Friday, October 30, 2009

HORSERACE

Owens & His Allies Have Spent Almost Twice as Much as Dede on Media

Amazing. A small bird flew overhead and dropped a document in my lap, revealing that in New York's special House election, the Bill Owens campaign has spent $661,199 on media advertising through October 26; the DCCC has spent $786,461; the SEIU Federal PAC has spent $128,217.

On the Republican side, Dede Scozzafava's campaign has spent only $189,380, while the NRCC has spent $637,340.

Conservative Doug Hoffman's campaign has spent $678,138, while the Club for Growth has spent $326,186. Common Sense for America has spent $113,905 (touting that Scozzafava is "the best choice for progressives" — trying to dig into Owens' vote, presumably), and the National Republican Trust PAC has spent $41,240.

That's a total of $3.6 million.

My quick math puts the split as $1.57 million for Owens, $1.15 million for Hoffman, and about $826,000 for Scozzafava.

10/30 11:32 AMShare