From the
Kansas City Star:
Former congressional candidate Taff gets 15-month prison termBy ROBERT A. CRONKLETON
A federal judge sentenced former congressional candidate Adam Taff today to 15 months in prison for wire fraud and misusing campaign funds in a mortgage-fraud case.
Taff and co-defendant John D. Myers pleaded guilty in November to one count each of wire fraud that occurred when Myers sold Taff his house in Lake Quivira for $1.2 million. Taff also pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Federal Election Campaign Act by misusing election money to obtain a mortgage loan for the home.
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Taff was a once a rising Republican star and a serious contender for a U.S. congressional seat. In 2002, he ran as the Republican candidate for the Kansas 3rd Congressional District against U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, a Democrat, and came closer than any previous contender had come to upsetting Moore.
In 2004, Taff narrowly lost a second attempt to run against Moore when Kris Kobach, a law professor, won the GOP primary. Kobach later lost to Moore.
More Taff was about 7000 votes away from the U.S. Congress in 2002.