Last updated on 2012.11.06
Here's a quick breakdown of the District 32 House money race between Republican incumbent gunbernatorial patronage beneficiaries Brian Gosch and Kristin Conzet and their sole Democratic challenger and teacher Jackie Swanson:
| donations |
Gosch
|
Conzet
|
Swanson
|
| small indiv | $8,015.00 | $425.00 | $7,900.16 |
| big indiv | $1,500.00 | $650.00 | $3,050.00 |
| Parties | $200.00 | $460.00 | $116.34 |
| SD PACs | $16,050.00 | $10,850.00 | $2,450.00 |
| out-state PACs | $5,550.00 | $1,650.00 | $0.00 |
| candidate cmtes | $0.00 | $250.00 | $0.00 |
| in-kind | $10.75 | $0.00 | $700.00 |
|
total
|
$31,325.75 | $14,285.00 | $14,216.50 |
Now let's break that down by percentage:
| donations |
Gosch
|
Conzet
|
Swanson
|
| small indiv | 25.6% | 3.0% | 55.6% |
| big indiv | 4.8% | 4.6% | 21.5% |
| Parties | 0.6% | 3.2% | 0.8% |
| SD PACs | 51.2% | 76.0% | 17.2% |
| out-state PACs | 17.7% | 11.6% | 0.0% |
| candidate cmtes | 0.0% | 1.8% | 0.0% |
| in-kind | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.9% |
|
total
|
100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Every two out of three coins in Gosch's fountain splashed in from political action committees. Conzet got five sixths of her kitty from PACs. Swanson has gotten more than three-fourths of her campaign cash from individual donors, over half from folks giving a hundred bucks or less.
The Republican incumbents appear to be the PAC picks. Swanson appears to be the people's pick.