Although this isn't the final accounting (only through 8/19/2010) for their campaigns, we can start to look at the numbers. Pepe Diaz spent $254,433.97 and Javier Souto spent $262,471.50 on their campaigns through 8/19. Pepe was running against a candidate who spent $425.20 on her campaign and Javier's opponent spent $15,624.93.
Souto got 13,994 votes so he paid almost $19 a vote. Pepe Diaz got 9,361 votes so he paid about $27 a vote. Heather Pernas got 2,999 votes so she paid 14 cents a vote. Mimi Planas, running against Souto, paid $3.73 a vote. Both men won with about 75% of the vote in their districts. It has been my experience, that no matter what challengers collect or do, they can't seem to get more than 30% of the vote against an incumbent.
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These guys are slackers. Several years ago Linda Haskins, running for the Miami City Commission, spent $162 per vote. Now that's a record that may never be broken.
How much did Taddeo & Piedro from Dist. 8 spend per vote?
The per vote analysis is bs. The real question is what really happened to ALL the money collected by Pepe Diaz' campaign against $600. I doubt the money was really spent campaigning. What does Pepe Diaz do for a living???
And how much did Diaz' consultants make?
Why did Diaz keep collecting donations even though his opponent never campaigned? Wonder if his opponent was hired to get into the race anyway.
This year I am broke and I am putting in time with sweat equity. It's the best I can do.
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