While working for the state as an attorney in the secretary of state’s securities division, her wages were garnished from her paycheck to pay down the debt.

Jonathan McDowell, who is assisting his wife on the campaign trail, is a car salesman in Columbia. He is an attorney, but was suspended indefinitely by the Missouri Supreme Court in April for failing to file legal documents in an employment discrimination case.

In addition to the financial problems, McDowell has downplayed questions raised about her residency in Missouri. In order to qualify for the auditor post, a person must be a resident of the state for 10 years.

In addition to living in Kansas in 2013, McDowell didn’t move to Missouri until 2010 after the couple married.

She has said she nonetheless qualifies for the ballot because she was in law school in Virginia the previous two years and had intended to move to the state where her husband is from once she finished.

Galloway was appointed state auditor in 2015 after the death of then-Auditor Tom Schweich. In addition to Galloway and McDowell, Libertarian Sean O’Toole, Green Party candidate Don Fitz, and Constitution Party candidate Jacob Luetkemeyer are on the Nov. 6 ballot.

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