Clay Ingram spent $119,342.41 on his first campaign for public office, according to the state’s Campaign Finance Database ( see Ingram Expenditures. For that $119,342.41, he won a the state representative, District 2, office, which pays less than $30K a year.
Here are his election results:
Republican Primary
Clay Ingram 8,933 61.3%
David Karasek 5,630 38.7%
——-Amount Spent for primary: $72,438.53…… $8.10 per vote
General Election
Clay Ingram 37,075 99.7%
Jeremy R. Bagnell 99 .3%
Amount spent for primary: $46,903.88
How did Ingram spend the money to beat an opponent who only got 99 votes:
CAMPAIGN MEETING/MEALS: $716.46
CAMPAIGN TRAVEL: $1,593.52
MEALS FOR VOLUNTEERS: $539.55
CONSULTING-EM CAMPAIGNS: $30,695.00 —–This one is really curious. Why pay a Tallahassee firm for such a non-race?
MAIL: $4,784.05
PHONE CALLS: $1,970.88
COMPUTER: $1,048.06
REG. FEE FUTURE OF FLORIDA FORUM: $425.00
INTERNET SERVICE: $317.27
ELECTION ASSESSMENT: $296.97
MUSIC FOR HQ: $200.00
REG. FEE GULF POWER ECONOMIC SYMPOSIUM: $200.00
TICKETS FOR FUNDRAISER: $100.00
FOOD FOR FUNDRAISER: $75.00
TICKETS TO LUNCHEON: $24.00
OFFICE SUPPLIES: $19.34
TRANSFER OF REMAINING FUNDS TO OFFICE ACCT: $3,857.28