TKC EXCLUSIVE!!! KANDER STALLS, MILLER CASHES IN, TAYLOR TAPERS OUT!!! KANSAS CITY MAYORAL RANKINGS AFTER JULY QUARTERLY CAMPAIGN REPORTS!!!

The contest for Kansas City Mayor is nothing less than a mostly corrupt fight for money and support among special interests.

As always, we stress that every election in Kansas City is usually decided before a single ballot is cast.

And so . . .

CHECK THE TKC EXCLUSIVE RANKING OF KANSAS CITY MAYORAL CANDIDATES AND THE CASH THEY'VE REPORTED SO FAR!!!

We're excluding Rita Berry from this list because she declared $0 and isn't really campaigning and Clay Chastain has yet to formally file his campaign with the Missouri Ethics Commission.

Ending Money On Hand is the metric we're highlighting along with a brief summary of campaign efforts to date and the cash they've raised during this reporting cycle.

Check the rankings:

Council Dude Scott Taylor Is The Cash King Of The Kansas City Mayoral Race Who Nobody Likes

Money On Hand: $306,981.94

The Southland Council dude has spent nearly 50-grand on his camapign over the past few weeks and the only thing it bought him was a paltry newspaper article about a mundane ethics effort. Even worse, his campaign earned only $4,000.00 for this reporting period which is LESS than ANY other candidate. What we've seen so far: Councilman Taylor's connections to D.C. power players and corporate leaders are far stronger than his admiration among voters.

Steve Miller Using $222K To Earn Second Place And Possibly Purchase A Personality???

Money On Hand: $222,454.67

In reality, Mr. Miller is the cash king of KC this quarter with $125,738.20 added to his war chest. He'll need every penny of it to buy name recognition and support but let's not forget that the current Mayor was just another lawyer before he ascended into the spotlight. Kansas City tends to favor average, mediocre, vaguely middle-class dudes . . . Mr. Miller might shine in this context.

Councilman Quinton Lucas Desperately Seeking Funds Outside Broke 3rd District

Money On Hand: $186,964.68

The pride of the 3rd District FINALLY started his campaign and reported $61,270.01 added to his bankroll so far. In reality, he's the most likely candidate to make it to the general election without spending much money because of overwhelming East side support. What remains to be seen is if Councilman Lucas has the nerve to run the kind of cruel campaign that most mayoral elections demand. Already he has shown an aversion to getting his hands dirty that doesn't hamper any other candidate on this list.

Councilman Jermaine Reed Also Short On Cash

Money On Hand: $76,401.12

He's barely tolerated in his own district. His campaign is a classic politico job application gambit yet his candidacy garnered $16,663.00 worth of support this reporting period that might or might not have come from donors who were desperate to avoid a longer conversation with the Councilman.

Fewer Donors To Fugazi Candidate Phil Glynn

Money On Hand: $65,308.67

Special thanks to our AWESOME TKC BLOG COMMUNITY for calling out this guy's candidacy as a FALSE FLAG. While he earned $20,725.00 this reporting period, he's spending a lot of it on phony Facebook love. So far he's one of the worst carpetbaggers this election season has witnessed and a very real danger to Kansas City Democracy and urban core self-determination.

Council Lady Canady Can't Register Much Cash

Money On Hand: $28,531.82

Her campaign finance report says that she took in $10,691.00 but there's no accounting for her pluckiness and charm. Her campaign poses a very real danger of siphoning votes from Councilman Quinton Lucas if she can bother to put the effort into working for votes . . . However, her mostly lackadaisical yet pleasant council tenure hasn't offered much evidence of a worth ethic.

Money Woes Must Worry Councilman Wagner

Money On Hand: $17,762.88

Let's make this loud and clear . . .

COUNCIL DUDE WAGER IS GETTING MORE ATTENTION THAN HE DESERVES GIVEN HIS PATHETIC CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING!!!

His campaign earned a meager $18,065.77 this reporting period. To be fair, he might have garnered a more important win by smacking down Councilman Taylor's silly ethics gambit.

His supporters are depending on Northland grassroots turnout BUT THAT NEVER HAPPENS which is why the fastest growing part of Kansas City has always lacked commensurate political representation. Moreover, Northland neighborhoods habitually fall into petty bickering and don't really have the voting bloc identity touted by the politicos from that part of town who constantly champion solidarity across the bridge that's only reliably exhibited in contests betwixt Black vs. white candidates. Campaigning in the Northland is historically more effective via MSM, gossip and billboards . . . Councilman Scott Wagner hasn't yet demonstrated the wherewithal to make any of that happen.

Jason Kander Slow To Share Campaign Disclosure


Here's a minor disappointment but a very real glimpse at actions vs. campaign hype.

Jason Kander talks a great game about transparency and ethics but his sluggish campaign finance reporting is merely an example of him playing the rules to his advantage like everybody else.

Already insiders are grumbling when they've looked up his funding and find:

"No Full Disclosure Reports with financial information have been filed for the current year."

When Jason Kander finally makes his campaign finance disclosures there likely won't be many surprises and a lot of the same special interests which have powered Mayor Sly's tenure will appear. In the end we'll see a candidate that has a lot more in common with his competition than what's touted via MSNBC and social media promo.

To be fair, anybody with money to spare in Kansas City is standing in line to give Jason Kander cash. He's the only real celebrity candidate in this contest and locals are willing to hand over big bucks just for a bit of face time with the bright, shining future hope of the Democratic Party.

And so, the Mayoral contest for Kansas City moves forward and so far money is talking loud and clear whilst most of the candidates are speaking only in campaign rhetoric.



You decide . . .