Madison Cawthorn Illegally Spent Campaign Funds, Can’t Afford To Repay Supporters
Oh no, not our sweet Madison! Oh, yes:
Madison Cawthorn may be in violation of campaign laws as a result of the “outrageous” spending of campaign funds meant to be used during his now-defunct general election campaign, an anonymous source told the Daily Beast.
According to the source, the North Carolina GOP Representative’s campaign had so little money during the end of his primary that they were forced to spend general fund money during the primary.
However, election laws do not allow for those funds to be spent until the general election. If a candidate loses their primary, they must return it to donors.
Cawthorn lost his primary against GOP candidate Chuck Edwards on May 17.
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What did Miss Madison spend her campaign funds on? The source claims he spent “egregious” amounts of money at Chick-fil-A ($1,500), as well as $3,000 at somewhere called “Papa’s Beer.”
More, via MSN:
Under federal law, candidates are permitted to raise money for primary and general election races simultaneously, but the funding must be used for the race for which it is designated — otherwise, it must be paid back. Now that Cawthorn has lost his primary, he is required by law to refund those donations, but his campaign has already depleted much of those funds, making it difficult for him to pay it all back.
