LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Terri
Lynn Land on Thursday amended her financial disclosure statement to
change the status of a checking account her campaign says is the source
of nearly $3 million she’s given her campaign.
Land released the
report the same day the Michigan Democratic Party lodged a complaint
with the Federal Election Commission questioning whether she broke the
law by not having enough assets to self-fund.
Land spokeswoman
Heather Swift said the couple has had the joint account for years and it
was inadvertently mischaracterized this year and omitted last year
because of an "administrative error." Swift said Land’s self-funding is
in "full accordance with FEC precedent."
The account is valued at
between $50,000 and $100,000, according to the amended statement,
leading Democrats to continue to question where her campaign money came
from and — if it was donated by Land’s husband, Daniel Hibna — whether
it surpasses individual donation limits.
"After failing to meet
basic disclosure law and hiding her millions, Terri Lynn Land still
can’t explain where she’s getting the $3 million she’s already spent on
her campaign. She still reports only having $1.5 million in her personal
accounts," said Kevin McAlister, a Democratic Party spokesman, who said
she still has not amended her 2013 statement that does not include the
account in question.
Land’s campaign said the funds came from the
joint account or her own individual account, and said the financial
disclosure statement is a snapshot in time — not reflecting funds
generated before or after the date filed.
Democrats also requested
that Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson investigate into
donations Land —
Johnson’s predecessor — made to her 2002 secretary of
state campaign indicating she owned the family’s real estate business.
Land says she didn’t own it.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Terri
Lynn Land on Thursday amended her financial disclosure statement to
change the status of a checking account her campaign says is the source
of nearly $3 million she’s given her campaign.
Land released the
report the same day the Michigan Democratic Party lodged a complaint
with the Federal Election Commission questioning whether she broke the
law by not having enough assets to self-fund.
Land spokeswoman
Heather Swift said the couple has had the joint account for years and it
was inadvertently mischaracterized this year and omitted last year
because of an "administrative error." Swift said Land’s self-funding is
in "full accordance with FEC precedent."
The account is valued at
between $50,000 and $100,000, according to the amended statement,
leading Democrats to continue to question where her campaign money came
from and — if it was donated by Land’s husband, Daniel Hibna — whether
it surpasses individual donation limits.
"After failing to meet
basic disclosure law and hiding her millions, Terri Lynn Land still
can’t explain where she’s getting the $3 million she’s already spent on
her campaign. She still reports only having $1.5 million in her personal
accounts," said Kevin McAlister, a Democratic Party spokesman, who said
she still has not amended her 2013 statement that does not include the
account in question.
Land’s campaign said the funds came from the
joint account or her own individual account, and said the financial
disclosure statement is a snapshot in time — not reflecting funds
generated before or after the date filed.
Democrats also requested
that Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson investigate into
donations Land —
Johnson’s predecessor — made to her 2002 secretary of
state campaign indicating she owned the family’s real estate business.
Land says she didn’t own it.