Historic third campaign finance complaint filed against GOP AG candidate’s campaign | Elections

Republican attorney general candidate John Kellner is facing a third campaign finance complaint, a historic benchmark among those seeking to become Colorado’s chief legal officer.

No attorney general or other candidate for that office has more than one complaint in the 22 years TRACER, the campaign finance database run by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, has tracked those complaints.

The three complaints against the Kellner campaign were all filed by Ethan Black of ProgressNow Colorado, which recently ran afoul of campaign finance laws and was fined more than $16,000. It was the go up’s second such fine over its Republican-targeted “voter’s guide” in the past year.

The most recent complaint against the Kellner campaign, filed Oct. 4., alleges the Republican Attorney Generals Association held a fundraiser on Aug. 28 for Kellner at The Broadmoor hotel in Colorado Springs. Kellner failed to disclose expenditures or in-kind donations related to the use of resort facilities, space, food, beverages,…