District rep races head toward primary election

Editor's Note: Ryan Holder's campaign finance numbers were attributed to Dennis Fowler below. The error has been fixed.

Missouri House District 151 voters will vote two times on the seat in the Aug. 5 primary election.

Ryan William Holder and Tila Rowland Hubrecht are vying to fill the vacant seat, but they're also candidates in the primary for the new term representative.

The seat was left vacant by Republican Rep. Dennis Fowler of Advance, Missouri, who resigned in December when Gov. Jay Nixon nominated him to the state Board of Probation and Parole; his nomination was never confirmed by the Senate.

Holder, of Advance, a Democrat and field representative for the Laborers International Unit Local 1104, previously made but lost a 2004 primary bid for the 159th District seat, which has mostly been redistricted into the 151st, and ran against Fowler in the 2012 election.

Holder said if elected he will use common sense and listen to the people of the district.

He stands firmly against the Right to Work bill, which would prohibit requiring payment of union dues as a condition of employment, and said no modification would make it palatable.

"The bill is not good for Missouri. It is centered to squelch the voice of working-class citizens," he said.

Hubrecht, of Dexter and a Republican, said in a email that, if elected, she "will work to keep government off your back and out of your pocket. I will be your committed, principled conservative in Jefferson City."

District 151 covers Stoddard County and a small section of Scott County, including the Chaffee, Missouri, area.

Holly Rehder

Duston Stone

District 148

Incumbent Holly Rehder of Sikeston, Missouri, will have an opponent in the primary election for the Missouri House District 148 representative seat.

Duston Y. Stone of Scott City will run against Rehder for the Republican seat. Stone was elected to the Illmo Special Road District in April.

If Stone were to win, state law would require him to resign from his position with the road district.

Campaign finances

Quarterly fundraising reports have been released by candidates running in the primary.

The reports are filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission, and candidates must report the formation of a campaign committee and any fundraising activities when they receive or spend $500 or more.

The most recent quarterly report covers the period from April 1 through June 30.

Holder reported $5,947.53 in total receipts and $3,719.28 on hand. His contributors include several local unions and union councils.

Hubrecht's total receipts came out to $18,105.56 with $7,604.98 on hand. Her contributors primarily are individuals and self-employed farmers.

Rehder's total receipts came out to $68,570.41 in the most recent report, with $39,582.20 on hand. Challenger Stone's receipts totaled $6,365, and he reported $744.26 on hand.

Rehder had more than a dozen individual contributors, and some of her largest donations of $2,000 and $1,000 came from AT&T Missouri Political Action Committee and Missouri Club for Growth, respectively. Stone appears to be self-financing much of his campaign, based on the latest report. His committee reported no individual contributors but received $500 from CWA District 9 Political Education Committee and $325 from United Transportation Union Political Action Committee.

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