388:(FEC). The lawsuit alleged that Jennings collected but failed to file and submit payroll taxes collected from her campaign staff during the 2006 election. Initially the Jennings campaign admitted that they had failed to pay $ 23,835 in payroll taxes during the campaign as a consequence of a paperwork error that was cleared up as soon as it was found. Said Jennings, "when I found out about it, I corrected it".
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Jennings lost the 2004 primary for the seat to the eventual nominee, Jan
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Jennings campaign stated that the amount of unpaid payroll taxes was closer to $ 38,000, but IRS and campaign records indicated that the amount of repaid payroll taxes since July 2006 amounted to $ 70,126. The revelations followed a 2006 election where Jennings spoke at
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