Steelman Puts $200 K More Into Race

8-DAY REPORTS DUE MONDAY

The campaigns are required to file the money they've raised in the month of July

Steelman Reports $329,952

Hulshof Reports $236,857

Steelman holds $503,318 on hand; Hulshof has $426,772 left to spend

But Steelman Loans Herself $200,000, Bringing the Total in Loans to $770,000

Which raises the question . . . Would she be plowing more of her own money into a race she didn't think she had a shot of winning?

ALSO . . . Democrat Sam Page OUTRAISES Republican Peter Kinder in July in the race for Lieutenant Governor . . . Kinder reports taking in $41,681 for this July reporting period; Page took in $113,809

"Missourians are voting with dollars," Page said in a statement. "They are serious about wanting change in Jefferson City."

His performance mirrors the second quarterly report filed July 15, when Page surprised everyone by out-pacing Kinder. Challengers rarely out-fundraise their incumbent opponents, notes the Page campaign.