Paul earned 190 delegates at the GOP convention. | REUTERS Paul camp spent $718,000 last month

Ron Paul’s presidential campaign committee burned through nearly $718,000 last month, much of it related to a campaign-style rally and other activities Paul conducted during the Republican National Convention.

Paul’s committee, for example, spent about $81,000 on hotel accommodations — primarily in and around Tampa, Fla., near the convention site, according to recent campaign-finance filings. (The convention was held in late August, but the bills showed up on the September filing.)


Paul earned 190 delegates at the GOP convention as he watched Mitt Romney easily score their party’s nomination.

His committee ended September firmly in the black, reporting nearly $1.3 million cash on hand.

That stands in decided contrast to the financial situations of other GOP presidential also-rans — Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain among them — whose campaign committees remain deep in debt.

Other expenditures in September include various consulting fees ($207,870), airfare and ground travel ($94,909), staff salaries ($41,841), catering ($41,331), interpreter services ($31,105), event management and supplies ($23,000), email services ($17,065) and meals ($12,500). Of those meals, about $180 worth came at Chick-fil-A restaurants — the chain that created a political firestorm this summer over its operator’s opposition to gay marriage — in Florida and Texas.