeysha Bosley | $3,273 | 7 |
| Nexus PAC | $3,236 | 2 |
| Citizens for Bridget Walsh Moore | $3,227 | 6 |
| Friends of Ella M. Jones | $3,165 | 4 |
| Brian Williams for Missouri | $3,034 | 9 |
| It Starts Today Missouri | $3,033 | 3 |
| Womens Political Caucus Eastern Missouri PAC | $3,000 | 1 |
| Glaziers Architectural Metal and Glassworkers Local Union No 513 Political Action Fund | $2,999 | 2 |
| Elect Luke Barber | $2,999 | 2 |
| Citizens for Anne Schweitzer | $2,849 | 5 |
| United Steel Workers Local 11-6 Gasworkers Voluntary PAC | $2,818 | 5 |
| Onder for Missouri | $2,640 | 3 |
| James Page for Ward 14 | $2,552 | 1 |
| BB Freedom Fund | $2,490 | 2 |
| Elect Delbret Taylor | $2,388 | 3 |
| Committee to Reelect Donna Jones | $2,257 | 6 |
| Friends for Windham | $2,207 | 6 |
| Coleman for Excellence | $1,912 | 3 |
| 16th Ward Democratic Organization | $1,836 | 5 |
| Sonnier for STL | $1,736 | 3 |
| 18th Ward Regular Democratic Organization | $1,700 | 1 |
| Citizens to Elect Jeffrey L. Boyd | $1,672 | 1 |
| Kirk Hilzinger for 80 | $1,662 | 2 |
| Teamsters Local 6 Political Action Fund | $1,640 | 3 |
| Friends of Mary Theresa McLean | $1,512 | 3 |
| Helen Petty for STL | $1,509 | 3 |
| Supporters of Health Research and Treatments | $1,500 | 1 |
| Mighty Missouri PAC | $1,500 | 1 |
| JP Mitchom for 7th Ward | $1,496 | 5 |
| St. Louis Young Democrats | $1,462 | 7 |
| Citizens to Re-Elect Hazel Erby for County Council | $1,417 | 1 |
| Citizens for Crump 2022 | $1,413 | 3 |
| Future PAC | $1,368 | 1 |
| Emily Hubbard for School Board | $1,297 | 5 |
| DougPAC | $1,155 | 1 |
| Committee to Elect Pam Boyd | $1,073 | 9 |
| Committee to Elect Marlene Terry | $1,063 | 6 |
| Franklin County Leadership PAC | $1,000 | 1 |
| Spencer for Alderman | $983 | 3 |
| Mocanntrade PAC | $903 | 3 |
| St. Louis Area Hotel Association Political Action Committee | $850 | 1 |
| Families for Kimberly-Ann Collins | $801 | 3 |
| Secure the Vote | $750 | 1 |
| Citizens for Roddy | $715 | 2 |
| Committee to Elect Tommie Pierson SR. | $704 | 2 |
| Tony Kirchner for St. Louis | $676 | 2 |
| Peter Merideth for Missouri Progress | $630 | 2 |
| The People for Shedrick Kelley | $618 | 2 |
| Committee to Elect Tom Villa | $600 | 6 |
| STL Democratic Coalition | $600 | 1 |
| Show Me Growth PAC | $595 | 2 |
| 13th Ward Regular Democratic Club | $561 | 2 |
| 11th Ward Democratic Organization | $549 | 2 |
| Koehr for 81st | $527 | 5 |
| Citizens to Elect Shameem Clark Hubbard | $523 | 2 |
| Committee to Elect Marlon Anderson | $500 | 1 |
| Access Missouri | $500 | 1 |
| Oakville Democratic Organization | $483 | 1 |
| Public School Advocates PAC | $477 | 1 |
| 23rd Ward Regular Democratic Organization | $472 | 3 |
| 22nd Ward Organization | $400 | 3 |
| St. Louis Firefighters Local No 73 PAC | $371 | 4 |
| 15th Ward Democrats | $340 | 2 |
| Iuec Local 3 PAC Fund | $330 | 3 |
| 28th Ward Democrats Campaign Committee | $293 | 1 |
| Planned Parenthood Votes-St. Louis and Southwest Missouri | $291 | 1 |
| BAC ADC of Eastern Missouri PAC Fund | $270 | 3 |
| Friends of Jason Growe | $250 | 1 |
| Annie Rice for STL | $250 | 1 |
| Team Laura Keys | $250 | 1 |
| Citizens for Shane Cohn | $225 | 1 |
| Friends of Michele Kratky | $200 | 1 |
| IATSE St. Louis Theatrical Brotherhood Local No 6 PAC | $166 | 1 |
| Hadley Township Democratic Club | $159 | 1 |
| Committee to Elect Pierson Jr. | $145 | 1 |
| Teamsters Local Union No 688 Political Action Committee | $125 | 1 |
| Pro-Choice Missouri | $115 | 1 |
| Missouri American Water Company Employees Political Action Committee | $110 | 1 |
| Citizens for Tina Sweet-T Pihl | $110 | 1 |
| Robert Stelzer Campaign Fund | $80 | 1 |
| Take Back Missouri | $47 | 1 |
| IBEW Local Union 2 COPE Fund | $20 | 1 |
