It makes the world go 'round
Flagpole has released a full donor list for the area candidates for office, and it's mighty interesting.
A couple of things stand out ...
- I'm surprised that Tom Chasteen was able to raise more funds. He's got great name recognition and some political leanings you'd think would appeal to some of the moderate-to-conservative folks in town. Of course, it isn't that surprising when ...
- ... you see how much Charlie Maddox hauled in. It's obvious that those more conservative, pro-business, pro-development folks that Chasteen was hoping he could effectively court made their way to the Maddox camp. Staines Properties, Thornton Realty & Development, Chesser-Kennedy Builders, Lewis Shropshire, L.C. Fort & Associates all wrote checks to his campaign.
- By contrast, those who have differing views than those folks lined up behind Heidi Davison, like Bertis Downs, the guys from R.E.M., Alice Kinman, Louis McBee, etc. But she also drew from a good variety of people, including restauranteur Hugh Acheson, area broker Bob Carson Jr. and James Shrum, the administrator at Athens Regional Medical Center.
- Ralph Hudgens raised close to $190,000 ... and an overwhelming portion of it is from the insurance industry. That's not necessarily a bad thing depending on where you come down on your views of the insurance industry, but it's pretty interesting to see just how few individual donations he has.
- Also, both Jane Kidd and Bill Cowsert, though more Cowsert, got lots of money from other campaigns across the state. I've never really thought of campaigns trading money back and forth, but there you go.
A couple of things stand out ...
- I'm surprised that Tom Chasteen was able to raise more funds. He's got great name recognition and some political leanings you'd think would appeal to some of the moderate-to-conservative folks in town. Of course, it isn't that surprising when ...
- ... you see how much Charlie Maddox hauled in. It's obvious that those more conservative, pro-business, pro-development folks that Chasteen was hoping he could effectively court made their way to the Maddox camp. Staines Properties, Thornton Realty & Development, Chesser-Kennedy Builders, Lewis Shropshire, L.C. Fort & Associates all wrote checks to his campaign.
- By contrast, those who have differing views than those folks lined up behind Heidi Davison, like Bertis Downs, the guys from R.E.M., Alice Kinman, Louis McBee, etc. But she also drew from a good variety of people, including restauranteur Hugh Acheson, area broker Bob Carson Jr. and James Shrum, the administrator at Athens Regional Medical Center.
- Ralph Hudgens raised close to $190,000 ... and an overwhelming portion of it is from the insurance industry. That's not necessarily a bad thing depending on where you come down on your views of the insurance industry, but it's pretty interesting to see just how few individual donations he has.
- Also, both Jane Kidd and Bill Cowsert, though more Cowsert, got lots of money from other campaigns across the state. I've never really thought of campaigns trading money back and forth, but there you go.
posted by Jmac at 7:13 AM
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