Rudolph W. Giuliani: U.S. presidential election, 2008/Campaign finance

The following relates to the political campaign finance of Rudy Giuliani, who is seeking the Republican nomination in the 2008 presidential race.

Political action committees

 * Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee Inc. Federal Election Commission (FEC) ID#: P00003251; Political Action Committee (PAC) ID#: C00430512.
 * Friends of Giuliani Exploratory Committee FEC ID# S0NY00170; PAC ID#: C00335521.

Solutions America PAC
For May 1 through May 31, 2007, Giuliani's political action committee (PAC), Solutions America PAC (#C00335448), reported raising $528 and spending $22,801, leaving cash on hand of $405,427. The PAC gave $15,000 to the Republican National Committee.

Also see all activity for January 1 through May 31, 2007.

Bundlers
Public Citizen relaunched the WhiteHouseForSale website for the 2008 elections.

As of July 27, 2007, Rudy Giuliani had 132 bundlers for a total of $35,255,747.00 raised. Follow Rudy Giuliani's total funds raised and a list of bundlers and amount raised here.

Financial team leaders and funders
In April 2007, Newsbull reported on Giuliani's "Growing Finance Team".


 * Bill Simon, Executive Committee Member & California State Finance Chair
 * Paul E. Singer, Eastern Regional Finance Chairman
 * Ambassador Peter Terpeluk, Jr., Executive Committee Member for the Mid-Atlantic Region
 * Ken Langone, Executive Committee Member and New York City Finance Chair

Related external articles

 * Joe Sudbay, "Top fundraiser for Rudy -- and Bush -- had some trouble paying federal taxes," AMERICAblog, September 17, 2007.

Check the facts

 * FundRace 2008, The Huffington Post's searchable database: "FundRace makes it easy to search by name or address to see which presidential candidates your friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors are contributing to. Or you can see if your favorite celebrity is putting their money where their mouth is."

Possible campaign spending violations
Although Giuliani's consulting firm Giuliani Partners began "picking up the costs" on June 18, 2007, Giuliani's "campaign spending reports showed no security expenses during the first three months of this year. But the burly guards who trail Giuliani around the country have not been working for free. ... Some analysts say the campaign may have run afoul of federal laws that prohibit candidates from accepting money or in-kind contributions from corporations."

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Rudolph W. Giuliani: U.S. presidential election, 2008

External articles

 * Russell Berman, "In Bid to Raise Profile, Aid GOP, Giuliani Rakes In $2 Million," The New York Sun, June 14, 2006.
 * Ari Berman, "Rudy's Dirty Money," The Nation, August 29, 2007 (issue).