An Illinois gambling company seeking to legalize video lottery terminals in Missouri is financing a radio campaign attacking former state Rep. Hannah Kelly in a four-way Republican primary for the state Senate.
J&J Ventures of Effingham, Illinois, is the only donor to Legio XIII PAC, a political action committee created May 13, Missouri Ethics Commission records show. The company has given the PAC $266,000.
The PAC has spent at least $44,000 airing advertisements on radio stations in Springfield, Lebanon and Rolla, according to Federal Communications Commission records. That is more than any candidate in the 16th Senate District primary has spent on broadcast advertising.
