What happens to surplus money raised in presidential campaigns?

[DGTess]

It goes to buy off the legal challenges he's going to find himself in once ethics charges are leveled.

Course, that will be after the election.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by DGTess

It goes to buy off the legal challenges he's going to find himself in once ethics charges are leveled.

Course, that will be after the election.

What ethics charges? The made-up ones?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

What ethics charges? The made-up ones?

Aren't there always going to be ethics charges these days whether you deserve them or not?

[CrackerBarrel]

Originally Posted by DGTess

It goes to buy off the legal challenges he's going to find himself in once ethics charges are leveled.

Course, that will be after the election.

Not entirely inaccurate. I think it can be shifted to "compliance funds" which are used to address lawsuits and challenges related to the election, FEC findings, etc. Fairly standard on national political campaigns I think.

[honeychile]

There are rarely excess funds. For one thing, most candidates will lend money to their own campaign. Anybody who has lended money to a campaign must be reimbursed prior to any other funds being distributed.

This information is a few years old, but again, I doubt that any campaign has many left over funds.