McGlowan Reports More Than $20k Worth Of In-Kind Contributions
After sorting through the latest campaign finance disclosures, I noticed something a bit unusual about Angela McGlowan’s contributions. Her total contributions for the April 1- May 12 period added up to $49,232.24. A pretty respectable amount.
However, when you look at the itemized receipts you see the campaign reported $21,500 worth of ‘in-kind’ contributions. Simply defined, these are contributions other than cash for things such as office furniture, transportation, salary, or (more often than not in McGlowan’s case) security.
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There is nothing wrong or illegal with in-kind contributions. In fact, I believe you are required to report these contributions. But at the same time, it is very unusual to see this many in-kind contributions. Not counting that $21,5000, her campaign received about $28,000 in cash (or traditional contributions). Obviously, nearly $50,000 sounds a lot better than less than $30,000. Percentage wise the in-kind contributions made up about 43 percent of her total this reporting period.
For comparison, I looked at the financial disclosures from Alan Nunnelee and Henry Ross and spotted just a couple in-kind contributions between the two of them.
kinda looks like those who made outr the best in THIS campaign is the body guard
must be making a TON–