Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Bang for the Buck



The table below includes the total spending and dollars per vote for the twenty-two challenged incumbent Republican Texas House members and their challengers:
District
Incumbent
Total Spent
$ per Vote
Challenger
Total Spent
$ per Vote
1
George Lavender
 $     108,987.20
 $      13.80
Gary VanDeaver
 $      39,770.23
 $       4.23
4
Lance Gooden
 $     289,284.97
 $      34.57
Stuart Spitzer
 $      92,308.82
 $    10.96
6
Matt Schaeffer
 $     268,248.20
 $      27.13
Skip Ogle
 $   268,601.42
 $    42.61
8
Byron Cook
 $     213,347.69
 $      34.57
Bobby Vickery
 $      14,754.14
 $       2.42
11
Travis Clardy
 $     127,855.42
 $        9.79
Tony Sevilla
 $        3,740.90
 $       1.50
12
Kyle Kacal
 $        41,934.80
 $        5.60
Timothy Delasandro
 $      29,072.74
 $    12.49
18
John Otto
 $     158,379.55
 $      18.53
Terry Holcomb
 $        9,103.28
 $       1.73
55
Ralph Sheffield
 $     216,783.09
 $      50.44
Molly S. White
 $      19,437.64
 $       3.90
59
J.D. Sheffield
 $     242,855.41
 $      25.87
Danny Pelton
 $      26,092.20
 $       5.44




Howard Ray
 $      12,802.34
 $    10.45
60
Jim Keffer
 $     750,181.31
 $      52.98
Cullen Crisp
 $   111,802.84
 $    10.17
64
Myra Crownover
 $     100,309.00
 $      16.72
Read King
 $      27,914.60
 $       5.65
71
Susan King
 $                88.46
 $        0.01
Issac M. Castro
 $      13,070.35
 $       2.62
72
Drew Darby
 $     190,836.47
 $      16.31
Shannon Thomason
 $        4,085.17
 $       1.35
83
Charles Perry
 $     156,439.09
 $      11.45
Steve Massengale
 $   127,981.70
 $    25.37
92
Jonathan Strickland
 $     330,718.97
 $      43.45
Andy Cargile
 $   162,954.14
 $    39.73
94
Diane Patrick
 $        89,788.02
 $      14.92
Tony Tinderholt
 $      34,948.77
 $       4.67
102
Stefani Carter
 $     329,741.00
 $      94.67
Adryana Boyne
 $      43,471.99
 $    88.90




Sam Brown
 $   171,639.98
 $    59.51




Linda Koop
 $   141,292.04
 $    38.75
105
Linda Harper Brown
 $     287,437.23
 $      92.78
Rodney Anderson
 $   109,749.30
 $    31.76
112
Angie Chen Button
 $     257,307.93
 $      56.73
Jared Patterson
 $      48,203.48
 $    12.48
115
Bennett Ratliff
 $        84,245.70
 $      20.67
Matt Rinaldi
 $      31,982.56
 $       7.68
134
Sarah Davis
 $     126,818.33
 $      15.75
Bonnie Parker
 $      24,771.31
 $       7.52
150
Debbie Riddle
 $        43,377.56
 $        5.55
Tony Noun
 $   133,103.26
 $    50.86

The incumbents averaged $200,680.25 in total spending and $30.10 in dollars spent per vote. The challengers averaged $68,106.21 in total spending and $19.31 in dollars spent per vote. Among the incumbents, Stefani Carter, who was forced into a runoff by Linda Koop, spent the most dollars per vote at $94.57. Among the challengers, Adryana Boyne spent the most dollars per vote at $88.90 in her failed effort to unseat Stefanie Carter. The race for the Republican nomination in House District 102 was among the most expensive contests among the challenged Republican House incumbents. However, Jim Keffer, who spent $750,181.31, and his opponent, Cullen Crips, who spent $111,802.84, took those honors for House District 60. All of the House challengers who won were outspent by the incumbents in both total spending and in dollars per vote.

1 comment:

  1. Check it out, Mr. Haag: http://txredistricting.org/post/83485633267/the-new-suit-over-the-texas-senate-map-an-explainer

    ReplyDelete