Campaigning is becoming more and more pricey every time Americans go to the polls. From the Presidential race that sees hundreds of millions spent, to the U.S. Senate races that spend tens of millions and even the little local races that are attract big donors.
Swing State Project has some numbers on just how much some of the Democratic freshmen spent to oust the Republican incumbents during the 2006 election cycle:
| District | Candidate | Spent | DCCC IEs | Other IEs | Incumbent | Spent | NRCC IEs | Other IEs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ-05 | Mitchell | $1.89M | $2.12M | $1.02M | Hayworth | $2.94M | $2.25M | $7k |
| CA-11 | McNerney | $2.34M | $216k | $1.1M | Pombo | $4.51M | $1.43M | $18k |
| CT-02 | Courtney | $2.37M | $2.07M | $1k | Simmons | $3.09M | $2.74M | $14k |
| CT-05 | Murphy | $2.44M | $2.08M | $975k | Johnson | $4.98M | $1.88M | $456k |
| FL-22 | Klein | $4.14M | $2.31M | $25k | Shaw | $5.19M | $3.35M | $217k |
| IN-02 | Donnelly | $1.49M | $918k | $355k | Chocola | $3.39M | $383k | $43k |
| IN-08 | Ellsworth | $1.72M | $2.21M | $166k | Hostettler | $530k | $1.87M | $21k |
| IN-09 | Hill | $1.86M | $3.08M | $75k | Sodrel | $2.64M | $3.25M | $69k |
| IA-02 | Loebsack | $443k | (none) | (none) | Leach | $519k | $21k | (none) |
| KS-02 | Boyda | $655k | $652k | (none) | Ryun | $1.03M | $272k | (none) |
| KY-03 | Yarmuth | $2.2M | $321k | $5k | Northup | $3.4M | $248k | $1.01M |
| MN-01 | Walz | $1.23M | $371k | $722k | Gutknecht | $1.69M | $409k | $22k |
| NC-11 | Shuler | $1.75M | $171k | $267k | Taylor | $4.11M | $1.54M | $19k |
| NH-01 | Shea-Porter | $286k | (none) | (none) | Bradley | $856k | $21k | (none) |
| NH-02 | Hodes | $1.47M | $1.12M | $198k | Bass | $1.21M | $472k | $24k |
| NY-19 | Hall | $1.57M | (none) | $5k | Kelly | $2.46M | $19k | (none) |
| NY-20 | Gillibrand | $2.47M | $789k | $333k | Sweeney | $3.38M | $592k | (none) |
| PA-04 | Altmire | $1M | $399k | $739k | Hart | $2.17M | $619k | $19k |
| PA-07 | Sestak | $2.92M | $1.93M | $277k | Weldon | $2.89M | $3.56M | $13k |
| PA-08 | Murphy | $2.35M | $1.72M | $189k | Fitzpatrick | $3.13M | $3.62M | $11k |
| PA-10 | Carney | $1.51M | $1.11M | $683k | Sherwood | $2.27M | $1.51M | $10k |
| Total | $38.1M | $23.6M | $7.1M | $56.4M | $30.1M | $2M |
Despite being outspent in these districts by almost $20 million dollars, Democrats persevered and took out these rubber-stampers of the Bush Regime. Republicans are becoming increasingly fractured as a cohesive party, with many voting for the recent Democratic reforms enacted in the first
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