HAYS, Kan. (AP) — Former Fort Hays University President Edward Hammond says he didn’t give permission for his image and words to be used on a campaign mailer supporting Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.

Hammond said in an email Sunday that he was “shocked and disappointed” when he learned about it over the weekend. The mailer was produced by the Kansas Republican Party. It quotes Hammond saying that “Overall, we are very pleased with the governor’s budget recommendation.”

Brownback campaign spokesman John Milburn referred questions to the state GOP because it paid for the mailer. Clay Barker, the state GOP’s executive director, said the party was “happy to highlight President Hammond’s public statement” from a news story. Barker says there was “no implied endorsement.”

Brownback is in a tight race with Democratic challenger Paul Davis.