Primaried House Republicans: Latest Financial Reports

How are the primaried House Republican incumbents faring in the battle for their seats? Very well, thank you. The reports for the January 1, 2014 to January 23, 2014 period show the incumbents outraising and outspending their primary election challengers. They also overwhelm them in cash-on-hand. The figures are in the table below: 

30 Days Prior to Election Report 1/1/14 to 1/23/14						30 Days Prior to Election Report 1/1/14 to 1/23/14
District	Incumbent	Raised	Loans	Expenditures	COH	Challenger	Raised	Loans	Expenditures	COH
1	George Lavender	$5,400		$25,394	$80,058	Gary VanDeaver	$5,000		$3,674	$10,951
4	Lance Gooden	$23,725		$49,675	$51,189	Stuart Spitzer	$350		$16,062	$7,583
6	Matt Schaeffer	$24,255		$29,737	$44,100	Skip Ogle	$56,175		$92,412	$28,368
8	Byron Cook	$22,000		$33,535	$639,039	Bobby Vickery	$0		$0	$7,743
11	Travis Clardy	$24,906	$60,000	$20,388	$85,701	Tony Sevilla	$300		$275	$25
12	Kyle Kacal	$6,400		$9,732	$55,495	Timothy Delasandro	$4,007		$2,974	$2,210
18	John Otto	$73,674		$15,084	$530,460	Terry Holcomb	$2,995		$3,860	$1,414
55	Ralph Sheffield	$13,250		$57,763	$92,843	Molly S. White	$9,370		$955	$7,081
59	J.D. Sheffield	$40,501	$55,586	$27,638	$103,276	Danny Pelton	$5,792		$191	$12,327
						Howard Ray	$1,500		$907	$568
60	Jim Keffer	$48,015		$71,375	$330,341	Cullen Crisp	$15,215	$25,000	$26,664	$30,215
64	Myra Crownover	$7,600		$25,456	$203,095	Read King	$3,832		$5,521	$5,262
71	Susan King	$2,579		$15,301	$495,112	Issac M. Castro	$3,605		$725	$7,705
72	Drew Darby	$26,368		$11,367	$538,034	Shannon Thomason	$945		$1,255	$448
83	Charles Perry	$71,370		$97,042	$88,433	Steve Massengale	$17,700	$50,000	$6,255	$78,428
92	Jonathan Strickland	$49,228	$125,000	$141,647	$127,040	Andy Cargile	$37,104	$15,000	$26,784	$5,386
94	Diane Patrick	$13,657		$37,404	$75,032	Tony Tinderholt	$10,100	$10,798	$11,774	$9,600
102	Stefani Carter	$44,396		$89,617	$133,459	Adryana Boyle	$10,280		$5,987	$0
						Sam Brown	$21,490		$34,398	$19,573
						Linda Koop	$7,335		$21,676	$38,634
105	Linda Harper Brown	$43,530	$50,447	$30,074	$59,135	Rodney Anderson	$1,511	$70,000	$2,469	$73,669
112	Angie Chen Button	$16,240		$13,774	$405,099	Jared Patterson	$5,195		$10,947	$10,602
115	Bennett Ratliff	$44,225	$80,000	$35,498	$188,037	Matt Rinaldi	$16,926	$26,408	$21,742	$13,263
134	Sarah Davis	$19,529		$56,449	$169,698	Bonnie Parker	$1,800	$20,000	$3,297	$9,183
150	Debbie Riddle	$6,250		$5,475	$62,584	Tony Noun	$0	$110,000	$10,262	$33,228
	AVERAGE	$28,504	$74,207	$40,883	$207,148		$9,541	$36,356	$12,443	$16,539

On average, incumbents raised three times what challengers raised in contributions during the reporting period. Incumbents also spent three times what challengers spent during the period. Several incumbents had large outstanding loans—Strickland, Ratliff, Clardy, J.D. Sheffield, and Harper Brown. Among the challengers, Noun and Anderson had large outstanding loans.