Mehlville Board of Education candidate Kathleen Eardley raised and spent the most on her campaign of all contested races in the Call’s coverage area for the Tuesday, April 3, election.
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Candidates who spend or raise more than $1,000 are required to file a report.
The state-required campaign finance reports were due by March 27, eight days before the election.
Eardley’s committee, Citizens for Kathleen Eardley, reported $5,273 in contributions — including a $2,000 loan from herself — and $4,696.23 in expenditures for the election. Eardley had $576.71 on hand with $2,000 in total indebtedness. Of the contributions she received, $50 came from the Committee to Elect Gary Fuhr.
A fundraiser conducted by the Missouri National Education Association for Mehlville Board of Education candidates Mike Wainz and Ron Fedorchak garnered $535.
Expenditures for the event, $171, were split evenly between Fedorchak and Wainz.
The Committee to Elect Mike Wainz for Mehlville School Board reported $670.50 in receipts and $588.09 in expenditures.
Wainz had $85 on hand and $88.09 in total indebtedness. He received $585 from people giving $100 or less and had in-kind contributions totaling $85.50.
Ron Fedorchak for Mehlville School Board had receipts totaling $745.50. He ended the reporting period with $635 on hand and $100 indebtedness. Fedorchak received an in-kind contribution of $85.50 from the Missouri NEA Political Action Committee.
Fedorchak loaned himself $100.
A fourth Mehlville school board candidate, Fred Padberg, did not file a report.
In Sunset Hills Ward 2, candidate Thomas Musich’s committee, Musich for Alderman, reported $1,645.95 in expenditures. He contributed $600 of monetary contributions and $240 of in-kind contributions to his own campaign. Musich had $1,840 in receipts and $514.23 in other disbursements.
Musich’s competitor, Nancy Goldkuhl, had receipts totaling $1,500. Her committee, Nancy Goldkuhl for Alderman, reported expenditures of $1,503.15 and contributions totaling $1,500. Of those contributions, $300 came from Mayor Bill Nolan.
In Sunset Hills Ward 1, incumbent Frank Hardy reported a $300 monetary contribution to his own campaign and $231.87 in expenditures. Receipts totaled $300.
Hardy has $252.79 on hand and $1,100 in indebtedness. His challenger, Richard Gau, did not file a report.
In Crestwood, Ward 2 aldermanic candidate Tim Trueblood had receipts totaling $1,055.67 and expenditures of $1,055.67 with no cash on hand.
Ward 2 aldermanic candidate Mary Stadter and Ward 4 aldermanic candidates Dan Tennessen and Steve Nieder did not file reports.
