From someone who was dead to taking too much money, Houston mayoral candidates are scrambling to make changes after errors were found in new campaign finance reports.
HOUSTON, Texas --
"I'm sure they've endured the wrath of Congresswoman Jackson Lee, who isn't happy with this embarrassment," Rice University Political Science Professor Mark Jones said."It's a bad look because the treasurer or whoever filed Sheila Jackson Lee's campaign statement should've noticed that you had $25,000," Jones explained.
But she's not the only one who had errors. John Whitmire took $5,000 extra from the police union, and Lee Kaplan took an extra $160 from a donor."We will refund the small excess contribution amount to the one donor.
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