Catherine Cortez Masto, right, a Democratic candidate for Senate, speaks to American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union members as they picket near the Trump International Hotel Wednesday, July 20, 2016. AFSCME members, in Las Vegas for a convention, came out in support of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, which is trying to unionize workers at the hotel.
Thursday, July 28, 2016 | 2 a.m.
If money can buy votes, there’s certainly some difference in market value.
Senate primary candidates from the two major parties have spent as much as $62 and as low as 3 cents per vote received, according to a Roll Call analysis of Federal Election Commission disbursement filings for the primaries that have taken place to date. The three candidates who spent the most per votes all competed in the Nevada Senate race to replace Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.
The primary winners — Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican Rep. Joe Heck — spent $62 and $33 per vote, respectively. But those high levels of spending aren’t the norm. The median amount candidates nationwide spent per vote — $1.52 — was roughly 40 times less than what Cortez Masto spent.
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