Carla Keough’s race in HD 125 is uphill, but it just got easier. She’s running against Barney Fisher, and Barney, as it turns out, is cavalier about paying his debts. The Turner Report has the story of how a Colorado collection agency has filed a civil lawsuit against Fisher:

Case.net records indicate this is not the first civil suit filed against Fisher, nor is it the first filed by CACV of Colorado, LLC, a collection agency. The company also sued Fisher on June 24, 2005, but the case was dismissed without prejudice.

Three other civil suits have been filed against Fisher, who will face Democrat Carla Keough in November. Cavalry Portfolio Services won a $6,134.60 judgment against the representative in 2004, while a judgment of $14,273.35 was entered against Fisher in June 2007.

Court records do not indicate Fisher has paid a cent in either case.

One might expect revelations about such doings to cook Fisher’s goose, but this is a district he won in 2006 by a wide gap, 59.9 to 40.1. At least though, Fisher’s new opponent, Carla Keough, besides being a hard campaigner, has rough parity so far in the money game. Fisher’s contributions and expenditures are $17,095 and $10,951, leaving him with $6,144 on hand at the end of the eight days before primary reporting period. Keough’s contributions and expenditures, as of eight days before the primary, were $8,115 and $3,463, leaving her with $4,651. That’s a gap between them of only $1500.

Of course, those numbers were filed well before the campaign contribution limits were lifted, and maybe more than likely the HRCC will see fit to protect this seat with an infusion of cash.

Still, what would once have been considered a safe seat should be in play now. After all, Keough is a tougher competitor than Fisher faced in ’06. Help her out a little bit, why don’t you? You could mail her a check:

Carla Keough for the House Committee, PO Box 522, Butler, MO 64730