RGA starts “victory fund” operations of its own
Ben reported recently that Republican Governors Association chairman Haley Barbour took a swipe at embattled RNC chairman Michael Steele in a closed-door reception, saying he had to raise his own budget by $10 million because the spending/raising woes at his counterpart.
Now, it turns out the RGA is taking it a step further – setting up so-called “victory fund” operations, long the province of the RNC, in various states around the country, according to sources who attended the group’s recent conference in Aspen.
Nick Ayers, the executive director of the RGA – which raised an astonishing $19 million in the last quarter – told a meeting of donors about the move, which started well before this week’s latest round of stories about fundraising and spending woes at the RNC.
Politico
7/23/10
Magnolia Tribune
