As we typically do after an election, the Tribune has calculated how much each candidate spent for each vote he or she received on Nov. 6. Today, we are focusing on the federal candidates.
One caveat about the spending data – the expenditure totals used here represent all spending since the beginning of the 2012 election up to Oct. 17, 2012, as reported on the pre-general election reports due on Oct. 25, 2012. Obviously, candidates are likely to have spent additional money in the days leading up to election day that is not represented here. These numbers will be made available in the post-general report due in the beginning of December.
Two of the highest dollar-per-vote spenders come from Congressional District 23. Topping the list is Republican U.S. Rep. Francisco “Quico” Canseco, who spent $21.33 per vote and lost his seat to Democratic challenger state Rep.Pete Gallego. (Canseco has yet to concede.) Gallego also ranked high on the list in 5th place, spending $15.19 per vote.
At the other end of the spending spectrum, is Republican Steve Stockman, who claimed the seat in the new Congressional District 36 with the lowest dollar-per-vote amount of all the victorious federal candidates. Stockman spent $290,579 on 165,388 votes, paying only $1.76 per vote.
Use the interactive below to explore the rest of the data. Look for the cost-per-vote in state races on Friday.
Note: You may notice that some Congressional seats are not represented in this list. This is due to how the Texas Ethics Commission reports race results. If a race has only one candidate, then vote totals are not made available, making it impossible to make the calculation you see here.
Name | Party | Race | District | Disbursements | Votes Received | % of Vote | $ per Vote |
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Francisco “Quico” Canseco | R | U.S. House | 23 | $1,861,138 | 87,255 | 45.52 | $21.33 |
Roger Williams | R | U.S. House | 25 | $2,982,263 | 153,868 | 58.47 | $19.38 |
Jeb Hensarling | R | U.S. House | 5 | $2,481,934 | 134,005 | 64.42 | $18.52 |
Lloyd Doggett | D | U.S. House | 35 | $1,794,720 | 105,260 | 63.95 | $17.05 |
Pete P. Gallego | D | U.S. House | 23 | $1,465,102 | 96,477 | 50.33 | $15.19 |
Joe L. Barton | R | U.S. House | 6 | $1,871,130 | 144,892 | 58.03 | $12.91 |
Marc Veasey | D | U.S. House | 33 | $1,007,382 | 84,940 | 72.53 | $11.86 |
Henry Cuellar | D | U.S. House | 28 | $1,191,179 | 112,262 | 67.94 | $10.61 |
Pete Sessions | R | U.S. House | 32 | $1,469,876 | 146,129 | 58.29 | $10.06 |
Bill Flores | R | U.S. House | 17 | $1,370,540 | 143,126 | 79.94 | $9.58 |
Joaquin Castro | D | U.S. House | 20 | $1,121,851 | 118,719 | 64 | $9.45 |
R. Blake Farenthold | R | U.S. House | 27 | $1,014,899 | 120,490 | 56.74 | $8.42 |
Lamar Smith | R | U.S. House | 21 | $1,539,519 | 186,525 | 60.59 | $8.25 |
Nick Lampson | D | U.S. House | 14 | $890,714 | 109,264 | 44.62 | $8.15 |
Randy Weber | R | U.S. House | 14 | $1,046,287 | 130,937 | 53.47 | $7.99 |
Ruben Hinojosa | D | U.S. House | 15 | $708,209 | 89,143 | 60.91 | $7.94 |
Filemon Vela | D | U.S. House | 34 | $686,138 | 88,781 | 62.16 | $7.73 |
Gene Green | D | U.S. House | 29 | $661,214 | 85,920 | 90 | $7.70 |
Randy Neugebauer | R | U.S. House | 19 | $1,223,279 | 160,067 | 84.95 | $7.64 |
Pete Olson | R | U.S. House | 22 | $1,196,003 | 160,471 | 64.05 | $7.45 |
Kay Granger | R | U.S. House | 12 | $1,281,334 | 175,298 | 70.89 | $7.31 |
Michael McCaul | R | U.S. House | 10 | $1,042,935 | 159,391 | 60.55 | $6.54 |
Mike Conaway | R | U.S. House | 11 | $1,122,287 | 177,166 | 78.63 | $6.33 |
Kevin Brady | R | U.S. House | 8 | $1,186,126 | 191,254 | 77.37 | $6.20 |
Michael Burgess | R | U.S. House | 26 | $881,963 | 175,669 | 68.32 | $5.02 |
Beto O'Rourke | D | U.S. House | 16 | $501,101 | 100,804 | 65.53 | $4.97 |
John Culberson | R | U.S. House | 7 | $666,092 | 142,477 | 60.83 | $4.68 |
John R. Carter | R | U.S. House | 31 | $675,843 | 145,096 | 61.29 | $4.66 |
Kenny E. Marchant | R | U.S. House | 24 | $688,853 | 148,207 | 61.04 | $4.65 |
Eddie Bernice Johnson | D | U.S. House | 30 | $787,372 | 169,889 | 78.86 | $4.63 |
Mac Thornberry | R | U.S. House | 13 | $791,992 | 187,385 | 90.98 | $4.23 |
Louie Gohmert | R | U.S. House | 1 | $587,272 | 182,621 | 71.74 | $3.22 |
Rose Meza Harrison | D | U.S. House | 27 | $259,999 | 83,280 | 39.22 | $3.12 |
Ralph M. Hall | R | U.S. House | 4 | $557,593 | 182,416 | 72.97 | $3.06 |
Sheila Jackson Lee | D | U.S. House | 18 | $399,925 | 145,893 | 75.01 | $2.74 |
Ted Poe | R | U.S. House | 2 | $434,228 | 159,369 | 64.84 | $2.72 |
Ted Cruz | R | U.S. Senate | $11,471,578 | 4,456,599 | 56.63 | $2.57 | |
Susan Narvaiz | R | U.S. House | 35 | $129,769 | 52,686 | 32.01 | $2.46 |
Al Green | D | U.S. House | 9 | $334,945 | 143,850 | 78.49 | $2.33 |
Steve Stockman | R | U.S. House | 36 | $290,579 | 165,388 | 70.76 | $1.76 |
Sean Seibert | R | U.S. House | 18 | $63,583 | 43,926 | 22.58 | $1.45 |
Kenneth Sanders | D | U.S. House | 6 | $114,835 | 97,933 | 39.22 | $1.17 |
Jessica Puente-Bradshaw | R | U.S. House | 34 | $50,895 | 51,338 | 35.94 | $0.99 |
Seth Hollist | L | U.S. House | 32 | $5,344 | 5,664 | 2.25 | $0.94 |
Barbara Carrasco | R | U.S. House | 16 | $42,779 | 50,478 | 32.81 | $0.85 |
Katherine Savers McGovern | D | U.S. House | 32 | $73,738 | 98,867 | 39.44 | $0.75 |
Shirley McKellar | D | U.S. House | 1 | $50,002 | 67,758 | 26.61 | $0.74 |
James Cargas | D | U.S. House | 7 | $61,380 | 85,253 | 36.4 | $0.72 |
Bret Baldwin | I | U.S. House | 27 | $3,791 | 5,345 | 2.51 | $0.71 |
Dale Brueggemann | R | U.S. House | 15 | $31,991 | 53,892 | 36.82 | $0.59 |
David Rosa | R | U.S. House | 20 | $29,234 | 62,041 | 33.44 | $0.47 |
Kesha Rogers | D | U.S. House | 22 | $36,905 | 80,025 | 31.94 | $0.46 |
Candace E. Duval | D | U.S. House | 21 | $47,197 | 108,852 | 35.35 | $0.43 |
Jim Dougherty | D | U.S. House | 2 | $30,889 | 80,262 | 32.65 | $0.38 |
Chuck Bradley | R | U.S. House | 33 | $10,493 | 30,152 | 25.74 | $0.35 |
Tawana W. Cadien | D | U.S. House | 10 | $32,173 | 95,316 | 36.21 | $0.34 |
Hugh Chauvin | L | U.S. House | 6 | $1,261 | 4,843 | 1.93 | $0.26 |
Neil Burns | D | U.S. House | 8 | $10,734 | 50,077 | 20.25 | $0.21 |
Mark A. Roberts | G | U.S. House | 2 | $390 | 1,999 | 0.81 | $0.20 |
David Sanchez | D | U.S. House | 26 | $10,088 | 73,661 | 28.64 | $0.14 |
Paul Sadler | D | U.S. Senate | $427,083 | 3,183,314 | 40.45 | $0.13 | |
Steve Mueller | R | U.S. House | 9 | $4,009 | 36,073 | 19.68 | $0.11 |
Dave Robinson | D | U.S. House | 12 | $7,105 | 65,991 | 26.68 | $0.11 |
Elaine Henderson | D | U.S. House | 25 | $9,876 | 98,427 | 37.4 | $0.10 |
Linda Mrosko | D | U.S. House | 5 | $6,889 | 69,025 | 33.18 | $0.10 |
John Jay Myers | L | U.S. Senate | $12,147 | 161,462 | 2.05 | $0.08 | |
Travis Washington Jr. | R | U.S. House | 30 | $2,830 | 40,841 | 18.95 | $0.07 |
Tim Rusk | D | U.S. House | 24 | $5,082 | 87,347 | 35.97 | $0.06 |
Max Martin | D | U.S. House | 36 | $2,483 | 62,052 | 26.55 | $0.04 |
Stephen M. Wyman | D | U.S. House | 31 | $0 | 82,791 | 34.97 | $0.00 |
David B. Collins | G | U.S. Senate | $0 | 67,791 | 0.86 | $0.00 | |
VaLinda Hathcox | D | U.S. House | 4 | $0 | 60,124 | 24.05 | $0.00 |
Williams Hayward | R | U.S. House | 28 | $0 | 49,095 | 29.71 | $0.00 |
Jim Riley | D | U.S. House | 11 | $0 | 41,842 | 18.57 | $0.00 |
Ben Easton | L | U.S. House | 17 | $0 | 35,902 | 20.05 | $0.00 |
Richard Peterson | L | U.S. House | 19 | $0 | 28,345 | 15.04 | $0.00 |
John Robert Deek | L | U.S. House | 13 | $0 | 12,671 | 6.15 | $0.00 |
John-Henry Liberty | L | U.S. House | 21 | $0 | 12,469 | 4.05 | $0.00 |
Betsy Dewey | L | U.S. House | 25 | $0 | 10,822 | 4.11 | $0.00 |
Ethan Garofolo | L | U.S. House | 31 | $0 | 8,846 | 3.73 | $0.00 |
Richard Priest | L | U.S. House | 10 | $0 | 8,497 | 3.22 | $0.00 |
Mark Boler | L | U.S. House | 26 | $0 | 7,780 | 3.02 | $0.00 |
Thomas Griffing | L | U.S. House | 4 | $0 | 7,246 | 2.89 | $0.00 |
John Stathas | L | U.S. House | 24 | $0 | 7,226 | 2.97 | $0.00 |
Scott J. Ballard | L | U.S. House | 11 | $0 | 6,283 | 2.78 | $0.00 |
Michael Cole | L | U.S. House | 36 | $0 | 6,274 | 2.68 | $0.00 |
Steven Susman | L | U.S. House | 22 | $0 | 5,973 | 2.38 | $0.00 |
Matthew Solodow | L | U.S. House | 12 | $0 | 5,968 | 2.41 | $0.00 |
Keith F. Houston | G | U.S. House | 13 | $0 | 5,895 | 2.86 | $0.00 |
Roy Hall | L | U.S. House | 8 | $0 | 5,851 | 2.36 | $0.00 |
Jeffrey C. Blunt | L | U.S. House | 23 | $0 | 5,827 | 3.04 | $0.00 |
James Stanczak | L | U.S. House | 29 | $0 | 4,988 | 5.22 | $0.00 |
Ken Ashby | L | U.S. House | 5 | $0 | 4,957 | 2.38 | $0.00 |
Ed Rankin | L | U.S. House | 30 | $0 | 4,693 | 2.17 | $0.00 |
Christopher Barber | L | U.S. House | 18 | $0 | 4,678 | 2.4 | $0.00 |
Drew Parks | L | U.S. House | 7 | $0 | 4,654 | 1.98 | $0.00 |
Maria Selva | G | U.S. House | 29 | $0 | 4,550 | 4.76 | $0.00 |
Clark Patterson | L | U.S. House | 1 | $0 | 4,161 | 1.63 | $0.00 |
Kenneth Duncan | L | U.S. House | 2 | $0 | 4,131 | 1.68 | $0.00 |
Ross Lynn Leone | L | U.S. House | 35 | $0 | 4,063 | 2.46 | $0.00 |
Don Cook | G | U.S. House | 22 | $0 | 4,050 | 1.61 | $0.00 |
Zach Grady | L | U.S. House | 14 | $0 | 3,594 | 1.46 | $0.00 |
Ron Finch | L | U.S. House | 15 | $0 | 3,302 | 2.25 | $0.00 |
Corrie Byrd | L | U.S. House | 27 | $0 | 3,208 | 1.51 | $0.00 |
A.E. Potts | L | U.S. House | 20 | $0 | 3,117 | 1.68 | $0.00 |
Steven Shanklin | L | U.S. House | 34 | $0 | 2,685 | 1.88 | $0.00 |
Junart Sodoy | L | U.S. House | 16 | $0 | 2,529 | 1.64 | $0.00 |
Meghan Owen | G | U.S. House | 35 | $0 | 2,528 | 1.53 | $0.00 |
Patrick Hisel | L | U.S. House | 28 | $0 | 2,453 | 1.48 | $0.00 |
Ed Scharf | G | U.S. House | 23 | $0 | 2,099 | 1.09 | $0.00 |
Brandon Parmer | G | U.S. House | 6 | $0 | 2,015 | 0.8 | $0.00 |
Ed Lindsay | G | U.S. House | 33 | $0 | 2,006 | 1.71 | $0.00 |
Lance Findley | G | U.S. House | 7 | $0 | 1,811 | 0.77 | $0.00 |
Vanessa Foster | G | U.S. House | 9 | $0 | 1,738 | 0.94 | $0.00 |
Antonio Diaz | G | U.S. House | 20 | $0 | 1,621 | 0.87 | $0.00 |
John Wieder | L | U.S. House | 9 | $0 | 1,604 | 0.87 | $0.00 |
Michael D. Cary | G | U.S. House | 28 | $0 | 1,403 | 0.84 | $0.00 |
Rhett Rosenquest Smith | G | U.S. House | 14 | $0 | 1,053 | 0.43 | $0.00 |