Progressives for Change

The commenter asks: Who are "Progressives for change"? I can not find much about them anywhere.

The sole beneficiaries of Harrisonville-based "Progressives for Change" (created July 10, 2006) are $3,000 to 19th District Legislative Committee (a Mark Miles committee) which shows receipt of the money but no expenditures and no other receipts since January; and $650 Gambaro for Senate.

The Progressives sole contributor to date was "Missouri Leadership Coalition" which lists the same address and same Treasurer, Kimberly Benjamin, as the Progressives for Change.

Coming as a huge surprise, the Coalition has previously given to only Republicans and its largest expense to date was polling by a GOP firm.

07-30-2006 -$5500 Progressives for Change (Harrisonville MO)
07-15-2006 -$1500 127th Legislative Committee (GOP, Jasper MO)
06-01-2006 -$6000 Public Polls Research (typo on report, should read Public Pulse Research, which is a subsidiary of John Hancock & Associates- Political Consulting) (Chesterfield Mo)
04-20-2006 +$1200 All Children Matter (Alexandria VA)
04-11-2006 -$650 Americans for Brad Roark (GOP, 139th State Rep. now running for Greene County Commissioner)
03-25-2006 -$650 Rupp for Senate (GOP, 2nd Senate District, Wentzville MO)
03-25-2006 -$1150 2nd Senatorial Republican Committee (St. Charles MO)
12-27-2005 -$2500 Senate Majority Fund (GOP, JC, MO)
12-15-2005 +$15,000 DLH Services Inc (Cape Girardeau MO) this is one of the Delta Companies, highway contractors, DHL stands for Don L. Harrison, big GOP supporter.
10-14-2005 -$3000 106th District Republican Committee (GOP, Farmington MO)
10-13-2005 -$6000 123rd Republican Legislative Committee (GOP, Raymore MO)