FEC questions thousands of donations to Eric Schmitt tied to prolific online donors

By: Rudi Keller

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: October 2, 2026

Words: 1,698

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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In December 2023, a woman living in a small community near Austin, Texas, made a $78.08 contribution through WinRed. A few weeks later, she made another.

Then came four more contributions in January 2024.

Those were the first six entries under her name in Federal Election Commission records stretching back decades. Since then, her name has appeared 126,739 times — including 1,011 times in reports filed by U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt of …

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