2020 Congressional Races

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Turning the Senate may be large task, but it is possible... and add in the emergence of Steve Bullock in Montana...

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This guy is running for reelection...

GOP Rep. Steve Watkins' woes mount with FEC probe into his father
The freshman congressman’s father said he’s under investigation for improper campaign contributions.

The Federal Election Commission is investigating potentially improper “straw man donations” to Rep. Steve Watkins’ 2018 campaign that were paid for by his father — the latest political headache for the embattled Kansas Republican. At the heart of the FEC probe is whether Watkins’ father made illegal contributions to boost Watkin’s congressional bid. Steve Watkins Sr. confirmed in a brief interview with POLITICO that the FEC is investigating him for giving thousands of dollars to his daughters, a home-building contractor and the contractor’s wife, which they then used to max out to Watkins’ campaign. Those types of donations violate campaign finance laws.
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The elder Watkins — a Topeka-based endocrinologist who also dumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into a super PAC to support his son’s election — insisted he didn’t know that what he was doing was illegal. Watkins’ office, meanwhile, said the freshman lawmaker is not under investigation by the FEC. "I didn't know that I wasn't allowed to do it," Watkins Sr. said during a phone conversation on Thursday. "I thought you could just give money to them and they could do with it what they wanted." When he found out that such third-person donations were improper, Watkins Sr. said he self-reported to the FEC what he'd done. And Watkins’ congressional campaign refunded the money to the donors.
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The Shawnee County’s district attorney is looking into local news reports that Watkins listed his voter registration address as a UPS store in Topeka and may have improperly voted in a city council election. Watkins’ office, however, said he amended his address after the error was flagged and is fully cooperating with the investigation. “Steve listed his mailing address instead of his physical address,” a spokesman for Watkins said. “He lives at the Overlook Apartments off Wanamaker in Topeka. This was inadvertent and both addresses are in the same county and same congressional district, there was no improper purpose.”
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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/06/steve-watkins-fec-probe-122525

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