Stephen Webber thanks supporters after raising more than $400,000 since January

Democrat Stephen Webber, who aims to flip the Missouri Senate Seat held by Republican Caleb Rowden, and currently is running unopposed in the 19th District, which covers Boone County, is championing his fundraising efforts.

Webber announced his campaign in January and officially kicked it off in March.

Rowden cannot run again due to term limits and a redrawing of district maps for the 19th District now only includes Boone County, which tends to support Democratic candidates, instead of both Boone and Republican-leaning Cooper County.

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Webber reported he received roughly $71,622 in monetary donations to the Missouri Ethics Commission since the April campaign finance report. He also received $4,750 from in-kind donations. The Homefront Political Action Committee, affiliated with Webber's campaign, provided $24,500, bringing total contributions through the candidate committee and PAC to $100,872 in the second quarter.

Total contributions since announcing his candidacy is roughly $409,153 via his candidate committee and the PAC.

PAC contributions came from a St. Louis-based law firm, Gladstone-based Rural Hospitals Group Consolidated LLC and from labor union United Food and Commercial Workers International, which contributed $20,000 of the of the total second-quarter contributions. Many first quarter contributions came from labor groups, other political action committees and law firms among others.

Candidate contributions from individuals, organizations and PACs were as little as $4 to as much as $2,400.

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Webber's campaign had around $86,912 in cash on hand at the start of the second quarter. After monetary contributions and expenses of $30,685, he was left with $127,849 available. He has no outstanding debt. Expenses in the second quarter were due to payroll, taxes, website maintenance, design services and campaign material creation, among others.

Webber in his fundraising announcement noted several endorsements including from Access MO, Boone County Presiding Commissioner Kip Kendrick, State Rep. Kathy Steinhoff, D-Columbia, Columbia Ward 2 Council Member Andrea Waner, former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson and former State Rep. Martha Stevens, D-Columbia.

“I’m so grateful for the support of so many local friends and neighbors," Webber said in the fundraising announcement. “As Boone County’s Senator, I will work with anyone to defeat extremism, ensure a quality public education for our kids, restore women's right to choose, keep us safe, and create more economic opportunity for all of our workers, students and small businesses.”

This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Stephen Webber Missouri Senate campaign raises more than $400,000