Rand Paul Makes First Payment on Kentucky Caucus
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Just hours before a Friday deadline, the Republican Party of Kentucky received all of the $250,000 Sen. Rand Paul Pledged to raise by then – half of the required amount to pay for a caucus that will allow him to compete for both the state’s presidential delegates and re-election next year.
“The conditions have been met for the Republican Party of Kentucky to move forward with a presidential caucus in 2016,” Chairman Steve Robertson said in a statement. “We would like to thank Senator Paul for his effort and due diligence in working to ensure that Republicans across Kentucky will now have an early and relevant say in the 2016 presidential primary process.”
At an August meeting of the Kentucky Republican State Central Committee, Paul agreed to put up half of the estimated $500,000 the party would need to stage a March caucus by Friday, a deadline that was intended to ease the concerns of some who wondered if Paul was all in.
Deanna Brangers, Kentucky GOP vice chairman, said earlier Friday the party was still receiving checks as Paul sought to raise money specifically for the caucus from other donors to mitigate the financial impact on his own campaign account.
“They were working on getting as many donors at that level, before they actually transfer that amount over,” she said, referring to a $12,500 contribution limit for contributions to the party. “There are still donations coming in from donors, and the Paul campaign was waiting to see how that settled out before they make that transfer.”
Robertson, during an interview Friday, said only about one-fifth of the $250,000 came from Paul’s campaign, while the vast majority of this first round of donations came from donors. Paul’s campaign, Robertson said, “did exactly what I would have hoped they would do they got out and raised.”
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