Steineger Hired Convicted Felon

The conviction? A 2006 felony count of theft from his campaign account. That change was accompanied by a misdemeanor account for filing a false campaign finance report.

From the Pitch: Sager's history would have been an odd choice to oversee Steineger's money in his campaign to become Kansas' chief election official. In January 2007, Sager pleaded guilty to filing a false campaign report. He had been charged with writing $22,500 in checks from his campaign accounts to himself as well as making up a $50,000 personal loan.

The office Chris Steineger seeks administers elections, and must do so fairly and ethically. Nothing less than the integrity of state democracy is at stake

We're not clear what the relationship between disgraced Missouri legislator Mike Sager and Chris Steineger was before he joined Chris hired Mike, and it doesn't matter. The fact that Chris Steineger hired man with a record of illegal campaign finance schemes to run his campaign reveals a remarkable failure of judgement and disregard for the sanctity campaign finance law.

Chris later said he was unaware of Mr. Sager's prior convictions when he hired him. Apparently, he didn't even give Mike Sager the Google treatment before he hired him. Imagine the kind of criminals he might hire if he were elected Secretary of State.