Election 2014 lasted two years if you lived in the Alabama political bubble like I did. Now that it's over, we see the final dollar amounts in these incredibly expensive legislative races and the fight for the Governor's Mansion.
Expenses include:
- Consultants
- Yard Signs
- Billboards
- Mailers
- Video Production
- Radio Ads
- Media Buys
- Newspaper Ads
- Staffing
- Sponsoring Every Single Civic Event and Athletic Club
- Website Development
- Social Media Marketing
- Photographers
- Miscellaneous
Forget Washington...can Mr. Smith even get to Montgomery now?
Governor of Alabama
Parker Griffith (D)
Total Amount Spent: $1,154,473.99
Price Per Vote: $2.70
Robert Bentley (R)*
Total Amount Spent: $6,769,777.64
Price Per Vote: $9.06
Senate District 8 (DeKalb/Jackson/Madison)
Horace Clemmons (D)
Total Amount Spent: $170,842.22
Price Per Vote: $18.35
Steve Livingston (R)*
Total Amount Spent: $362,706.54
Price per Vote: $14.94
State Senate District 10 (DeKalb/Etowah/Cherokee/St.Clair)
Larry Means (D)
Total Amount Spent: $256,283.34
Price Per Vote: $15.58
Phil Williams (R)*
Total Amount Spent: $666,953.82
Price Per Vote: $37.30
State House District 24 (DeKalb)
Total Amount Spent: $68,777.57
Price Per Vote: $15.88
Nathaniel Ledbetter (R)*
Total Amount Spent: $201,163.04
Price Per Vote: $29.33
State House District 27 (DeKalb/Marshall)
Jeff McLaughlin (D)
Total Amount Spent: $40,150.40
Price Per Vote: $8.11
Will Ainsworth (R)*
Total Amount Spent: $334,868.13
Price Per Vote: $45.54
* = Winner
These numbers don't take in to account the amount of money spent by PACs to attack opponents, most notably the outside money spent against Senator Phil Williams.
