State GOP's money woes lead to eviction papers

Massachusetts-based Hub Properties Trust filed paperwork in Ramsey County on Wednesday to evict the state GOP for failing to pay more than $96,000 in rent at its St. Paul office, Politics in Minnesota is reporting. This move is the latest in long line of financial troubles for the party.

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BMTN Staff
Updated:
Mar 8, 2018
Original:
Apr 23, 2012

Massachusetts-based Hub Properties Trust filed paperwork in Ramsey County on Wednesday to evict the state GOP for failing to pay more than $96,000 in rent at its St. Paul office, Politics in Minnesota is reporting. This move is the latest in long line of financial troubles for the party.

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The Minnesota Republican party owed their landlord more than $100,000 after not paying rent for several months. Details of the new lease agreement were not disclosed. An eviction hearing scheduled for Tuesday has since been cancelled.

State Republicans will get more clarity on their party’s money woes Wednesday as party brass are expected to meet with a financial planner, the Star Tribune reports. The party’s financial issues began to surface earlier this year when counties across the state complained that Republicans were not paying their bills after the 2010 recount. December has been a brutal month for the party.

State Party Chairman Tony Sutton says the financial burden is due to Republican's calculated gamble in the 2010 elections. The state GOP spent heavily on campaigning and won the state Legislature for the first time in a generation.

Politics In Minnesota quotes sources saying the Minnesota Republican Party's debts reach to about $2 million. That's almost double a previous estimate. The debt comes from unpaid legal fees, an FEC fine and recent invoices that have ballooned the party's financial woes. The revelation comes on the eve of the state GOP electing a new chairman.

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The state Republican Party's financial situation is so bad the party skipped a couple of rent payments on its St. Paul headquarters. As the party struggles to pay off a debt of one million dollars, the national GOP is worried about the state party's ability to help Republican candidates this fall.

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