Local Power Politics

Incumbent Seat 5 School Board Candidate Ruth Robarts forwarded me a note today that outlined MTI Voters (Madison Teachers, Inc. PAC) expenditures on behalf of her opponent, Alix Olson:

• Radio
  • $3656.00
  • $2700
  • $150
  • $3390
  • $500
• Newspaper Ads:
  • Badger Herald: $192.00
  • Capital Newspapers [286K 10-K PDF]: $3,341
  • Daily Cardinal: $152
  • Latino Newspaper (did not get the title): $114
• Flyers: $2,767

This looks like a rather expensive election. Olson has raised nearly twice as much money as Robarts, according to recent campaign finance disclosure filings. MTI Voters had $47K on hand according to their March 25, 2004 campaign finance disclosure filing [116K PDF].
This campaign reminds me of Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold's 1998 race vs. Mark Neumann. The Republican's spent millions in soft (PAC) money in an effort to defeat Feingold (it should be noted that the Democrats planned to do the same but stopped after Feingold objected).

Posted by James Zellmer at April 3, 2004 7:50 PM | Subscribe to this site via RSS:
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