Looks like when the South Dakota Republican Party is ran by a former 32-year Democrat, all they know how to do is to fail, as Chairman Jim Eschenbaum continues his trend of raising nothing.
Oct 25 FEC SDGOP by Pat Powers
I can’t say the SDGOP has raised nothing, because they did bring in $25.93 of unsolicited donations. To this they added a transfer of $4835.30 they raided from their state account. There was an expense of $15, which provides them the unusual benchmark of spending less than they took in. The bottom line is that they’re left with $38,267.05 in their federal account.
The report also notes that between itemized and unitemized contributions over the course of the first nine months of the year, they are reporting a grand total of $1388.44 in individual donations.
Under $1500 in individual donations? Has anyone called for chairman (and former 32-year Democrat) Jim Eschenbaum to resign yet? Because given the dismal state of failure he’s driven the Republican party to, he really should consider it at this point.
Internal backbiting is far more important than raising funds for candidates.
Most any single candidate for a local or statewide election can raise more than this with a single phone call.
The idiot Eschenbaum is more concerned about his agenda than the job he was elected to do.
It’s entirely possible that these people are funneling money out to their preferred candidates, bypassing the state party. I don’t think they are bright enough to realize how illegal and corrupt this would be. So it’s plausible.
Unacceptable.
The FEC reports of the individual candidates tell us the donors are still engaged, the money is flowing, but not to the state party, which is becoming less and less relevant. Money talks, bullshit walks.
The top tier candidates have the money to bail out the party, but are not going to give money to a state party which is going to use it against them in a primary, or will pass a convention resolution declaring non-support after the primary.
I can’t wait to see what happens when Eschenbaum figures out the party doesn’t have the money to put on a convention.
In 2022, Taffy Howard declared that the candidates for constitutional offices should pay for the convention held that year, not the delegates. We’ll see how that idea goes over in 2026.