U.S. Rep. Mike Ezell’s campaign on Tuesday rejected an accusation that it had violated campaign finance law and asked the Federal Election Commission to close a complaint that Carl Boyanton, an independent opponent, had filed against Ezell.
The Ezell campaign also filed a complaint with the FEC against Boyanton and accused him of making a false complaint about Republican Ezell.
Josh Gregory, an Ezell campaign spokesperson, said in a statement that Boyanton is wrong if he believes he “can pull a political stunt using false and reckless allegations against” Ezell.
“Today, we filed a report to the FEC’s Office of the Inspector General detailing Mr. Boyanton’s lies, and we are very confident that they will handle this matter,” Gregory said.
Boyanton told Mississippi Today that he stands by his FEC complaint, believes Ezell violated federal campaign finance law, and called on the FEC to investigate Ezell’s campaign finances.
“If it smells dirty. It is dirty,” Boyanton said.
Boyantan filed a complaint that centered on a joint fundraising committee called the Ezell Victory Fund, which Ezell’s campaign formed with the National Republican Congressional Committee and his leadership PAC, New Sheriff PAC.
The complaint alleges that seven members of the Chouest family, which owns shipbuilding company Edison Chouest Offshore, in August of 2025 each gave $3,500 to Ezell’s primary campaign and $3,500 to his general election campaign, maxing out the $7,000-per-cycle limit an individual can give directly to a candidate, totaling $49,000.
The family also donated another $150,000 to the joint fundraising committee: $10,000 each from five family members and $50,000 each from Gary and Carolyn Chouest.
The complaint argues that when the Ezell Victory Fund later transferred $47,625 of that money to Ezell’s campaign committee on Sept. 18, 2025, it amounted to funneling additional Chouest family money to the campaign beyond federal limits.
Federal rules require a joint fundraising committee to divide each donor’s contribution among its participating committees so that no individual’s total contribution to any one committee, whether given directly or through a joint account, exceeds that donor’s limit for that committee.
Spencer Ritchie, an attorney representing the Ezell campaign, wrote to the FEC that Boyanton mistakenly double-counted money that had already been reported when it was contributed to the joint fundraising committee on Aug. 26, and then again when part of it was transferred to the campaign on Sept. 18.
Ezell, Boyanton and Democratic nominee Jeffrey Hulum will compete against each other during the general election on Nov. 3.
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