St. Charles 106 House Seat Race: Sommer Raises More than Albert

Updated: This article has been updated to reflect the most recent campaign reports submitted to the Missouri Ethics Commission.

Republican State Rep. has raised seven times as much as her primary opponent in the race to win the new 106^th State House of Representatives seat. 

Sommer, 46, won a special election in 2011 for the 15th House of Representatives seat, which was vacated by . She said she's running for reelection because this is what she's always wanted to do, to serve people in the political arena. 

"Even though I've only been a legislator for a year, I feel like I've made a whole lot of difference," she said. 

Her opponent is , 26, who works for Herndon Products as a technical associate. Albert has raised $2,062.62 in this election to Sommer's $14,986 according to the latest report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission. This is Albert's second time running for political office. He in the Frontier Township Committeeman race. 

Albert says despite his smaller fundraising amounts, he's confident. 

"I want to give folks a choice between neoconservatism and the constitution," he said. "The conservatism we had a couple of years ago. I think what we're missing in money we'll make up doing the little things." 

Sommer had $2,210.61 in cash on hand as of July 29. 

Sommer has received contributions from a number of political action committees. Her largest contribution came from Students First for $1,500. She also received $500 donations from Ameristar Casino Kansas City, Inc., St. Charles and Anheuser-Busch Companies. 

Most of Albert's contributions were from local residents. Albert contributed $300 to his own campaign. According to the July campaign finance reports, he had $543.40 on hand.

The winner of the Republican primary contest, which will be Aug. 7, will face , an insurance broker. Fann previously ran and lost against Mark Parkinson for District 16 House Seat in 2008 and against Terry Hollander in a special election for St. Charles County Council seat in district 5.

Fann filed a statement of exemption with the ethics commission on July 11, which states he will not receive more than $500 in contributions this election.

Sommer beat Democrat Paul Woody and Libertarian Bill Slantz in November for election to the 15^th District House Seat, which was vacated by Sally Faith after she won election as mayor. 

Correction: This story has been updated to correct the incorrect age for Chrissy Sommer.

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