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Something's weird here: "State campaign finance records show a slate of candidates including Durr raised more than $10,000 during their campaign but spent only

Something's weird here: "State campaign finance records show a slate of candidates including Durr raised more than $10,000 during their campaign but spent only $153: $66.64 at Dunkin to buy food and drinks for staff and $86.67 for paper flyers and business cards." So he raised more than $10,000, but reports only spending $153. Then how much did he raise? Where did the remaining money go? And how did he pay for things like the video ads linked below or other outreach efforts if he only reported spending $153 on donuts and paper? Is this a situation where outside donors/PACs financed everything so on paper he himself spent nothing?

vmception 5y ago
What's weird about that. The campaign collected that much and didn't spend it. The PACs financing everything wouldn't be reported as the $10,000 raised so you are conflating issues there. It doesn't cost anything to put a video on the internet. He only needed to reach more than 30,000 people in his 1 district. If you look closely at more expensive campaigns, you'll see a lot of wasted money.
busymom0 5y ago
> how did he pay for things like the video ads linked below Watch his ad: https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1455899165230354448?s=20 https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1455899165230354448?s=20 The "ad" looks like it could have been easily created on an old phone. It's a very basic ad, nothing special. Look at his twitter feed. The campaign material all looks very basic like it was created by his kids or someone. (Not saying that's a bad thing - I kinda like it as it looks more grassroots). https://twitter.com/edwarddurr1/status/1418710865625354240 https://twitter.com/edwarddurr1/status/1418710865625354240 And based on archive, the day before election, his twitter only had 1556 followers meaning he didn't do any "online" reach out. https://web.archive.org/web/20211101185415/https://twitter.com/edwarddurr1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211101185415/https://twitter.c... Also notice the top header photo on his archive twitter. It's just a stock photo with watermark still on the pic. Looks like an extremely lean campaign. In a past interview from August, he stated: > “Well, I’m a numbers guy and I’ve looked at the numbers over the years,” Durr said in an August interview conservative commentator Elizabeth Nader. “We have a district that is 150,00 voters. Senator Sweeney has never broken 32,000 votes …. and so I felt if he can’t even get half the district, that means there’s numbers out there to be taken, and you just have to get people to come out and vote. I believe if they come out and vote, we could win,” Sweeney said. Reaching out and getting 20% to vote isn't that hard in a 150k size. So this looks like simply approaching maybe a few thousand families and houses and asking them to vote for him.
- vxNsr 5y ago
  I mean the transition from talking about his kids to a shot of gravestones is... jarring, it's def a home made video and that's what makes it work.
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vmception 5y ago

What's weird about that. The campaign collected that much and didn't spend it. The PACs financing everything wouldn't be reported as the $10,000 raised so you are conflating issues there. It doesn't cost anything to put a video on the internet. He only needed to reach more than 30,000 people in his 1 district. If you look closely at more expensive campaigns, you'll see a lot of wasted money.

busymom0 5y ago

> how did he pay for things like the video ads linked below Watch his ad: https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1455899165230354448?s=20 https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1455899165230354448?s=20 The "ad" looks like it could have been easily created on an old phone. It's a very basic ad, nothing special. Look at his twitter feed. The campaign material all looks very basic like it was created by his kids or someone. (Not saying that's a bad thing - I kinda like it as it looks more grassroots). https://twitter.com/edwarddurr1/status/1418710865625354240 https://twitter.com/edwarddurr1/status/1418710865625354240 And based on archive, the day before election, his twitter only had 1556 followers meaning he didn't do any "online" reach out. https://web.archive.org/web/20211101185415/https://twitter.com/edwarddurr1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211101185415/https://twitter.c... Also notice the top header photo on his archive twitter. It's just a stock photo with watermark still on the pic. Looks like an extremely lean campaign. In a past interview from August, he stated: > “Well, I’m a numbers guy and I’ve looked at the numbers over the years,” Durr said in an August interview conservative commentator Elizabeth Nader. “We have a district that is 150,00 voters. Senator Sweeney has never broken 32,000 votes …. and so I felt if he can’t even get half the district, that means there’s numbers out there to be taken, and you just have to get people to come out and vote. I believe if they come out and vote, we could win,” Sweeney said. Reaching out and getting 20% to vote isn't that hard in a 150k size. So this looks like simply approaching maybe a few thousand families and houses and asking them to vote for him.

vxNsr 5y ago
I mean the transition from talking about his kids to a shot of gravestones is... jarring, it's def a home made video and that's what makes it work.

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