Despite campaign rhetoric about which Democratic
US 6 Run-off candidate having a financial campaign advantage to face the Republican Nominee for the open seat US TX 6 Congressional seat vacated by Joe Barton, F.E.C. reports show otherwise. True, Jana Sanchez raised more funds than Ruby Woolridge, but into the Run-off/General
Election, it does not appear that Sanchez has a financial advantage over Woolridge.
To be competitive in the General Election, a candidate needs to raise enough money in the primary to enter the General Election on as level a playing field with the Republican Party's nominee financially as possible. This is determined by the cash on hand of the candidates following the Primary.
To be competitive in the General Election, a candidate needs to raise enough money in the primary to enter the General Election on as level a playing field with the Republican Party's nominee financially as possible. This is determined by the cash on hand of the candidates following the Primary.
Sanchez spent $220,338.03 to get
10, 880 Democratic Primary votes;
Woolridge spent $51,248.47 to get
10,895 Democratic Primary votes.
Sanchez spent 4 times the dollars to get 15
less votes than Woolridge.
On her May 2nd FEC report, Sanchez reported $7,212 less cash on hand than Woolridge.
Woolridge.
Republican front runner Ron Wright reported having $1,670 less cash on hand than Democratic front-runner Woolridge
May
2nd Sanchez reported having $43,297.79 cash on hand;
Woolridge
reported having $50,509.89 cash on hand
Republican
front-runner Ron Wright reported having $48,839.59 cash
on hand.
Ron Wright spent
$172,770.09 during the Republican Primary
to get 20,750 votes.
There were 45,960 votes cast in
the Republican Primary and 29,487 votes cast in the Democratic Primary.
Wright
spent $8.32 per vote;
Woolridge spent $4.70 per vote;
Sanchez spent $20.25 per
vote.
Source: F.E.C.
May 2nd 2018 Candidate’s Campaign Reports and Texas S.O.S. March
Primary Election Returns.
Assessment: Even though Sanchez raised more money during the
primary, she does not enter the General Election with a financial advantage
over Woolridge.
Woolridge ran a tighter, more frugal campaign than Sanchez.
It
cost Sanchez four times what it cost Woolridge to draw a voter to the polls.
Republican
front-runner Ron Wright enters the General Election with less cash on hand than
Woolridge.
Wright spent almost twice per voter of what it cost Woolridge to draw a voter
to the polls.
He holds the party brand advantage in US TX 6 where 16,473 more Republicans than Democrats voted in the US TX 6
2016 primary than Democrats.
Democratic Primary Run-off: _
Ruby Woolridge got 36.95% of the Democratic Primary
vote and faces Jana Sanchez (36.90%) in the May 22nd Democratic Primary
Run-off.
Ron Wright got 45.15%
of the Republican Primary vote and faces J.K. "Jake" Ellzey
(21.76%) Tuesday, March 22nd in the Republican Primary Run-off.
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