Campaign finance

After facing an ethics complaint in September for a similar issue, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach once again took more campaign donations than the law allows. His campaign attributed them to coming from married couples.

The $84.5 million in ad spending has blown past the state’s previous record of $49.1 million in 2020, when Roger Marshall first ran for U.S. Senate.

Reporting by the Kansas Reflector and MS Now found that when Marshall first ran for U.S. Senate, he and his top aide repeatedly using congressional staff and government resources in questionable ways — including using taxpayer funds during campaign trips.

Records from Marshall's first U.S. Senate run appear to show the Kansas senator and his top aide repeatedly using congressional staff and government resources in ways that experts say likely crossed the line between official business and campaigning.

Thirteen donors flagged in federal letters appear nearly 5,700 times in the Missouri senator’s reports, highlighting questions about recurring online contributions. The totals for each donor range from just over the donation limit of $3,500 to more than $10,500.

Kansas City Council member Nathan Willett's former state campaign sent to $165,000 to a nonprofit, which later gave nearly the same amount to a super PAC backing his bid for Missouri 6th Congressional District.

The legislation includes many changes to state elections, including restoring voting rights to some parolees and allowing the use of campaign dollars for childcare.

A bill filed in the General Assembly would make Missouri the 24th state to call on Congress to overturn Citizens United. The advocacy group pushing for the bill says similar measures have gotten bipartisan support in other states.

Former state Sen. Bill Eigel has been criticized for receiving automatic contributions when he ran for governor and again when he launched his current bid for St. Charles County executive.

The donation comes roughly two months after the Missouri legislature approved a $1.5 billion stadium funding plan aimed at convincing the Chiefs and Royals to stay in the state.

The majority of itemized donations to Kunce and Hawley come from outside the state, making up more than half of the total each has raised.

The complaint from a Democratic attorney and lobbyist says a letter from Ashcroft exceeds the $2,825 limit on campaign contributions and shows improper levels of coordination between Ashcroft’s gubernatorial campaign committee and a political action committee.