EAO 375

A candidate or officeholder may use political contributions to pay interest to himself or herself at a commercially reasonable rate in connection with political expenditures made from the candidate’s or officeholder’s personal funds if the candidate or officeholder properly reports the political expenditures from personal funds and indicates on the report that he or she intends to pay reimbursement with interest. The report must also set out the rate at which the candidate or officeholder will pay himself or herself interest.