Observers of the daily campaign finance filings at the California Secretary of State's office might have noticed something interesting yesterday: Early fundraising reports for county political party committees are starting to roll in.
(Note: If you haven't already checked it out, our daily file RSS feed makes keeping track of the filings a lot easier.)
We wrote back in January about the role county parties play in political fundraising – often using their higher donation limits to route money from wealthy donors to political candidates in key races.
The heavy giving hasn't historically begun until late in the election cycle, but the parties face deadlines of this Thursday, March 4, and also March 22, if they received money to support candidates in April's special election or the June primary.
One interesting nugget that's come from the reports so far: The Fresno County Republican Central Committee, which was fined $29,000 back in December for apparently routing money to San Diego Assemblyman Joel Anderson, reported paying a combined $1,500 in late filing fees to the Secretary of State and the Internal Revenue Service. The Fresno committee reported paying the $29,000 fine in its January filing.
It wouldn't be the first time a committee had filing issues. As we reported, central committees have struggled with various filing requirements in years past.
We'll keep an eye on the reports as they roll in and let you know if we see anything else interesting.
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