Ron Pauls presidential hopes have long been over, but hes still spending cash like a candidate. <\/p>\n
Paul spent more than $588,000 in August to fund a range of activities and initiatives, from travel to consultants to maintaining a sizable staff, new federal financial disclosures show. <\/p>\n
His presidential campaign ended August with more than $2 million in reserve, even taking in about $103,000 worth of contributions for the month, his report indicates. <\/p>\n
That stands in stark contrast to fellow GOP also-rans Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, both of whom continue to carry seven-figure debt from their presidential runs. <\/p>\n
Paul never officially dropped out of the Republican presidential primary; only on Aug. 28, when delegates at the Republican National Convention enshrined Mitt Romney as the party nominee, did Pauls campaign officially cease. <\/p>\n
It ended with a loud, if ultimately futile bang, too, with Paul appearing at a rally in his honor and his delegates staging protests and walk-outs at the convention itself. Paul received 190 votes by convention delegates to Romneys 2,061. <\/p>\n
Among Pauls August expenditures, according to his filing: $48,474 for rental fees at the Republican convention, nearly $25,000 in air charter expenses, about $21,000 for email services and $15,000 for a sponsorship for the Republican Party of Iowa. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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