JAN PAC’s expenditures are just a small fraction of what large PACs typically spend. Brewer PAC spends big on her book

Arizona Republican Gov. Jan Brewer last year launched a federal political action committee, promising to use JAN PAC as a weapon to help create jobs, secure the nation’s borders, fight President Barack Obama’s health care reforms and shrink government.

Instead, one of JAN PAC’s primary expenses — almost $2,500 — has been purchasing copies of her book, “Scorpions for Breakfast,” from Amazon.com, federal disclosure records filed today indicate.


JAN PAC advertises that any donor giving it at least $100 will receive an autographed copy of the book.

The rest of JAN PAC’s other expenditures, less than $8,400 during the year’s first three months, have primarily gone toward email and Internet services, credit card fees and postage. Late last year, it purchased hotel rooms and plane tickets. It did not purchase advertisements or donate money to political campaigns, its records indicate.

JAN PAC’s expenditures are just a small fraction of what large PACs typically spend during a quarter, as their output may reach well into the six-figure range.

A PAC representative could not be immediately reached for comment.

The PAC did raise more than $31,300 between Jan. 1 and March 31, buoyed in part by Brewer’s public tiff with Obama, when in January she met him on the tarmac of the airport in Phoenix and waved her finger in his face after the two exchanged heated words.

“I need your help!” Brewer would write in a Facebook post and on her website soon after. “Will you donate today to Jan PAC and help me stop President Obama and others like him who are taking our country down the wrong path? Thank you for your support and standing with Arizona!”