Thanks to PAprogressive, who has been talking about this for a while now.

Rep. Jim Gerlach, a Republican who barely defeated his opponent in the November election, has agreed to pay a $120,000 fine to the Federal Election Commission.

Gerlach over-reported more than $2 million in contributions in 2004 and 2005, and misreported about $8,900 in refunded contributions in another report, the FEC said Wednesday. His campaign also failed to itemize contributor information in its 2004 year-end report, the agency said.

The congressman released a statement Wednesday saying the fine “is the direct result of clerical errors that were reported in the media over 17 months ago.”