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Humke plans to respond to opponent's election complaint
Emerson Marcus
RGJ
An integrity complaint alleges a Washoe County District Court judge candidate violated Nevada election law and failed to report campaign expenses after collecting more than $13,000 in campaign contributions.
David Humke reported $13,475 in campaign contributions Oct. 14 to the Nevada Secretary of State's Office. Meanwhile, he reported $0 in expenses for the reporting period, which covers June 6 to Oct. 10.
John Springgate, Humke's opponent in the Department 14 race, filed his complaint last week. The Nevada Secretary of State's Office contacted Humke on Tuesday concerning the expense report and gave him until Friday to respond.
Humke attributed the failure to file his expenses to "a poor budgeting of time" after running into meetings on the final day last week.
"I realized it after a long day of meetings and I took home the material for the contributions, but did not realize I didn't have all the expenditure documentation," said Humke, who currently serves as the chairman of the Washoe County Commission.
Humke has reported a total of $100 in campaign expenses for his bid for Washoe County District Court judge in Department 14.
According to Federal Communications Commission, Humke's campaign spent about $20,000 on at least three ad buys with local broadcast stations in September and October with more planned for November.
Humke said in an interview Tuesday evening with the Reno Gazette-Journal that he planned to file the expenses immediately.
"We're lawyers and we're running for judge and after 30 years in politics my opponent ought to know the campaign laws," Springgate said. "And at the start of the campaign you take an oath to follow those campaign laws."
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