Following is a statement from Missouri Republican Party Executive Director Jared Craighead on today’s Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance reform:

“The Missouri Supreme Court’s pained decision to turn this case over to the Missouri Ethics Commission rests solely on Jay Nixon’s shoulders because of his blatant attempt to aid himself politically. Nixon refused to appeal the lower court’s decision on the constitutionality of the blackout period to the Supreme Court, and when the case reached the Missouri Supreme Court, Nixon conspired with opposing counsel to tank the case. Then, just today, Nixon issued a presumptuous and arrogant statement claiming to know exactly how the Missouri Ethics Commission would rule. We believe that candidates and contributors should not be punished for obeying the law and we sincerely hope that the Missouri Ethics Commission will take the people, and not politics, into consideration when deciding the fairest way to apply the law the people’s representatives enacted. Unfortunately we have an attorney general defending our laws who cares more about higher office than doing his job.”