Downticket races & Ballot measures & California politics & Campaign spending 15 Oct 2006 12:26 am
2006 campaign spending nears $400 million
According to an October 6 Los Angeles Times article, spending on the ballot measure and candidate campaigns is “hurtling toward the $400-million mark for the year.” Some data points from the article:
- Jerry Brown, the former governor, current mayor of Oakland, and Democratic candidate for attorney general, has outfundraised his Republican opponent, Fresno state senator Chuck Poochigian, by a nearly 2-1 margin ($4.2 million to $2.4 million).
- Schwarzenegger’s campaign spent $9 million on TV ads in the campaign reporting period between July 1 and September 30.
- Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who is running for treasurer, the job currently held by Phil Angelides, has spent $1 million this year, although virtually nobody but political junkies knows who his Republican opponent, Claude Parrish, is.