E.W. Jackson got crushed in the Republican primary, but Sebastian Gorka got paid. The Christian activist running for a chance to challenge Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., cut a check to the former presidential adviser to headline a May fundraiser.

Gorka was paid $2,500 by the Jackson campaign, according to FEC fillings, to be a “speaker at campaign fundraiser.” The payment was made on May 11, and on May 20, Jackson supporters who ponied up anywhere between $50 and $2,700 for a plate at the campaign dinner were regaled with Gorka stories about his time in the White House.