OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The Nebraska Democratic Party is filing a new
complaint with the Federal Election Commission against GOP Senate
front-runner and state Attorney General Jon Bruning, alleging he
failed to account for expenditures on his campaign finance reports.
The party had filed complaints with the FEC and the IRS in
December, weeks after Bruning announce he was launching an
exploratory committee for a Senate race to challenge Democratic
incumbent Sen. Ben Nelson. Those complaints said Bruning failed to
register a previous Senate exploratory committee with the FEC,
among other things.
On Wednesday, the party amended its complaint to the FEC, saying
Bruning failed to account for nearly $67,000 in his first-quarter
campaign finance report.
Bruning campaign manager Trent Fellers dismissed the complaints
as Nelson “using the Nebraska Democratic Party to play dirty.”