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Donations to GOP drop as worries mount about the party’s finances

Donors have not cut as many large checks to the RNC in recent years, and the party’s small-dollar program has also suffered

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November 27, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EST
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel speaks to the audience before the GOP presidential primary debate in Simi Valley, Calif., in September. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)
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The Republican Party’s finances are increasingly worrisome to party members, advisers to former president Donald Trump, and other operatives involved in the 2024 election effort, according to 10 people familiar with the matter.

The Republican National Committee disclosed that it had $9.1 million in cash on hand as of Oct. 30, the lowest amount for the RNC in any Federal Election Commission report since February 2015. That compares with about $20 million at the same point in the 2016 election cycle and about $61 million four years ago, when Trump was in the White House.