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Kansas Senator Pays Six-Year-Old Bakery Debt as Race Heats Up
Original: A Senator Facing Re-Election Settles a Bakery Bill, 6 Years Later
Senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican facing re-election, has paid a long-outstanding campaign bill for cookies, muffins and brownies — six years after the order. The payment came only after the baker's story spread widely online, drawing accusations that the debt was settled for political optics rather than principle. Critics see it as a symbol of careless campaign finances; the senator's camp has not framed it as anything more than settling up.
Why now: The timing, right before a difficult re-election race and only after viral attention, makes the story read as politically convenient.
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- A Senator Facing Re-Election Settles a Bakery Bill, 6 Years Later · The New York Times
Senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican in a difficult race, paid an old campaign debt for cookies, muffins and brownies after a baker’s story went viral online.
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