Topeka ? State ethics officials Thursday voted to let the Carla Stovall-Kent Glasscock campaign decide how to divide its political contributions now that Stovall has quit the governor’s race and Glasscock is considering taking her place at the top of the ticket.

The unanimous decision by the Kansas Governmental Ethics Committee directs the campaign’s treasurer, Greg Mathena, “to make a good faith estimate of what portion of the campaign funds belong to each candidate.”

The question arose after Stovall, the state’s attorney general, dropped out of her bid for the Republican Party nomination for governor on Monday. Stovall said she didn’t want the job.

Glasscock, the House speaker, was campaigning for lieutenant governor as her running mate. He has said he will re-enter the race as the gubernatorial candidate and plans to make an announcement next week.

Glasscock campaign spokesman Scott Holeman said the political contributions in the Stovall-Glasscock account should go to Glasscock.

Others disagreed, saying Stovall was the main candidate and when she decided not to run, the account should be terminated according to state law, which would have required that the campaign contributions either be returned to donors or given to charity, the GOP, or state general fund.

Holeman said he was pleased with the Ethics Commission ruling. “We think it’s a fair way to divide the money,” Holeman said.

Glasscock’s campaign manager Kelly Levi said that during the five months that Stovall was running for governor, the campaign spent $152,652. She also said there were still some expenses that had to be paid off from Stovall’s candidacy.

Both she and Holeman refused to say how much is currently in the campaign warchest.