Romney Reports First Debt of Campaign
9/18/2012
Toni Sandys/The Washington Post(DALLAS) -- For the first time in this campaign, Mitt Romney’s campaign is $11 million in debt after borrowing $20 million in August.
The debt and borrowing sums were first reported by the National Review Online and confirmed by ABC News.
The campaign borrowed the money from the Bank of Georgetown, according to the report.
The move came just before the Republican National Convention when aides had complained they had been running out of primary campaign dollars to compete with President Obama’s campaign. At the conclusion of the Republican convention, when Romney officially became the party’s nominee, Romney had access to general election funds it had raised.
Earlier this month, the Romney campaign announced that it had raised $111.6 million, less than Obama’s campaign, which raised $114 million.
It marked the first month the Obama campaign has raised more cash than Romney since April, when the GOP candidate raised $40.1 million to Obama’s $43.6 million.
The news of the debt comes after an already rough week for the Romney campaign, which has been facing demands for more specifics in its proposals and was then criticized over leaked videos of the candidate telling high-dollar donors that 47 percent of Americans are believe they are “victims” and are dependent on government to meet their needs.
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