I’ve been checking out some of the moola raised for our congressional candidates who will be up for re-election in November and there are some tight, unexpected money races. There are, of course, also some landslides.
| Michael McCaul (R) * Larry Joe Doherty (D) Matt Finkel (L) |
 $526,854 $447,529 $0 |
| Lamar Smith (R) * James Arthur Strohm (L) |
$685,038 $497 |
| John Cornyn (R) * Rick Noriega (D) Scott Jameson (L) Yvonne Adams Schick (L) Jon Roland (L) |
$12,954,091 $1,074,335 $0 $0 $0 |
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Trent // Apr 5th 2008 at 4:29 pm
Thanks for digging into this. Do you know if there is a correlation between $$$$ and winning an election? That sure would be interesting.
Jenny Hoff // Apr 6th 2008 at 7:28 am
Don’t have the figures now, but sounds like a great story idea for one my reporting days. Thanks Trent!
Bretton // Apr 6th 2008 at 9:28 am
Numbers like this prove that any candidate can buy his way into office. We really do need to overhaul the campaign donation process to where “We the People” are involved again, not just the rich. Lets also watch to see if the big money controls the voting outcome. Electronic voting is the easiest way to steal an election.
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