Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s presidential campaign has been dead longer than it was alive, but it’s still in desperate need of cash.
Walker’s short-lived campaign began exactly one year ago and lasted until September 2015, but it has failed to eliminate the debt he incurred.
“As long as we owe [campaign debt], they will hold it over us,” Walker wrote in a fundraising email. “If that sounds petty and desperate that is because they are.”
Walker’s fundraising solicitation said his defunct campaign has been “chipping away” at the debt month after month and is grateful for the money he received. Despite the financial problems he has faced, Walker insisted he has no second thoughts about whether his campaign for president was worthwhile.
“I will never regret our campaign because it gave us a chance to share our conservative successes with the rest of the country,” Walker wrote. “However, the Democrats are full of regret — for not defeating us in 2010, 2012, or 2014 — which is why they have their sights set on 2018. In order to put the past behind us and focus solely on the battles that lie ahead, we have to officially close the books on our presidential campaign.”
The fundraising solicitation said “every dollar helps” but does not disclose how deep in debt the governor’s campaign remains.
Walker, who endorsed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz after dropping out of the 2016 race, intends to speak at the Republican National Convention.
The GOP convention in Cleveland begins on Monday.
