You knew old Rex Sinquefield couldn’t stay out of the governor’s race. And you knew that when Treasurer Sarah Steelman started talking about phasing out the St. Louis earnings tax and undoing the ethanol mandate Rex couldn’t be far behind. (Despite Steelman’s protests otherwise).

Sure enough, in the last filing before the Aug. 5 primary, Steelman’s report shows an infusion of cash from two sources: a $200,000 loan from herself, and a little more than $25,000 from committees connected to Sinquefield.

The Sinquefield committees, various forms of “Missourians for Tax Reform” and “My Job My Wage” each gave maximum $1,350 contributions.