Want to Represent DeKalb County? Save Up.

Want to Represent DeKalb County? Save Up.

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)

David Beddingfield (D)

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.