JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As Boeing comes to the state of Missouri seeking up a tax incentive package valued at more than $1.7 billion, Missouri lawmakers have likely not forgotten when the company came to their own financial aid in recent years.

Since 2007, the company, its executives and some of its employees have contributed a total of $459,366.62 to Missouri state and local candidates.

Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, who has led the push to incentivize Boeing to expand its operation in the state, has received $70,000 from the company, on top of more than $2,200 from Boeing employees. And it’s not just Nixon: Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey, R-St. Charles, has received $2,200 from the company and its employees, compared to just under $2,000 to House Speaker Tim Jones.

The company has given its largest sums to the state’s political parties – including contributions of $102,700 to the Missouri Democratic Party and $73,600 to the Missouri Republican Party in the past six years.

Some of the largest personal contributions have come from John McDonnell, a corporate director at Boeing who has been with the company since its 1997 merger with the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, which he used to chair. McDonnell contributed $10,000 to Attorney General Chris Koster and $20,000 to the Economic Growth Council.

St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, who was set to testify in favor of Boeing’s tax incentives, has received more than $10,000 from the company and its executives for his own reelection campaign.