Overview
- Marshall posted a screenshot showing a $1,300 payment after the baker’s post went viral, saying he had repaid the 2020 invoice “double” and apologizing for the lapse.
- The original invoice that prompted the post was for $678.75 for cookies, cupcakes and brownies ordered for a 2020 primary-night event, and the baker said she still will not vote for him.
- The $1,300 payment Marshall posted is not an exact double of the $678.75 charge, and the baker has said the order was placed by a campaign staffer rather than Marshall personally.
- Marshall’s Democratic opponent amplified the baker’s post and labeled the episode “Cookiegate,” turning the exchange into a campaign issue in an unexpectedly close Kansas Senate race.
- The bakery episode renewed attention to recent reporting that Marshall’s clinic sued more than 700 patients over unpaid medical bills and often charged high interest, a contrast opponents use to question his judgment and priorities.