David Dewhurst’s 2012 campaign still owes vendors more than $1 million
AUSTIN — David Dewhurst, now running for re-election as lieutenant governor, still owes businesses $1.4 million from his failed 2012 U.S. Senate campaign, a federal report filed this week shows.
The 20 private creditors have been waiting 18 months for payment. The debt ranges from $170,628 to a Maryland-based media consultant to $464 for email services.
Piling onto the debt is his own state campaign committee, which is now listed as a creditor for having to provide more than $474,000 to the Senate campaign to help pay its legal costs.
Dewhurst spokesman Travis Considine said the problem stems from the legal morass involving Dewhurst’s former trusted adviser Kenneth “Buddy” Barfield. But it raises a potential political issue as Dewhurst competes in a heated primary to try to keep his job. One rival questioned why the lieutenant governor, who is personally wealthy, hasn’t paid the debt himself.
More at http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20140207-david-dewhursts-2012-campaign-still-owes-vendors-more-than-1-million.ece .
[font color=green]We should be grateful for the impact this scandal has had on Dewhurst's campaign and for reducing the amount of advertising from his campaign in the primary race for lieutenant governor.[/font]
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