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Spending in the 2000New York State LegislativeElections
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York 
 
April 2001
 
 
We gratefully acknowledge the following foundations for their financial support ofthe Public Policy and Education Fund’s Clean Money, Clean Elections Project:J. Roderick MacArthur FoundationThe Piper FundThe Orchard FoundationPublic CampaignThis report was written by Jillian Schneebeck and Richard Kirsch of the PublicPolicy and Education Fund.Research for this study was directed by Jillian Schneebeck.Cover design by E.R. Myrthil.The Public Policy and Education Fund of New York is the research andeducation affiliate of Citizen Action of New York. To view this, or any of ourprevious reports, please visit our website:www.citizenactionny.org. To ordercopies contact:PPEF94 Central Ave.Albany, NY 12206518-465-4600Fax: 518-465-2890Email:ppef@citizenactionny.org 
 
 
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The Wealth Primary:
Spending in the 2000 New York State Legislative Elections
Executive Summary:
he Wealth Primary: Spending in the 2000 New York State Legislative Elections 
reportson spending by all major partycandidates for the New York StateLegislature in the 2000 elections.The report finds that winners spentmore than three times as much aslosers and incumbents spent morethan three times as much aschallengers. In landslide elections,the winner has a landslide spendingadvantage over the loser – winnersspent 25 times more than losers.The majority political party in eachhouse of the legislature has a bigspending advantage, withRepublicans spending 2.5 times asmuch as Democrats in the Senateand Democrats spending 2 times asmuch as Republicans in theAssembly
Spending Figures:Senate:
The 98 major partycandidates who ran for the StateSenate in 2000 spent over $21.6million on their campaigns. Theaverage candidate spent $220,589.
Assembly:
The 259 major partycandidates who ran for the StateAssembly in 2000 spent $19.2million on their campaigns. Theaverage candidate spent $74,207.
To Win:
The average winningSenate candidate spent $279,148.The average Assembly winner spent$98,544. However, it takes muchmore to win in tight races. In raceswon by 55% or less of the vote, theaverage Senate winner spent$1,129,481, while the averageAssembly winner spent $265,322.The average winner in both housesspent more than 2 times as much asthe average loser. Winners in theSenate spent $12 million more – 3.7times as much – as losers. Winnersin the Assembly spent over $10.3million more - 3.3 times as much – as losers.
Incumbents:
Incumbents spent 3.7times more than challengers in theSenate and in the Assembly. In bothhouses the average incumbent spentmore than twice as much as theaverage challenger.
Major Parties:
Candidates of themajority party in each house – Senate Republicans and AssemblyDemocrats - have a large spendingadvantage over candidates in theminority party. Republican Senate
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