Republican US senator facing re-election settles six-year bakery debt
Roger Marshall, a Republican senator from Kansas, gestures as JD Vance speaks on 14 September 2026, in Olathe, Kansas. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/Pool AP/APView image in fullscreenRoger Marshall, a Republican senator from Kansas, gestures as JD Vance speaks on 14 September 2026, in Olathe, Kansas. I never received a return phone call, and the invoice was never paid.”Thomas said that unpaid invoice was particularly challenging because it was during the Covid-19 pandemic, “when small businesses everywhere were struggling just to keep their doors open”.“Every single dollar mattered,” Thomas wrote.
- ▪Roger Marshall, a Republican senator from Kansas, gestures as JD Vance speaks on 14 September 2026, in Olathe, Kansas.
- ▪Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/Pool AP/APView image in fullscreenRoger Marshall, a Republican senator from Kansas, gestures as JD Vance speaks on 14 September 2026, in Olathe, Kansas.
- ▪I never received a return phone call, and the invoice was never paid.”Thomas said that unpaid invoice was particularly challenging because it was during the Covid-19 pandemic, “when small businesses everywhere were struggling just to keep t
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Roger Marshall, a Republican senator from Kansas, gestures as JD Vance speaks on 14 September 2026, in Olathe, Kansas. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/Pool AP/APView image in fullscreenRoger Marshall, a Republican senator from Kansas, gestures as JD Vance speaks on 14 September 2026, in Olathe, Kansas. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/Pool AP/APKansasRepublican US senator facing re-election settles six-year bakery debtRoger Marshall says he has ‘no idea how this happened’ and repaid bill double for 2020 election watch party treatsRamon Antonio VargasMon 12 Oct 2026 06.00 EDTLast modified on Mon 12 Oct 2026 06.03 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe Republican US senator Roger Marshall says he has finally paid off a bakery debt – after six years and repeated collection attempts reported by…
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