Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas announced that he has repaid a bakery invoice that remained outstanding for six years. The debt stemmed from a 2020 primary election watch party hosted by Marshall’s campaign at Holly’s Sweet Treats in Hutchinson, Kansas. Baker Holly Thomas initially submitted an invoice for $678.75 but said repeated collection efforts over nearly a year went unanswered.
Thomas publicly detailed her experience in a social media post that gained significant traction. She described how the unpaid debt proved particularly burdensome during the Covid-19 pandemic, when her small business faced financial strain. Thomas stated that she had attempted to contact Marshall’s campaign multiple times through phone and email without receiving responses or payment.
Marshall responded to Thomas’s post by stating he had no knowledge of how the payment lapsed. He announced that upon learning of the situation, his team immediately contacted the business to apologize and remitted payment. Marshall’s post included documentation of a $1,300 payment, which he characterized as double the original invoice amount. However, some social media users noted discrepancies in the mathematics.
Thomas subsequently acknowledged on social media that Marshall had settled the account. The incident unfolded amid Marshall’s re-election campaign, which the Cook Political Report recently shifted from favoring the Republican to classifying as a toss-up race against Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton. The timing also followed news reports about Marshall’s medical practice pursuing collection lawsuits against numerous patients over unpaid bills.
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