| This is a real battle in the 56th Senate District. Rick Dollinger is giving Sen. Joe Robach a run for his money - literally and figuratively.
In the figurative sense, this race is tight. There is one interesting factor in this race though. If you look at the chart below, you will see that Dollinger has considerably more individual donors than Robach does. Robach leaned more on unions that have been friendly to Republicans, PACs and party committees for his money. Both candidates have also received a considerable amount of their money from transfers in by their respective state senate or state party committees. Take a look at the chart below:
Rick Dollinger's filings
Joe Robach's filings
| 56th Senate District Total Financial Figures (Six Filings) |
| Rick Dollinger (D) |
Sen. Joe Robach (R) |
| Category |
Amount |
Percentage |
Category |
Amount |
Percentage |
| Individuals |
$311,140 |
38% |
Individuals |
$95,193 |
13% |
| Corporate |
$26,350 |
3% |
Corporate |
$7,050 |
1% |
| Other |
$102,114 |
13% |
Other |
$298,350 |
41% |
| In-Kind* |
$42,318.82 |
0% |
In-Kind |
$0 |
0% |
| Transfers In |
$364,200 |
45% |
Transfers In |
$325,300 |
45% |
| Loans |
$12,500 |
1% |
Loans |
$0 |
0% |
| Expenditure/Refunds |
$0 |
0% |
Expenditure/Refunds* |
$1,350 |
0% |
| TOTALS |
$816,304.00 |
100% |
TOTALS |
$725,893.00 |
100% |
| EXPENDITURES |
$748,077.24 |
EXPENDITURES |
$729,791.14 |
| CASH ON HAND |
$110,635.58 |
CASH ON HAND |
$181,460.45 |
Just a quick note: You will notice asterisks next to Dollinger's "In-Kind" money and Robach's Expenditure/Refunds section. The In-Kind payments made to Dollinger were listed as expenses in his filings because they were used to pay staff working on Dollinger's campaign. The refund listed in Robach's section was a total of two contributions that were refunded back to two different groups.
There is going to be plenty of money spent on this race in the coming days. I was told by someone involved in the race a number of months ago that this race would see both candidates spent $1 million. It's looking like they will come close or possibly exceed that number.
ON THE WEB:
Rick Dollinger's ActBlue Page |
