How much money influences election results

This basic idea is now a piece: https://t.co/Sk4ARCGBOk

I wanted the headline to be "Politicians don't need your money and Vicki Robin is right about everything"

but my editors are (thankfully) wiser than me https://t.co/Mb1ZSNNXQV

— David Byler (@databyler) November 11, 2022

In the closing months of the campaign, DCCC/HMP spent $2.7m to defend Stanton in his Biden+10 seat (he won by 12) and $1.8m to defend O’Halleran in his Trump+8 seat (he lost by 8). But they spent just $1.1m vs. AZ1 and $0 in AZ6, two races won by Rs by a combined 6,511 votes. pic.twitter.com/5r8W9ogMFW

— Jacob Rubashkin (@JacobRubashkin) November 15, 2022

Dems lost a seat that might seal their majority – #AZ06 – by very small margin last night.

Ruben Gallego had been telling DCCC from the start to give $ to Dem Kristen Engel.

Gallego: "The DCCC didn’t want to invest it there.. I was very clear that this was a winnable race.”

— Sarah Ferris (@sarahnferris) November 15, 2022

On the contrary, I think the decision by national Democrats to triage the race and let her get outspent by $5 million despite it clearly being a toss-up is what might cost the Democrats the House: https://t.co/LVk9zvBqPa

— Austin Ahlman (@austinahlman) November 13, 2022

Breaking news: Rep. Karen Bass (D) wins Los Angeles mayoral race, becoming first woman and second Black person elected to lead the nation’s second-largest city, overcoming more than $100 million in spending by the billionaire Rick Caruso’s campaign. https://t.co/uTfWa7rhVb

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 17, 2022