Where is all the money?
Hi Friends,
I'm sure many of you received the email yesterday from the Idaho Republican Party asking for donations to help cover the cost of their more expensive office building. I was surprised because Dorothy Moon, the party chair, has touted her stellar fundraising abilities. So I went to look at what exactly was going on with the GOP Finances and where all of this money is going. Here is what I did.....
1- We took data for the Idaho GOP from the Federal Election Commission found here:
2- We also took data from the Idaho Secretary of State found here:
https://voteidaho.gov/campaign-finance-portal/
3- We looked at a one year time period for Dorothy Moon 12/1/2023-12/1/2024
4- We compared that to a similar one year time period for Tom Luna 1/1/2021- 1/1/2022 (I chose this date because the Federal Reporting is every two years. For simplification, I pulled the 2021-2022 report instead of mixing and matching)
5- We took out monies paid from Central Committees to the party as dues (That's not fundraising)
6- We took out money that was paid to Central Committees for Candidate Support (Only Tom Luna had those expenses anyway, Dorothy didn't spend any money to support GOP Candidates)
Here is the Summary:
Dorothy Moon 12/1/23- 12/1/24 Tom Luna 1/1/21-1/1/22
Total Donations (Minus Central Committees)
$176,421.32. $249,551.11
Total Expenses
$608,287.44 $292,829.02
Travel and Meals
$143,992.96 $33,988.13
Mileage Reimbursement for Chair
$19,481.26. $0.00
Dorothy, are you really telling us that you drove 29,076.51 miles for the party in the last 12 months? I want to see the drive logs!
Sincerely,
GOP Party Watch
All of the data is compiled here: