The Missouri Independent 100: Tracking the PACs funding state legislative races

By: Rudi Keller

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: August 26, 2026

Words: 1,549

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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The last campaign finance reports before the Aug. 4 primary showed candidates for the Missouri House and Senate had spent $15.3 million for their races, according to records of the Missouri Ethics Commission.

But candidates are only part of the money story.

In many of Missouri’s most competitive legislative races, some of the biggest checks — and some of the loudest campaign messages — come from political action committees representing businesses, unions, …

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