Staples, Patrick each unload more than $2 million on TV
Lieutenant governor hopefuls Todd Staples and Dan Patrick have made fateful choices on spending the bulk of their campaign money, each dumping more than $2 million on TV buys last month, according to interviews and the candidates’ new finance reports.
Meanwhile, incumbent Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst held back during the latest reporting period.
Dewhurst, who has the ability to turn on a fire hydrant of personal dollars, spent only about $950,000 on his TV imagemakers between Jan. 1 and Jan. 23.
The fourth Republican candidate in the race, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, curtailed his spending. In the period, Patterson spent about $152,000, though he retained nearly $450,000 for the final mad dash to the March 4 GOP primary.
More at http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/02/staples-patrick-each-unload-more-than-2-million-on-tv.html/ .
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