Professor Hawley looks like a perfect candidate on paper, but some people have expressed concerns.

Columbia Daily Tribune reports.

Sunshine law requests for UM records target Schaefer, Hawley

The answers could come as early as this week. John Fougere, spokesman for the UM System, wrote in an email Thursday that the university was still processing all three requests. No records have been delivered, he wrote, and “it probably won’t be until next week.”

The Tribune obtained the competing requests using the Sunshine Law. On July 24, the Board of Curators voted to revise policies governing political activity by faculty and staff. The new policy is intended to prevent active campaigning for political office while on the university payroll, but the effective date of April 1 means it will not have an impact on the 2016 elections.

Hawley was granted a year of unpaid leave for his candidacy.

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust on June 4 asked for all emails and records generated since Nov. 1 that mention Schaefer, his Chief of Staff Yancy Williams or the race for attorney general. The extensive request asks the university for records that “state, suggest, imply, deny or mention the concept that appropriations for the University of Missouri may be related to or depend on the University’s decisions regarding tenure of specific law school faculty or staff.”

The purpose of the request, foundation Executive Director Matthew Whitaker wrote, was “to investigate improper and potentially unlawful political influence on the operations and deliberations of the Board of Curators.”