Colorado: Donetta Davidson

It's stupid. It's embarrassing.

And, really, there's not a good explanation why it happened, says Rep. Jack Pommer.

The Boulder Democrat missed multiple campaign-finance report-filing deadlines and racked up about $20,000 in late fees over two years.

"I screwed up a lot of paperwork," said Pommer.

Lawmakers who miss monthly disclosure deadlines accrue fines of $50 a day. Part of Pommer's debt, which began accruing in 2007, was sent to a collection agency and amassed more late fees.

Pommer, a member of the legislature's powerful Joint Budget Committee, on Tuesday wrote the secretary of state's office a check for $15,000 taken from his campaign account.