| After every local election, I enjoy looking at all
the different numbers involved. There's a lot to be learned about voting
patterns in the county. One of the things I
always look at, is how much a candidates spent and what that translates
into per vote. Local elections are not cheap epically a county wide
election.
Below is a table of the candidates in contested races
and how much they spent and the cost per vote. Some candidates reported
that they did not intend to spend more than a thousand dollars and are
exempt from reporting details.
All this information is public and available to anyone
who asks.
U1k, means candidate spent less than $1,000 and was
exempt from itemized reporting.
|
Candidate Name |
Expendatures |
Votes |
Cost Per Vote |
| |
1st District |
|
|
|
Joe Newman |
$2,471.00 |
647 |
$3.81 |
|
Chase Randalph |
$4,100.00 |
965 |
$4.24 |
|
Mike Young |
U1k |
243 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
David Meers |
U1k |
814 |
|
|
Bill Geames |
$820.00 |
999 |
$0.82 |
| |
|
|
|
| |
2nd District |
|
|
|
Julia Hurley |
$1,227.00 |
247 |
$4.96 |
|
William Jenkins |
$1,771.00 |
633 |
$2.79 |
|
Dennis Lanahm |
U1k |
170 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Rosemary Quillen |
U1k |
529 |
|
|
Matthew Tinker |
U1k |
496 |
|
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| |
5th District |
|
|
|
David Ball |
$5,731.00 |
700 |
$8.18 |
|
Harold Duff |
$1,268.00 |
1097 |
$1.15 |
|
Pat Hunter |
$1,755.00 |
382 |
$4.59 |
| |
|
|
|
|
Van Shaver |
$6,559.00 |
1448 |
$4.52 |
|
Eddie Simpson |
$11,126.00 |
833 |
$13.35 |
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|
|
|
| |
6th District |
|
|
|
Mark Matlock |
$6,340.00 |
333 |
$19.00 |
|
Adam Waller |
$5,598.00 |
698 |
$8.02 |
| |
|
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|
| |
Sheriff |
|
|
|
Paul Curtis |
$55,776.00 |
3995 |
$13.96 |
|
Jimmy Davis |
$87,096.00 |
4250 |
$20.49 |
|
Marty Ward |
$11,938.00 |
1038 |
$11.50 |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Register |
|
|
|
Rick Arp |
$16,710.00 |
2690 |
$6.21 |
|
Tammy Gallaher |
$16,190.00 |
6140 |
$2.63 |
| |
|
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|
| |
Highway |
|
|
|
Sean Giles |
$6,155.00 |
3166 |
$1.94 |
|
Billy Pickel |
$11,328.00 |
5747 |
$1.97 |
| |
|
|
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| |
BOE |
|
|
|
Melissa Browder |
$5,251.00 |
1370 |
$3.83 |
|
Larry Brown |
$4,241.00 |
801 |
$5.29 |
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