Klarides Spent $57,000 in Soft Launch of Gubernatorial Campaign.

Former state Representative Themis Klarides paid $57,000 for consultants, legal fees, film production and website production in forming a campaign operation for governor. Klarides filed her first finance report Monday. More than half the committee’s expenses, $30,000 went to Battleground Strategies, a Republican consulting firm operated by Jim Barnett, Jim Conway, and Elissa Voccola.

Legal fees were paid to Mutha Cullina LLP and The Garber Group, LLP. The Self-Funded Candidate’s Expenditure Statement also reports paying Sebastian Rougemont $13,000 in consulting fees. Rougement was employed by Donald Trump’s 2020 New Hampshire campaign.