July FEC Reports: SDGOP raises $75. Where were all the sponsorships?

This was a weird report to see, as it appears that the South Dakota Republican Party has abandoned using their federal account for much of anything, despite it having been where the party traditionally kept the bulk of their funds over the decades after they put themselves back together over the tough times of the early seventies.

Now, despite the federal account’s link to their Win Red account, and anyone holding office at the federal level, it appears that this repository for funding is near dormant, And it showed only token activity during the party’s biennial convention which was just held in Rapid City.

Clearly, no money came into this account from Thune, Rounds, Dusty, or the Jackley campaign and neither did any money go out from them to the SDGOP for the convention during this period, because this is the place where is should have appeared.

Yet, what did we see for financial activity? Not very much.

SDGOP July 2026 FEC Report by Pat Powers

According to this report, the SDGOP raised $75 federally. That seems a bit odd. During the entire Republican State convention?

So, how was money given by Justin McNeal, candidate for US Senate, for the Thursday Morning Coffee Break? Would that not have gone from his federal account to the party’s?

Or the Thursday Lunch from Mike Rounds, The Thursday social by Senator Thune, the Friday Lunch by Candidate for US House, Marty Jackley, or the Saturday lunch, again sponsored by Senator Thune?

I would have thought all those federal funds would have at least touched this account before it passed elsewhere?

They did report transferring in $1500 from the state account. And the only federal expenditure was $917.57 on accounting services, where they left the period with $29,706.91 cash on hand.

To find out what they really spent on the convention, and what they were left with, we’ll have to wait until October when the pre-general reports are due with the Secretary of State’s office (Assuming their treasurer filled them out right).

Another day in the State Republican Party.