GOP asks Skelton to return campaign contributions from disgraced lobbyist

In a news release issued today, the Missouri Republican Party asked that Fourth District Congressman Ike Skelton return $1,500 in campaign contributions from a disgraced lobbyist:

Lloyd Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party, issued the following statement regarding the guilty plea of Paul Magliocchetti, the disgraced Democrat lobbyist who personally made campaign contributions to Congressman Ike Skelton:


“In federal court, disgraced Democrat lobbyist Paul Magliocchetti admitted to making hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions. The Missouri Republican Party is calling on Congressman Ike Skelton to return the contributions from Magliocchetti and his family. The fact that Ike Skelton is caught up in this scandal demonstrates once again that he has been in Washington for far too long, and after more than three decades in Congress, it’s time for a change.”

Note: Magliocchetti and his wife, Nancy, contributed $1500 to Skelton’s campaigns over the past 7 years.