SACRAMENTO — One of Jim Brulte’s first acts Sunday as the newly elected leader of the California Republican Party was to hand-deliver a $50,000 check from a friend, with the promise of another one this week.
They will only dent the state party’s debt, which is in the high six figures, but Brulte’s ability to tap a vast network of donors is among the reasons that the former legislative leader was elected to try to salvage the beleaguered party.
