Mullin Campaign Financials Leave Big Questions
Editors Note: A computer glitch caused the errors to the original FEC report and an amended report was filed. Read more at newsok.com
Rep. Markwayne Mullin files odd campaign finance report
By Chris Casteel
Freshman Rep. Markwayne Mullin filed a head-scratching campaign finance report on Wednesday that shows he accepted donations way over the legal limit and raised more than $2 million in a single quarter after raising less than $1 million in the previous 18 months.
The legal limits for individual donations are $2,600 per election, so a donor could give $2,600 for the primary election and another $2,600 for the general election.
On a report filed Wednesday covering July 1 through September 30, Mullin reported accepting a total of:
• $17,500 from a Tulsa donor and another $11,800 from her husband:
• $22,900 from a drilling company president in Oklahoma City. The campaign shifted some of that donation to the man’s spouse _ but even the transfer was about twice the legal donation.