DALLAS — The Dallas 2026 Host Committee for the Republican midterm convention in Dallas will not disclose its donors, even after the event, the committee says.
The committee raised $45 million in under a month, committee chair Ray Washburne told The Dallas Morning News in August.
Host committees for traditional nominating conventions are required to register with the Federal Election Commission and disclose their donors after the convention in a report to the agency. They usually do not disclose donors before the convention.
The host committee said in a statement the committee is registered as a nonprofit, but that the Federal Election Campaign Act does not require the committee to register with the FEC “because this isn’t a traditional nominating convention.”
Government-transparency advocates have long advocated for more disclosure of political donors and say the public should know who financed an event that offers donors access to elected officials and could provide opportunities to influence public policy.
Myles Martin, a spokesperson for the Federal Elections Commission, declined to comment but pointed to existing rules the agency has for host convention committees requiring registration.