Missouri House Democrats struggle to match GOP's fundraising machine
For more than 20 years, Republicans have won every Missouri House race in St. Charles County.
It is one of two counties in Missouri with more than 150,000 people — the other is Jefferson — with no Democrats in the local legislative delegation. And it is one of the places Democrats need to win to break the GOP supermajority in the 163-member House.
The county’s closest House race in 2024 was in the 105th District. Republican Colin Wellenkamp defeated Democrat Ron Odenthal by six percentage points to win an open seat. Odenthal’s campaign committee spent $37,298, almost double the $19,832 spent by Wellenkamp.
But an independent committee dedicated to helping Republicans, the House Republican Campaign Committee, spent almost $150,000 in the race. The House Democratic Campaign Committee, as it was then called, countered with less than $15,000.
https://missouriindependent.com/2026/04/07/missouri-house-democrats-struggle-to-match-gops-fundraising-machine/