TOPEKA (AP) – A new campaign finance report shows that the Kansas Democratic Party spent nearly $96,000 in only two days to help legislative candidates during the final days before Tuesday’s elections.

The report filed by the party with the secretary of state’s office shows that the mailings helped Democrats Kyle Russell of Roeland Park and Lisa Johnston of Overland Park in their campaigns for open Kansas Senate seats in Republican-leaning Johnson County.

Their mailings cost the Democratic Party more than $22,000 on Thursday and Friday.

The party spent about $73,000 on mailings for 18 House candidates during the same two days.

Democrats contend they need such aggressive efforts to counter mailings by the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, which has spent more than $400,000 boosting GOP candidates.