- Shortly after Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long announced her plans to run for Delaware governor, she conducted an internal audit of her campaign finances.
- A month later, the gubernatorial campaign revealed the audit had found “no wrongdoings or violations,” but declined to release the audit itself.
- On Friday, Hall-Long’s campaign filed amended campaign finance reports revealing she improperly reported over $300,000 in campaign expenses paid for with personal credit cards or loans.
Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long’s campaign quietly filed amended reports showing she loaned her campaign more than $300,000 over the course of six years, improperly reporting the charges as expenditures in earlier campaign filings.
The campaign said in a news release late Friday afternoon that amended reports were filed for 2016 through 2022 to correct “categorization errors” with campaign-related expenses due to Hall-Long failing to properly report expenses paid for with personal credit cards.
The errors revealed that Hall-Long loaned her campaign $308,134 over the course of six years. The campaign said these expenses – which included television advertising, yard signs, campaign literature and consulting – were recorded…
