“It doesn’t matter who you call.” Under Missouri law, it’s the only thing that matters.

The candidate who promises "accountable leadership" is the subject of two sworn complaints to the Missouri Ethics Commission. The first is about what she said on camera: a step-by-step description of how a donor can put a relative's name on the check. The second is about what her committee swore to and left out. Missouri law keeps the Commission's investigations confidential until final action; what is public is the complaints, the Commission's acknowledgment, and the committee's own filings — all of which are below.

1. Soliciting contributions in another person's name — Case #26-0079-I

What she said

On or about April 27, 2026, the candidate recorded a 72-second fundraising video, posted to her campaign Facebook page, that closes by directing viewers to her committee's QR-code donation link. The certified transcript:

"I ran into a friend of mine having lunch and I asked if he would make a donation to the campaign. And he said in his entire life he has never written a check or made a contribution, no matter how firmly he believes in the cause. He said, I guess I could call my brother in law and they could write you a check. And then I could write them a check and my track record would still be kept."

0:00–0:47

"So please, call your brother in law, call your mom, call your second cousin in Arkansas, or your two cousins twice removed. It doesn't matter who you call. I just can't do it alone. And you can go online to that little QR code and make a donation and we can win this in November."

0:47–1:12

What the law says

• § 130.031.3, RSMo — No contribution shall be made or accepted "in the name of another person, or by or through another person in such a manner as to conceal the identity of the actual source of the contribution."
• Mo. Const. art. VIII, § 23 — No person shall make a contribution expecting to be reimbursed by another, and no person shall make such a reimbursement. Knowing violations carry civil penalties of two to five times the contribution.
• § 130.081, RSMo — A purposeful violation of the campaign finance chapter is a class A misdemeanor: up to one year in jail and a $2,000 fine.

The complaint and its status

2. Disclosure reports — a missing $2,000 check and totals that do not reconcile

A second sworn complaint, submitted to the Commission in September 2026 by a Platte County voter, reviewed every report the committee had filed. The findings, each tied to a page of the committee's own filings:

• A $2,000 contribution from ASHPAC was left off four sworn reports. The committee's 24-Hour Notice of Late Contributions, filed July 25, 2026, discloses $2,000 from ASHPAC (PO Box 25351, Kansas City) received February 23, 2026. That contribution does not appear on the April Quarterly, the July Quarterly, the 8-Day report filed the day after the notice, or the 30-Day report filed September 3. It is the largest single contribution the committee has received. Six other candidate committees that received ASHPAC money in January 2026 reported it on their April Quarterly.
• The "Aggregate to Date" column is wrong on 181 of 185 donor lines. The column is supposed to show each donor's running total. On every report it instead shows a running total of the page — a $20 donor is shown with an aggregate of $7,366.
• The 30-Day report does not agree with the 8-Day report. It restarts the period at July 1 instead of July 24, drops the 8-Day report's $2,351.00 in receipts and $1,021.65 in expenditures from the cycle totals, and opens with a cash balance $1,329.35 below what the 8-Day report certified.
• Donors not identified as the law requires. Married couples listed as a single donor; a $250 contribution from "Candys Special Account"; the same person under two names and two occupations; a donor with "Provided no Address"; a $10 donor named "W.O. Biop."
• Two expenditures with no payee — $53.14 and $847.19 on the 8-Day report, listed by street address only.

September 23: every report amended

On September 23, 2026, at 10:18 PM, the committee electronically filed amended versions of all four of its disclosure reports — the April Quarterly, July Quarterly, 8-Day, and 30-Day — each signed by the treasurer and the candidate. The stated reason on each: "After thorough reconciliations of historical receipts and disbursements, issues were discovered that need to be corrected. Aggregate donations were not reported correctly."

What the amendments changed, from the Commission's "Explanation for Amended Report" forms:

• "Candys Special Account" was deleted; "W.O. Biop" became "W.O. Blair"; "Platte County Womens Democratic Committee" was deleted and "Platte County Democratic Women" added; a missing donor, Tom Stevens, was added to the July Quarterly; "Adams Physical Rehab Steve Adams" was replaced by "Steve Adams."
• The ASHPAC $2,000 was added — to the amended 8-Day report, dated July 23, 2026. The committee's sworn 24-Hour Notice had stated it was received February 23, 2026. One of the two sworn filings is wrong. The amended April Quarterly, which covers February 23, still does not list it.
• The cycle receipts now chain: $6,922.00 → $14,288.00 → $18,639.00 → $22,725.00.
• The cash balances still do not. The amended July Quarterly closes with $12,967.29 on hand. The amended 8-Day report opens the next day with $16,271.64 — a difference of $3,304.35 that none of the amended reports accounts for.