Gordon at Scrutiny Hooligans has a nice post here analyzing last year’s race for Asheville City Council and the campaign cash candidate’s raised. Here’s a snippet. Go on over to Hooligans to read his full piece. Nice work!
Total amounts raised:
Bryan Freeborn – (as of 10/29/07) $10,600
Elaine Lite – $16,061.35
Jan Davis – $26,219.65
Dwight Butner – $34,010.00
Brownie Newman – $39,164
Bill Russell – $63,293.39Committee For Fair and Balanced Elections – $35,000 raised ($30,000 from NC Realtors PAC, $5,000 From Homebuilders Association), $23,323.00 spent primarily on media buys. Treasurer for Committee for Fair and Balanced Elections, Christy Fryar, also Public Relations Director for Asheville Board of Realtors.
Cost per vote (vote totals here):
Bryan Freeborn (5505 votes) – $1.93
Elaine Lite (5038 votes) – $3.18
Jan Davis (7659 votes) – $3.42
Brownie Newman (6637 votes) – $5.90
Dwight Butner (5380 votes) – $6.32
Bill Russell (5579 votes) – $11.34Percentage of campaign funds that came from builders, developers, and realtors:
Dwight Butner – 60%
Bill Russell – 58.8%
Jan Davis – 30.7%
Brownie Newman – 13.3%
Bryan Freeborn – 5.6%
Elaine Lite – less than .1%