Topeka ? House Speaker Kent Glasscock’s movement of campaign contributions from one gubernatorial campaign to another and then finally to yet a third campaign war chest was blasted Thursday by rival Tim Shallenburger.

Glasscock denounced Shallenburger’s criticisms and accused him of mudslinging.

Glasscock, R-Manhattan, raised campaign funds to run for governor, but then decided to run for lieutenant governor as running mate to Atty. Gen. Carla Stovall, who subsequently dropped out of the Republican Party primary. He had taken the money he raised from his own gubernatorial campaign to the Stovall treasury.

Then, on Monday, Glasscock announced he would run as lieutenant governor with Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Knight and bring money to the Knight campaign.

“Kent Glasscock’s campaign fund has been through so many changes and transformations in the past year that it makes it almost impossible to track its intended purpose,” said Shallenburger, a GOP gubernatorial candidate. “Some of the money was contributed to Kent’s House race, later to his gubernatorial race, then to the Stovall for governor race and now, finally, we think, to the Bob Knight for governor campaign. I can’t imagine that early contributors had any idea their contributions would travel such a circuitous route.”

When Stovall dropped from the race, the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission was asked to rule on the status of funds in the Stovall-Glasscock account. At the time, Glasscock said he was going to re-enter the campaign and run for governor.

The commission ruled that the Stovall-Glasscock campaign should divide its campaign contributions based on a good-faith effort as to how much belonged to each candidate.

Carol Williams, executive director of the Ethics Commission, said that even though Glasscock opted to run for lieutenant governor, he was still entitled to his portion of the Stovall-Glasscock funds and those funds could legally be transferred to the Knight-Glasscock campaign.

Glasscock stated that he had “received the approval and guidance of the Ethics Commission or their staff at every step along this campaign path, and we have always met or exceeded their wishes and standards.”

He accused Shallenburger of being “a desperate candidate trying to shift the focus away from his inability to raise money or articulate a vision for the state of Kansas.”

Shallenburger also called on Glasscock to reveal how much would be transferred from the Stovall-Glasscock to the Knight-Glasscock fund instead of waiting until the next campaign finance disclosure report, which is due July 29.

Knight-Glasscock spokeswoman Kelly Levi said that the transfer of funds probably wouldn’t be divulged until July 29 because it may take that long to straighten out the finances. In the past, Glasscock’s spokesmen have indicated they will wait until July 29 because they said it would be unfair to Glasscock to reveal his campaign finance information before other candidates revealed theirs.

Also running in the Aug. 6 GOP primary is former Eudora school Supt. Dan Bloom. Senate President Dave Kerr, R-Hutchinson, is considering a run for governor. State Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius is the likely Democratic candidate.

In another campaign development, Knight-Glasscock spokeswoman Levi said that Stovall was going to endorse the Knight-Glasscock campaign.

Stovall was the choice of many moderate Republicans until she dropped from the race April 15 saying she wasn’t interested in campaigning or serving as governor. She has since announced plans to marry radio executive Larry Steckline.