COLUMBIA | The ex-wife of Chris Koster this weekend dropped another large donation opposing his candidacy for Missouri attorney general.

This time, Rebecca Bowman Nassikas gave $140,000 to his Republican opponent, Michael Gibbons.The donation was received by the campaign on Friday and reported in a Missouri Ethics Commission filing on Sunday afternoon. It follows a $200,000 contribution from Nassikas to an obscure political committee in the Democratic primary.

When reached by phone Sunday evening, Nassikas e-mailed a prepared statement to Prime Buzz. It reads, in part:

"I believe my experience with Chris Koster, as an individual and as a public servant, gives me a unique perspective.  His record as an individual and as a public servant have shown him to be an opportunist.  It took me a long time to fully understand his true character, but there were clues all along.

"I remember being sickened when it seemed like he looked at murders more like media opportunities than tragedies.  An example of this is the John Robinson case. I had concerns with his political actions early on and I regret that I often helped him instead of standing up for what I felt was wrong."

Nassikas and Koster were divorced in 2003. She has since remarried and now lives in Arizona. Koster, a Democrat, is currently a state senator from Raymore and was Cass County prosecutor from 1994 to 2004.

Gibbons is a state senator from St. Louis County.

The filing showing Nassikas' donation also includes a $90,000 contribution from Frank Bowman -- Nassikas' father and the former owner of a Jefferson City publishing company.

Bowman is a regular political contributor, his daughter said, and this donation was unrelated to her stand against Koster.

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