{"id":287,"date":"2007-12-10T10:59:15","date_gmt":"2007-12-10T14:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dandunn.org\/blog\/archives\/287"},"modified":"2007-12-10T11:02:22","modified_gmt":"2007-12-10T15:02:22","slug":"4th-middlesex-dollars-per-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dandunn.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/4th-middlesex-dollars-per-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"4th Middlesex Dollars Per Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday is the general election for the <a href=\"https:\/\/dandunn.org\/blog\/archives\/257\">4th Middlesex Senate seat<\/a>.  I concur with the common wisdom &#8211; Jim Marzilli is going to run away with it.  Heck, even I&#8217;m voting for him, and I ran against him three years ago.  Both of his opponents are trying to roll back the progress on gay rights.  I may disagree with Marzilli on fiscal issues, but he&#8217;s the better choice for the job.<\/p>\n<p>Before this election disappears from the public eye, it&#8217;s worth taking a look closer look at the Democratic primary.  The post-primary election fund filing deadline is passed, and we can see how much was spent.  The online reports are with the <a href=\"http:\/\/mass.gov\/ocpf\">Office of Campaign Finance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I noted some trends in the <a href=\"https:\/\/dandunn.org\/blog\/archives\/281\">pre-primary filings last month<\/a>.  The trends continued, with a few items of note:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marzilli gave another $10k to his campaign, for a total of $20k in self funding.<\/li>\n<li>Natale loaned $19,800 to his campaign.  He had loaned himself money for previous campaigns, and has a debt of $45k.<\/li>\n<li>Murphy continued to spend a lot of money on consultants.<\/li>\n<li>Donnelly has plenty of money to run a House campaign if he chooses. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table  cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"2\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse\">\n<tr style=\"height: 20px\">\n<td style=\"height: 20px; width: 100px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60px\">total available<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60px\">total expenditures<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60px\">votes<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60px\">spent per vote<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 20px\">\n<td style=\"height: 20px; width: 100px\">Marzilli (D)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60px\"> $113,362.00 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60px\"> $106,947.66 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60px\">6631<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60px\"> $16.13 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 20px\">\n<td style=\"height: 20px; width: 100px\">Donnelly (D)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60px\"> $134,081.84 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60px\"> $120,816.77 <\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60px\">4438<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60px\"> $27.22 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 20px\">\n<td style=\"height: 20px; width: 100px\">Murphy (D)<\/td>\n<td> $172,577.29 <\/td>\n<td> $137,063.25 <\/td>\n<td>3574<\/td>\n<td> $38.35 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 20px\">\n<td style=\"height: 20px; width: 100px\">Natale (D)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60px\">  $69,184.56\n <\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60px\">  $67,310.51\n <\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60px\">2599<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60px\">  $25.90\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 20px\">\n<td style=\"height: 20px; width: 100px\">Cangiamila (R)<\/td>\n<td>  $11,563.57 <\/td>\n<td>  $10,337.88 <\/td>\n<td>1071<\/td>\n<td>  $9.65\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 20px\">\n<td style=\"height: 20px; width: 100px\">Fallon (C)<\/td>\n<td>  $1,305.00\n <\/td>\n<td> $1,433.17 <\/td>\n<td>no <\/td>\n<td> primary <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>The available funds is the candidate&#8217;s starting balance plus what they raised during the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers pretty much speak for themselves, don&#8217;t they?  When you win, your numbers look better.  And when you lose, you wonder if you should have just mailed a check for $40 to every voter and asked them to vote for you &#8211; it would have been just as effective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday is the general election for the 4th Middlesex Senate seat. I concur with the common wisdom &#8211; Jim Marzilli is going to run away with it. Heck, even I&#8217;m voting for him, and I ran against him three years ago. Both of his opponents are trying to roll back the progress on gay rights. 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