State of disaster: State Republican parties across the country are struggling

[JoeOtterbein]

Politico

Battleground state GOPs took a nosedive in Trump era. Can they recover? Does it matter?

By ADAM WREN, ZACH MONTELLARO, HOLLY OTTERBEIN, LISA KASHINSKY and NATALIE ALLISON

08/02/2023 11:25 AM EDT

Michigan’s Republican party is broke. Minnesota’s was, until recently, down to $53.81 in the bank. And in Colorado, the GOP is facing eviction from its office this month because it can’t make rent.

Around the nation, state Republican party apparatuses — once bastions of competency that helped produce statehouse takeovers — have become shells of their former machines amid infighting and a lack of organization.

Current and former officials at the heart of the matter blame twin forces for it: The rise of insurgent pro-Donald Trump activists capturing party leadership posts, combined with the ever-rising influence of super PACs.

“It shouldn’t surprise anybody that real people with real money — the big donors who have historically funded the party apparatus — don’t want to invest in these clowns who have taken over and subsumed the Republican Party,” said Jeff Timmer, the former executive director of the once-vaunted Michigan GOP and a senior adviser to the anti-Trump Lincoln Project.

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[barbaraann]

1. The Oregon GOP has Phil Knight, who is worth about 40 billion and loves them.

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2023/05/nike-co-founder-phil-knight-contributes-2-million-to-help-elect-republicans-to-oregon-legislature.html

[lastlib]

2. Missouri has Rex Sinquefield's bankroll....

Our GOPhers aren't going anywhere.

[Hortensis]

3. Money they don't have can't be used by renegade extremists to defy

the RW megadonor classes or paid out in legal bills and settlements. As some have pointed out, it doesn't mean mega money isn't available to advance their interests against us.

[underpants]

4. Trump has negative impact down party...how about that.

Virginia’s GOP almost filed for bankruptcy back in the 90’s. Lots of sexual harassment settlements. Sen.’s Warner (John) and Allen bailed them out.

From the article. Trump AND Charlie Kirk.

Turning Point says it has recruited 3,000 state party precinct leaders around the nation since 2020, a key component of its efforts to influence state parties away from traditional GOP leadership.

“It has become quite difficult to rely on state parties,” said one national Republican operative, who was granted anonymity to speak freely. “Because people who are involved for the right reasons don’t feel appreciated and are pushed out, and now you’re stuck dealing with fringe characters who don’t know how to win elections, can’t be trusted to manage resources, and play with people’s worst instincts.”

[Blue Owl]

5. The GOP is on an anti-woke suicide mission