ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Republican candidate for Missouri auditor had a Kansas address in 2013, according to court records that could raise new questions about her eligibility to seek the office.

Saundra McDowell was living in Mission, Kansas, near the Missouri border, when she was sued by the furniture company Nebraska Furniture Mart Inc. for failing to pay about $700, plus interest and attorney fees after entering into a contract in 2012, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

The dates are important because the state's Constitution says an auditor must have been a resident for 10 years at the ti...