A local senator’s campaign for state treasurer is picking up dollar signs.

Sen. Brad Lager, R-Savannah, has raked in more than 40 times the cash of his opponent.

All statewide candidates on the ballot in the August primary had until 5 p.m. Thursday to submit final contribution reports to the Missouri Ethics Commission.

Mr. Lager so far has raised $638,046, with $522,490 in cash left on hand, according to his 30-day-post-primary report.

Rep. Clint Zweifel, D-Florissant, so far has raised $544,552 with $12,832 remaining.

Also, state records showed Mr. Lager had received $17,500 in the past week as a result of a new campaign finance law that repealed the caps on individual contributions.

Part of the new law requires candidates to report contributions that are more than $5,000 to the Ethics Commission within 48 hours of receipt.

Rudolph Farber, of Neosho, Mo., gave $10,000 to Mr. Lager’s campaign on Monday, while the Nodaway Valley Bank in Maryville, Mo., donated $7,500 on Friday.

Mr. Zweifel didn’t report any contributions that exceeded $5,000.

In a race closer to home, hospital officials statewide continue to back Democrat Mark Sheehan, who is challenging Rep. Dr. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, for the 28th House of Representatives District seat.

Dr. Schaaf has raised more funds, however, and is seeing support from physicians.

Mr. Sheehan has taken in $19,195 with $14,527 remaining in cash on hand, while Dr. Schaaf reported $30,180 in receipts with $19,962 left over.

Mr. Sheehan has previously received funds from Heartland Health’s chief executive officer, Lowell Kruse, and various Missouri Hospital Association political action committees.

Also in August, the CEO of the St. Francis Health Care System in Cape Girardeau, Mo., Steven Bjelich; executive vice president of SSM Health Care in Kirkwood, Mo., William Shoenhard; an Osage Beach, Mo., hospital administrator, Michael Henze; the administrator of Liberty (Mo.) Hospital, Joe Crossett; and the CEO of the Nevada (Mo.) Regional Medical Center, Judith Feuquay, each gave $250.

Dr. Schaaf’s contributors included a couple of St. Joseph doctors — James Reynolds, who donated $200, and Robert Corder of Heartland Health, who gave $250. A physician from Battlefield, Mo., James Wolfe, gave $250 and an eye doctor from Springfield, Mo., gave $1,000.

Also contributing to Dr. Schaaf’s campaign was the Western Anesthesiology Association at $325.

The other two St. Joseph races are unopposed. Reps. Ed Wildberger, D-St. Joseph, in the 27th District, and Martin Rucker, D-St. Joseph, in the 29th District, have no challengers.

The following are the amounts raised this period by candidates in area House races in the primary election and the amounts unspent:

4th House District: Incumbent Rep. Mike Thomson, R-Maryville, $56,560 with $36,621 on hand, and Democrat challenger Richard Oswald, of Langdon, $3,555 with $614 remaining.

30th House District: Incumbent Rep. Jason Brown, R-Platte City, $23,950 with $24,008 on hand, and his Democratic opponent, Mary Anne Baier, of Kansas City, $5,420 with $3,829 in cash on hand.

3rd House District: Republican Casey Guernsey, of Bethany, $18,500 with $10,270 remaining, and Democrat Mike Hepler, of Browning, $10,722 with $3,327 remaining.

7th House District: Republican Mike Lair, of Chillicothe, $60,398 with $37,864 on hand, and Democrat Harry Wyse, of Chillicothe, $17,462 with $4,827 on hand.

5th House District: Incumbent Rep. Jim Guest, R-King City, $41,035 with $21,621 remaining, according to an e-mail Mr. Guest sent the News-Press. Mr. Guest’s report information wasn’t available online by the 5 p.m. deadline. Democrat challenger Mike Waltemath, of King City, reported $4,745 with $3,230 remaining.

No local Senate seats are available this election. The next reporting deadline for candidates is Oct. 15.

Alyson E. Raletz can be reached

at alysonraletz@npgco.com.