LittleSis: Michael F Shanahan Sr

Michael F. Shanahan’s gregarious personality and daring management style made him one of the most popular executives in this region’s sports history. Under his leadership in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the St. Louis Blues regained their standing as a mainstream sports attraction. The franchise’s revival led to the construction of a downtown arena that opened in 1994. Shanahan, a former soccer star at St. Louis University, was president of Engineered Support Systems Inc. Shanahan led an investment group that purchased the Blues from California businessman Harry Ornest in December 1986. At the same time, the city purchased The Arena from Ornest. By 1990 Shanahan had sold his ownership stake to the Kiel Center Partners as that group led efforts to build a new downtown arena for the team. Shanahan stayed on as team chairman until replaced by former Cardinals executive Jerry Ritter after the 1994-95 season. In 2008 Shanahan pleaded guilty to a federal charge for backdating stock options and agreed to repay $7.9 million. In exchange for the guilty plea on one count of falsifying the records of a publicly traded company, the government dropped 11 other charges against Shanahan. The government also agreed to drop charges against his son, Michael Shanahan Jr.

Donor	Common Recipients
Nicholas Pritzker II	Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Bob Dole	Kit Bond, Jo Ann Emerson, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee
Israel Roizman	Kit Bond, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mel Eugene Carnahan
David Stern	Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mel Eugene Carnahan
John D Raffaelli	Mitch McConnell, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mel Eugene Carnahan
Michael Keiser	Kit Bond, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Bill Federer (Missouri)
H Wayne Huizenga	Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Ronald Rubin	Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Mel Eugene Carnahan
Thomas A Davis	Kit Bond, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Al Dwoskin	Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri 2000, Mel Eugene Carnahan
James E Ferrell	Kit Bond, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, John Ashcroft, Republican National Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Aaron Malachi Mixon III	Mitch McConnell, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Stephen Malkin	Kit Bond, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Linda Dresner	Kit Bond, Mitch McConnell, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Jim Talent, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Larry A Mizel	Kit Bond, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Leonard A Lauder	Mitch McConnell, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Harry Stonecipher	Kit Bond, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, John Ashcroft, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush
James Busch Orthwein	Kit Bond, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Leo Hindery Jr	Mitch McConnell, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mel Eugene Carnahan
Steve Wynn	Mitch McConnell, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal

Donor

Common Recipients

Nicholas Pritzker II

Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

Bob Dole

Kit Bond, Jo Ann Emerson, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee

Israel Roizman

Kit Bond, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mel Eugene Carnahan

David Stern

Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mel Eugene Carnahan

John D Raffaelli

Mitch McConnell, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mel Eugene Carnahan