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February 18, 2004
Ben Chandler (D) wins KY-6 Special Election
We're going to clean house:
98 percent of districts reporting
Chandler (D): 54.6
Kerr (R): 43.6
This wasn't just a victory. It was a mauling. Of Kerr, of McConnel, of Bush. And in Bush country no less.
And we ALL made it happen. From the cash, to the volunteers on the ground, to the good vibes.
This was the first federal election of the 2004 cycle. Kerr based her campaign almost exclusively on her strong support for the Bush agenda. And the AP is now reporting that Chandler has beaten Kerr decisively. That marks the first time since 1991 that a Democrat has won a Republican seat in a special election.
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But another part of the story is Internet fundraising. As you'll notice there on the left, the Chandler campaign has been advertising for about the last two weeks on this and a number of other blogs. The campaign budgeted about two grand for blog advertising. And my understanding is that by today they had raised close to $100,000 from contributors who linked through from those blogs on which the campaign was advertising.
In other words, they got roughly a 50-fold turnaround on their investment in the final two weeks of the campaign. And in case you're wondering one hundred grand is a lot of money in a House race.
Posted by glyphic at February 18, 2004 11:00 AM