Wealthy financier Rex Sinquefield has made another donation of $50,000 to embattled St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley, who’s in a tight primary race with County Councilman Steve Stenger.
Sinquefield’s donation was posted Thursday on the Missouri Ethics Commission’s website and comes less than a week after his earlier $50,000 donation to Dooley.
Sinquefield is, by far, Dooley’s most generous donor.
Sinquefield’s wife, Jeanne, gave Dooley $100,000 this spring. Overall, the Sinquefields have donated close to $450,000 to Dooley since 2009.
Meanwhile, Stenger received $5,000 late this week from August A. Busch III, of St. Peters, who generally backs Republicans.
Most of the money collected now by Stenger and Dooley is going for get-out-the-vote efforts and final TV ads, aimed at encouraging supporters to cast ballots by next Tuesday, Election Day.
