Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder plans to run for re-election in 2016, a campaign spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
Kinder, who was first elected to the post in 2004, will be seeking his fourth term as Missouri's second-ranking executive and, if he wins, would be the state's longest-serving lieutenant governor.
Campaign spokesman Michael Hafner confirmed Kinder plans to run for re-election.
"It has been an honor to serve as Missouri's Lieutenant Governor, and I look forward to the 2016 campaign," Kinder said in a written statement.
Kinder raised more than $416,000 this year and had more than $57,000 in his campaign account as of Sept. 30, according to his October quarterly financial report.
Meanwhile, Conservative Club for Growth chairwoman Bev Randles on Monday received $1 million from wealthy political activist Rex Sinquefield to explore her chances of running for lieutenant governor.
The $1 million is the largest lump sum Sinquefield has given to a single potential candidate since at least 2008, according to online campaign finance records.
Kinder said he's "taken on and defeated bankrolled challengers before."
Randles' spokesman, Todd Abrajano, said she plans to use the money to travel the state and gauge support from Missourians. The money later could be used for a full-blown campaign if she decides to run, he said.
Sinquefield also helped finance the Missouri Club for Growth, which campaigned for a successful constitutional amendment that gave lawmakers the ability to override a governor's decision to freeze or slow spending.
According to the records, the financier as of Monday had given another $870,000 to former U.S. Attorney and Missouri House Speaker Catherine Hanaway, the only declared Republican running for governor in 2016.
The Randle donation came the same day lawmakers discussed potential reforms to campaign finance and ethics laws, and Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill slammed what she called an effort to "purchase the loyalty" of state officials.
McCaskill blasted Sinquefield's most recent donation and said in a statement that Missourians should question if "they really want a government completely owned by one St. Louis billionaire."
Abrajano called McCaskill a hypocrite for donating more than $800,000 to Missouri Democrats this past election cycle.