Davis denies involvement in new ad

ALLEN CO, Ind. (WANE) - Candidate for Allen County Superior Court judge Wendy Davis is standing up for herself saying despite what others may speculate she is playing fair.

Questions about her campaign spending surfaced when a group called Friends of Good Government bought air time for a pro-Davis commercial. A candidate for judge is only allowed to spend $10,000 on his or her campaign. One of her opponents has expressed his concern that Davis might be trying to get around campaign finance laws. Although the $2,000 TV ad is not paid for by Davis or her campaign, any involvement with it would put Davis over her spending limit and in breach of campaign finance rules.

"In order for there to be a violation committed by Wendy Davis, she would not only have to know the people there, but she would have to have known about creation of the ad and actually contributed to the making of that ad," explained Andy Downs of the Mike Downs Center for Politics at IPFW.

Davis insists she knew nothing about the ad and is holding herself to the highest ethical standards.

"I know nothing about the commercial. Um, I wasn't involved in the commercial. I haven't even seen the commercial," Davis told NewsChannel 15.

While she says she did not break any ethical or finance rules, the group behind the ad may have. Any group that spends money on an election is considered a Political Action Committee and must file a finance report with the state. According to the Allen County Recorder's office, no organization called 'Friends of Good Government' has done that.

Davis told NewsChannel 15, she'd be willing to denounce the commercial if - in fact - it turned out the group violated a law.