Here are a few other campaign finance facts out of the 2018 midterm election: Price resigned from the Trump administration over using chartered flights on official government business. Last year, it was one of the most expensive House races in history ($55 million) when Democrat Jon Ossoff lost to Handel in a special election for a seat once held by Tom Price, the former Secretary of Health and Human Services. This congressional district race is no stranger to big money. Outside groups more than compensated for the disadvantage that McBath faced by spending $12.2 million to support her or attack Handel, compared to $4.3 million spent by outside groups who supported Handel or attacked McBath. McBath’s campaign spent $1.2 million compared to $8 million dropped by Handel’s campaign. "The result would be pretty much what you expect: the red states went red the off party in the midterm did well."Ī good example of an election where the candidate who spent more money didn’t win was in Georgia’s 6th District in the northern suburbs of Atlanta where Democrat Lucia McBath defeated Karen Handel. “Let’s say you haven’t paid any attention," said Meredith McGehee, executive director of Issue One, the government reform group. Democratic candidates held a huge spending advantage over Republicans in this year’s midterms, which drew massive voter turnout compared to most off-year elections.ĭemocrats ousted one incumbent GOP senator – Nevada’s Dean Heller – and at least 22 Republican incumbent House members (with several races still to be decided), while Republicans defeated four Senate Democratic incumbents – Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, and Bill Nelson of Florida. The winner of the majority of House races was the candidate who raised and spent the most money. That’s not to say the amount of money raised and spent was not a factor. In at least 41 House races, the bigger spender lost – including 36 contests in which the Democrat outspent the Republican, according to an analysis of campaign spending totals compiled by USA TODAY.
WASHINGTON – A record-breaking total of more than $5 billion was spent on the just concluded midterm elections, but dozens of candidates who spent more money than their opponents were not celebrating a win on election night.
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