The Gated Community:
How Texas House Incumbents Locked Out Challengers in 1998
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V. Uncontested Incumbents
Unopposed Incumbent Money:
| |
1998 Elections |
1996 Elections |
% Change |
| No. of Uncontested Incumbents |
80
|
61
|
+ 31%
|
| Total Raised |
$ 6,152,000
|
$ 3,600,000
|
+ 71%
|
| Average Raised |
$ 76,900
|
$ 59,000
|
+ 30%
|
Eighty incumbent House members
ran unopposed in both the 1998 primary and general elections, a 31 percent
increase over the 61 unopposed incumbents in 1996. Despite
the fact that they faced no opposition -- or perhaps to ensure that they
would not be opposed -- these 80 incumbents raised more than $6 million.
The average amount raised by these unopposed members was $76,900,
an increase of 30 percent over the $59,000 average raised by unopposed
incumbents for the 1996 election.
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