John Weaver, top campaign strategist, is biggest recipient of super-PAC money

John Kasich shelled out nearly $50,000 from his super-PAC just before the Republican National Convention last month to key members of his political team.

The filing today with the Federal Elections Commission by New Day for America shows how Kasich is keeping at least the core of his campaign advisers together.

The top recipient was top political strategist John Weaver, whose Texas consulting firm got $20,000.

The firm run by Matt Carle, head of the super-PAC, got $7,500.

That was the amount also given to the newly formed company of spokesman Chris Schrimpf, as well as to Kasich's digital team.

Longtime political director Jeff Polesovsky received $6,500.

In all the super-PAC spent more than $50,000 in July, and has a balance of about $627,000. Another Kasich super-PAC, New Day Independent Media, has about $94,000 in the bank but showed little activity last month, according to its new filing.

Kasich's official presidential campaign committee has not yet filed with the FEC, but a month ago it reported a balance of about $111,000.

Weaver said that Kasich likely would raise money soon for New Day for America. Since he is no longer a candidate for president, Kasich is free to coordinate his campaign account with those of the super-PACs.

The Ohio governor plans to travel to several states in the near future to campaign for Republican House and Senate candidates. Included in his schedule is a return Aug. 28 and 29 to New Hampshire, where he finished a solid albeit distant second (to Donald Trump) in the nation's first 2016 presidential primary Feb. 9.

Some political analysts say if Kasich wants to run again in 2020 - presuming Trump, whom he refuses to support, loses in November - he's doing well to collect political IOU's this year.