For those of you keeping track of million-dollar Virginia Senate races, here’s an update.
Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment (R-James City), center, greets Gov. Robert F. McDonnell on the steps of the Virginia Capitol.
(Tracy A. Woodward - THE WASHINGTON POST)
We reported in December that 13 races for Richmond’s upper chamber hit the seven-figure mark in November’s hard-fought elections, during which control of the Senate was at stake.
That was based on an analysis from the Virginia Public Access Project, a nonpartisan tracker of money in politics.
On Wednesday, VPAP announced that the number of Senate races that cost $1 million or more last fall was actually 15.
VPAP adjusted the numbers for two reasons.
First, campaign reports for one race, Sen. Barbara A. Favola (D-Arlington) vs. Republican challenger Caren Merrick, came in too late for VPAP’s original analysis. Spending on that contest, which Favola won, reached $1.3 million.
Secondly, VPAP decided to include Sen. Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment’s (R-James City) race. Norment had a primary challenger but no opponent in the general election. Yet he still managed to spend $1.2 million, mostly on fellow Republicans with tougher election battles.
The number of million-dollar races was up from 2007, when there were 12, VPAP said.
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