Gingrich, Santorum still face 2012 campaign debts

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While there has been a lot of action over the past week within Republican ranks on the race for 2016, recent filings with the Federal Election Commission show two top GOP candidates from the last Presidential election - former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Sen. Rick Santorum - still owe substantial amounts to vendors from their 2012 campaigns.

Gingrich tops the list, with $4.6 million in debts, while Santorum faces over $463,000 in debts from the 2012 race for the White House.

One other GOP hopeful who ran in 2012, former Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, has no debt from that 2012 foray; instead he has $340,000 in cash left over from that White House bid.

As for the former U.S. House Speaker, the list of over one hundred "Debts by Vendor" shows Gingrich still owes himself almost $650,000 from loans he gave to his own bid for President, along with debts big and small to campaign strategy groups, charter jet services, the IRS, other well known Republicans and even social media companies like Twitter.

The top ten amounts of money still owed by Gingrich (including to himself):

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Other debts include familiar companies like Twitter ($9,013.28) and Herman Cain's Solutions group ($16.525.88).

Gingrich's 2012 campaign also owes $35,000 to a consulting group run by former Rep. J.C. Watts (R-OK).

This is the full list of Gingrich's 2012 debt:

4 Components Strategies LLC. 50,500.00
Acereda, Alberto 2,400.00
ADVANTAGE, INC. 14,868.63
Ai Advisory 28,629.39
AIRNET 65,156.42
AirPlus 143,692.19
ALEXANDER & MACGREGOR, INC. 44,538.51
AT-NET SERVICES, INC. 2,475.00
Axiom Strategies 7,500.00
BAD PIXEL 450.00
Bransfield, Mick 4,000.00
CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING EXPERTS LLC 83,000.00
CAREFIRST 1,052.00
Casey, Rayna 1,988.73
CCADVERTISING 7,850.00
Centerpoint Direct, LLC 1,716.00
Chattahoochee Consulting, LLC 12,589.27
CLARK PARK PRODUCTIONS 4,921.00
CMDI 210,541.33
COMCAST 1,538.94
Comcast NH 757.87
COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS 23,364.50
Conner Communications and Design 34,758.63
CONQUEST COMMUNICATIONS GROUP 53,232.78
CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY 342.10
Crewsouth 4,885.00
Crimson Hexagon 100,000.00
Dynamic Vision 1,650.00
ELECTION LAW CENTER 5,741.67
ERA Wilder Realty, Inc. 1,136.21
EVENT STRATEGIES, INC. 138,600.00
FEDEX 33,732.66
FitzSimmons, David 2,100.00
Fletcher Printing Company 1,070.00
FTIN Solutions 1,104.36
Gembecki, Mark 6,537.59
GINGRICH, NEWT 649,117.54
Global Charter Services 500.00
GORDON C. JAMES PUBLIC RELATIONS 127,727.21
Gridiron Communications 5,847.91
HALL BOOTH SMITH & SLOVER 54,339.75
Hargray 1,575.00
Harmon, James 5,639.99
Herman Cain Solutions 16,525.88
HOGUE, JONATHAN 4,100.00
INFOCISION 118,160.45
INNOVATIVE ADVERTISING, LLC 8,300.00
INTEGRAM 12,211.77
IRS 1,007.00
JACKSON, PAUL 2,514.16
JC WATTS ENTERPRISES, INC. 35,000.00
JD Audio Visual 454.62
JLD CONSULTING 4,200.00
JODY ELDRED PRODUCTIONS 50.00
KBNO 1,000.00
KELLENPROJECTS LLC 9,000.00
KEYSTONE ENTERPRISE SERVICES 19,040.89
KOTMAN, DAN 3,000.00
KRULL, MICHAEL 27,976.98
L.W. BRIGGS AND ASSOCIATES 200.00
LA RUE, JOE 5,600.00
LAS VEGAS COLOR GRAPHICS 7,178.18
Law Group, Inc. 12,115.00
Lenardson Group LLC 300.00
LOUD & CLEAR INC. 37,684.78
Lubbers, Kathy 755.69
MCKENNA LONG & ALDRIDGE, LLP 287,258.84
MEDIA ASSOCIATES OF ALEXANDRIA 4,400.00
MENDELSON & MENDELSON 0.00
Michaels on East Catering 718.70
MNL, LLC 5,800.00
MOBY DICK AIRWAYS, LTD 977,322.00
MOSHE TECHNOLOGIES 95,000.00
NEW PIONEERS, LLC 2,100.00
NOISEWORKS MEDIA 18,650.00
Norway Hill Associates, Inc. 20,371.80
OLD SCHOOL PRODUCTIONS 8,050.00
Olson, Karen 803.34
PALERMO HOLDINGS, INC 2,820.00
PATRIOT GROUP 407,620.03
PEACE RIVER COMPANY 11,250.00
POLITICAL INK, INC. 7,950.00
Premiere Global Services 261.99
Pro Production Services 31,664.38
Reach Technologies 6,925.00
RESILIENT CORPORATION 22,500.00
SECURITY FINANCIAL ENTERPRISES, INC. 1,830.45
SHELTON, GEORGE 6,473.50
SHERLOCK & GAINES 2,650.00
Shirley & Banister 743.17
SIGNS UNLIMITED SEA, INC 10,237.60
SOSA & SOSA CONSULTATION 7,737.68
SOUNDWAVE PRODUCTONS & LIGHTING DESIGN 61,850.00
SOUTHWEST PUBLISHING 80,960.12
Starkman, Moshe 8,699.34
STORMMAKER PRODUCTIONS, INC. 3,682.03
STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC. 92,889.17
Sweeney, John 24,500.00
TCV MEDIA 600.00
THE POLLING COMPANY 65,565.68
THE STRATEGY CENTER, LLC 5,550.00
THE WINSTON GROUP 28,000.00
THOMAS, JODY 10,068.00
TPM 1,292.73
Travel Command 3,958.19
TVEYES INC. 1,150.00
Twitter 9,013.28
VAURA CONSULTING, LLC. 3,900.00
VERIZON WIRELESS 862.19
VICTORY PHONES 22,195.49
VISION SCREEN PRINTING AND GRAPHICS 8,550.00
VOLUME EMAIL 2,030.91
WIECZOREK GROUP, LLC 600.00
WINGS PLUS 729.79
Zack, Maria 5,100.00

Other 2012 Republican campaigns and their status as of the end of January 2015:

+ Romney for President - $2.03 million cash on hand, no debts

+ Rick Perry.org, Inc. - $342,088.87 cash on hand, no debts

+ Ron Paul 2012 - $575,099 cash on hand, no debts

+ Friends of Herman Cain, Inc. - $194,799.47 in debts

+ Rick Santorum for President - $463,024.84 in debts

This is the list of who is still owed money by Santorum's 2012 campaign:

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Obama For America also faces debts from 2012

It's not only Republicans who still owe money from the 2012 campaign, as the latest report from President Obama's re-election campaign shows it owes almost $2 million to a small group of vendors.

Here's the list of the Obama vendors owed money by the President's 2012 campaign:

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