Reports of his demise from this list were greatly exaggerated.
DCCC named him to the first group of challengers in Red-To-Blue
It’s a pretty impressive list and Dan is one of the top candidates on that list with Kay Barnes, Eric Massa, Christine Jennings, and Darcy Burner.
On the other hand, the NRCC announced:
In an update on its internal review of the accounting irregularities that were revealed in late January, the NRCC said the funneling dates back to 2004 and that the situation means its cash on hand in its most recent financial report is actually $740,000 less than it initially reported.
The NRCC also says Ward, who was the committee’s treasurer from 2003 to 2007, submitted “bogus audit reports” for all five years between 2002-2006. The last year the committee had a full audit was 2001.
Ward was fired as an NRCC consultant when the irregularities were discovered.
In a release, the NRCC said it was beginning to release some of the details of its review because it could do so without compromising a federal investigation into Ward.
Ward also served as Kirk’s treasurer. If there was any theft in that case, Kirk is the victim obviously:
The NRCC announcement last week has caused several Republican House members who employed Ward to begin reviewing their campaign accounts.
According to an initial review of Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings, at least 10 House members and several campaign committees listed Christopher J. Ward as the treasurer of their war chests.
One of the 10 is Rep. Jim Walsh (R-N.Y.), who said he has cut ties with Ward and has begun a review of his committee’s finances.
“We have a very small PAC,” said Walsh. “I’m not sure what we are going to do with it, we’ll probably close it out…but we want to make sure everything is done correctly.”
Walsh announced he will not seek reelection last month.
Pennsylvania GOP Reps. Charlie Dent and Phil English also cut Ward loose.
“Upon hearing the NRCC news, immediate steps were taken to remove Mr. Ward as the treasurer,” said Julie Wanzco, a spokeswoman for English. “There is no knowledge of any wrongdoing on his part regarding the leadership PAC.”
Ward is listed as treasurer for Rep. Mark Kirk’s (R-Ill.) campaign account but Kirk said another individual has served in the treasurer role for the last six months.
Ward likely had no access to the actual money in Kirk’s campaign, however, as he operated as Treasurer in terms of compliance.
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