In a post-election interview with The Columbus Dispatch, Don Leonard says his grassroots campaign raised about $1.4 million to Mike Carey's $4.3 million. He says Carey won the district by 13 points the last two times, and Leonard won it by seven, a 20-point swing he says the blue wave alone doesn't explain.
The receipt
- Who
- Don Leonard
- Where
- post-election interview - The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio
- Original footage
- TheColumbusDispatch · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 52 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
We were outspent more than three to one by Kerry's campaign. We raised, I think, $1 .4 million to his 4 .3. He had the benefit of PAC money from corporations, from the Israeli lobby. We are a grassroots campaign, funneled by more than 90 % individual donations. So it wasn't about the money. The other factor, of course, would be the blue wave. The truth there is in a district that Mike Kerry won by 13 points the last two times he ran, we won by seven, a full 20 point swing. And what the pundits are telling us is that nationwide Democrats in the US House enjoyed about a 13 -point advantage. So had it only been for the Blue Wave, I imagine my race would have a coin toss instead we won by seven.
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