McCaskill contributions to Democrats reach $390,000

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The tally keeps rising on U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s contributions to the Missouri Democratic State Committee.

Online campaign finance records show McCaskill gave $50,000 to the party last Friday – two days after giving an identically sized check.

McCaskill now has contributed $390,000 to the Democratic Party this year. The donations are intended to help Democrats pick up seats in the Missouri Legislature, where Republicans hold a commanding two-thirds majority in both chambers.

The two-thirds mark is important, because that is the threshold necessary for overriding vetoes by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon.

The elections are Nov. 4.

This story was originally published October 7, 2014 at 12:37 PM with the headline "McCaskill contributions to Democrats reach $390,000."