Josh Hawley, the Republican Senate hopeful in Missouri, has been targeted by an anonymous and illegal campaign mailer, the second such incident to emerge targeting GOP hopefuls in the run-up to the midterms. The Hawley campaign accused McCaskill's team of being behind the mailers, a charge she denies. The campaign mailers, which don’t state who paid for them as required by election laws, criticized the Republican candidate on gun rights and other issues and promoted other right-leaning candidates in an apparent effort to syphon votes from his campaign. One anonymous mailer criticizes Hawley’s record on gun rights claiming he won’t “protect our gun rights” and then asks to support Libertarian candidate Japheth Campbell. Another mailer endorses Independent Senate candidate Craig O’Dear, while saying the Republican candidate “wants to make it harder to buy guns,” according to the Kansas City Star.

Source: Fox News November 01, 2018 15:11 UTC