After the most recent contribution information has been posted here are the rankings for most money raised for the upcoming August 30 primary and how much personal money the candidate has contributed ( Star indicates fundraising leader in their race):
Total Candidate Contribution
1. Tony Anderson $ 110,361* $ 391.42
2. Cindy Meadows $ 105,014 $ 43,001.00
3. Bill Imfeld $ 19,500* $ 100.00
4. Jennifer Nick $ 18,680* $ 4,500.00
5. Rhonda Skipper $ 18,390* $ 2,628.83
6. Bill Chapman $ 15,104* $ 703.48
7. Russell Hughes $ 12,223 $ 0.00
8. Melanie Nipper $ 12,152 $ 26.44
9. Bill Fletcher $ 10,047 $ 1,100.00
10. Patty Lynch $ 9,823 $ 6,100.00
11. David Kramer $ 8,725 $ 1,000,00
12. John Dixon $ 4,491 $ 1,591.06
13. Mike Davis $ 3,370 $ 550.00
14. Richard Bryan $ 3,100 $ 2,000.00
15. Amy Wise-Coble $ 2,500 $ 2,500.00
16. Marsha Winegarner $ 2,450* $ 2,000.00
17. Jeri Michie $ 2,100 $ 1,500.00
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53Beach Lover
Since there has been no reply to my questions I think it's safe to assume that your crock is filled with truth instead of the BS you implied....
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Since there has been no reply to my questions I think it's safe to assume that your crock is filled with truth instead of the BS you implied....
I didn't realize you were expecting an answer to a rhetorical question....half empty or half full.
If you are talking about the questions you posed to Ms. Harris I doubt seriously you'll get an answer out of her. It's the private citizen thing, NOT A CANDIDATE thing.....ya know.
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Money matters in elections. Advertising costs money and getting your name and message in front of the average voter requires massive amounts of advertising. I...n Walton County since 2004 the candidate in each race who raised the most money won 25 of 34 races. The 9 candidates who won against the money and who raised the most money in those races are:
Cindy Meadows Commission Dist 5 2012 2nd place Cecilia Jones
Faye Leddon School Board Dist 2 2010 2nd place Zane Sunday
Sharon Roberts School Board Dist 3 2010 2nd place Bill Eddins Jr.
Cecilia Jones Commission Dist 5 2008 2nd place Bob Hudson
Mildred Wilkerson School Board Dist. 1 2008 2nd place Robert Nelson
Darrell Barnhill School Board Dist 5 2006 2nd place Jerry Jones
Bobby Beasley Sup. Of Elections 2006 2nd place Ray Padgett
Cindy Meadows Commission Dist 5 2004 2nd place Lee Perry
Ralph Johnson Sheriff 2004 2nd place Bill Chapman
Of the 9 Roberts, Wilkerson, Barnhill, Beasley and Johnson were incumbents. The only incumbent who raised the most money and lost was Cecilia Jones.
Cindy Meadows Commission Dist 5 2012 2nd place Cecilia Jones
Faye Leddon School Board Dist 2 2010 2nd place Zane Sunday
Sharon Roberts School Board Dist 3 2010 2nd place Bill Eddins Jr.
Cecilia Jones Commission Dist 5 2008 2nd place Bob Hudson
Mildred Wilkerson School Board Dist. 1 2008 2nd place Robert Nelson
Darrell Barnhill School Board Dist 5 2006 2nd place Jerry Jones
Bobby Beasley Sup. Of Elections 2006 2nd place Ray Padgett
Cindy Meadows Commission Dist 5 2004 2nd place Lee Perry
Ralph Johnson Sheriff 2004 2nd place Bill Chapman
Of the 9 Roberts, Wilkerson, Barnhill, Beasley and Johnson were incumbents. The only incumbent who raised the most money and lost was Cecilia Jones.
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I raised the most money(by a hair) but came in third. Alan came in 2nd.
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I raised the most money(by a hair) but came in third. Alan came in 2nd.Is name recognition a plus?
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Is name recognition a plus?Definitely it is. Like I pointed out 5 of the races where the winner did not raise the most money were won by an incumbent. Incumbents have name recognition and that helps. Only one incumbent raised the most money and lost. Bob Hudson was running for an open seat and he and Mr. Osborne split the south vote. Plus the difference in money raised was not that substantial. Another factor you find is that often people win in their 2nd attempt which would also indicate that name recognition is important.
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Definitely it is. Like I pointed out 5 of the races where the winner did not raise the most money were won by an incumbent. Incumbents have name recognition and that helps. Only one incumbent raised the most money and lost. Bob Hudson was running for an open seat and he and Mr. Osborne split the south vote. Plus the difference in money raised was not that substantial. Another factor you find is that often people win in their 2nd attempt which would also indicate that name recognition is important.
That being said, the District 1, 3, 5 races will still be interesting. Commissioner Imfeld has both name recognition and is the incumbent. Ms Nipper recieved some help from Our Generation but it could be viewed negatively because people don'the know who they are. Mr Dixon seems like a pretty good guy but lacks recognition. Other than what some on this board have posted really haven't heard that much negative about him. Commissioner Chapman same thing, but he has Mr Fletcher and Mr Kramer who have some name recognition and really aren't doing terrible with the money. Not sure how the Our Generation ads will effect that race my guess it could be a negative. Had I not already decided on Mr Fletcher I might have taken more time because of the Our Generation ad. The D5 race will be the most interesting because of money and the Commissioner Jones involvement. Whether you like her or not, she has won 2 elections and her detractors have been saying negative stuff about her for years. I don't think that hurt Mr Anderson and she seems to know who to introduce him to. Commissioner Meadows seems to be well liked except by those who would find Mr Anderson and give him over 100k for his campaign.
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I agree with your analysis Bob Wells but would point out that Ms. Meadows is 2 for 2 in county elections and in each case had less money than her opponent. One of those opponents was Ms. Jones. The odd thing is how little interest there has been in the Superintendent's race. That position, along with the Sheriff and the Clerk of Courts are the most powerful in county government and the incumbent is not in the race. You would think there would be more interest, especially since the other 2 or unopposed.
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The D5 race will be the most interesting because of money and the Commissioner Jones involvement. Whether you like her or not, she has won 2 elections and her detractors have been saying negative stuff about her for years. I don't think that hurt Mr Anderson and she seems to know who to introduce him to. Commissioner Meadows seems to be well liked except by those who would find Mr Anderson and give him over 100k for his campaign.
FACt; She did not and will not win back to back elections.
FACT; She is the SWITCH Candidate. She switches her residences like we switch underwear.
FACT; Yes, people have been saying negative stuff about her for years actually, they whispered it for years because everyone feared the wrath of the goon if it was said out loud.
FACT; Yes, Ms. Jones assuredly knows who to introduce T. Anderson too and BOTH their campaign contributions reflect that! If Lloyd put his money where his mouth is...what are the chances he could get elected?
FACT; Ms. Jones pandered votes from unsuspecting folks down south (some new to SoWal) that had NO CLUE who she was which helped her the last go round. Today people are more keenly aware of the players and the politicos than they were last time.
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Just for fun (nothing that could be construed as accurate statistically speaking) I looked at C. Jones face book page (not an accurate indicator of actual friends) and she has 3 different pages which contain duplicate friends.
@Danny Glidewell has 2 pages which also have duplicate friends. Again, not an accurate indicator...just for fun.
Of those C. Jones has 1176 total "friends" (don't have the time or inclination to weed out duplicates)
@Danny Glidewell has 2038 "friends" (don't have the time or inclination to weed out duplicates.)
In total Danny has close to 900 more friends! If this were a popularity contest who would you think would be the next County Commissioner in his district?
@Danny Glidewell has 2 pages which also have duplicate friends. Again, not an accurate indicator...just for fun.
Of those C. Jones has 1176 total "friends" (don't have the time or inclination to weed out duplicates)
@Danny Glidewell has 2038 "friends" (don't have the time or inclination to weed out duplicates.)
In total Danny has close to 900 more friends! If this were a popularity contest who would you think would be the next County Commissioner in his district?
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I agree with your analysis Bob Wells but would point out that Ms. Meadows is 2 for 2 in county elections and in each case had less money than her opponent. One of those opponents was Ms. Jones. The odd thing is how little interest there has been in the Superintendent's race. That position, along with the Sheriff and the Clerk of Courts are the most powerful in county government and the incumbent is not in the race. You would think there would be more interest, especially since the other 2 or unopposed.Let me ask, did Commissioner Meadows decide not to run the year Commissioner Jone ran for D5 because she didn't think she could win or just had other interest? I ask because I don't know. As for Superintendent race people might like the way are schools are run and 3 candidates with experience in the system are running. I also feel based on some interactions i have had think the school board members is a free job with very little responsibility and seems to be a rubber stamp for the Superintendent. Back to the year that Commissioner Jones was D5 she ran against Mr Hudson and Mr Osbourne, problem was they split the vote and not sure if either would have won if one had dropped out. Mr Osbourne appeared to be the axe grind vote because of the situation in Driftwood. Mr Hudson on the other hand was the association with the WCTA IMO. Sometimes history repeats itself and D3 may have that candidate.
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Can you post donor list for Tony, I would like to see how many are LLC's and out of state that can not be traced. You need to run next time against Cecilia.
since you asked... I will just leave this here. Makes for some interesting reading
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since you asked... I will just leave this here. Makes for some interesting reading
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There's that name again...Andrew Campanella...over 30 LLC's, Shipman (the Attorney) smdh!
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There's that name again...Andrew Campanella...over 30 LLC's, Shipman (the Attorney) smdh!Alot of lawyers names in there. Also alot of out of state/out of county $$ too. But another thing that got me was buying things from out of state/county that could have been sourced right here.
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If you compare C. Jones (from when she ran last time) and T. Anderson's current, it reads like a who's who of who they both pander too! It certainly is NOT their constituents!
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Least people forget Andrew Campanella also helped form the PAC to switch superintendent to appointed! He's here to push Koch and ALEC priorities and that's it. His front is running a group that basically wants to charter education!
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Just for clarification on the statement about how the superintendent is chosen It was a vote to elect or a vote to hire a superintendent, not to appoint one. There is a difference between hired and appointed.
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Just for clarification on the statement about how the superintendent is chosen It was a vote to elect or a vote to hire a superintendent, not to appoint one. There is a difference between hired and appointed.
It was a PAC Campanella helped form leading the charge who denied being involved with any PAC.
I'll grant you my comment was worded poorly.
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since you asked... I will just leave this here. Makes for some interesting readingThanks! That's a very interesting list and reinforces my vote for Cindy. Just out of curiosity, could you work your magic and provide us a list for her?
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There is only one person around here that can raise the "big money" and that's Huckabee Duh????. The BCC took a crap on him several times while he participated as a citizen pleading for them to follow the rules on issues. He's is now teaching them a lesson for not listening to the people and not playing it straight. This one's not hard to figure, they finally pissed off the right person with this good ole boy s**t and it appears the SBA brought a pocket knife to a D-Day invasion. Bill, Bill and Tony- Bend over and open wide! Quote from 98.1 radio today. "Bill don't help that girl get punched in the face" I had to pull over I almost pissed myself laughing, we sound like Atlanta politics.
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There is only one person around here that can raise the "big money" and that's Huckabee Duh????. The BCC took a crap on him several times while he participated as a citizen pleading for them to follow the rules on issues. He's is now teaching them a lesson for not listening to the people and not playing it straight. This one's not hard to figure, they finally pissed off the right person with this good ole boy **** and it appears the SBA brought a pocket knife to a D-Day invasion. Bill, Bill and Tony- Bend over and open wide! Quote from 98.1 radio today. "Bill don't help that girl get punched in the face" I had to pull over I almost pissed myself laughing, we sound like Atlanta politics.Been there done that connected the dots ....Campanella has been associated with PAC's that were either lead by the Koch Brother's who have supported Huckabee or involved Mike Huckabee's association to Ron Cameron fueled PAC's.
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Thanks! That's a very interesting list and reinforces my vote for Cindy. Just out of curiosity, could you work your magic and provide us a list for her?I am trying to get it for ALL candidates. I will post when I can.
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Thanks! That's a very interesting list and reinforces my vote for Cindy. Just out of curiosity, could you work your magic and provide us a list for her?Here you go... http://www.voterfocus.com/ws/WScandnew/candidate_pr.php?c=walton
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