Campaign
finance reports filed on Friday showed that Governor Snyder had a significant
financial advantage over his challenger Mark Schauer with $4.6 million cash on
hand compared to Mr. Schauer’s $2.5 million. According to the Snyder campaign
this cash difference is the largest in history. During the period leading up to
the Friday filing deadline the Snyder campaign raised $3.3 million while the
Schauer campaign raised $2.8 million.
The
Schauer campaign has reserved $3.2 million in television space and the
Democratic Governors Association has $6 million put into television ads as
well. Officials from the Republican party responded saying that on top of
Governor Snyder’s cash on hand he has also pledged over $5 million for
advertising purposes.
Between
January 1 and July 20, Mr. Snyder outspent Mr. Schauer $2.6 million
to $1.4 million. The margin was even greater when looking at the entire
election cycle with Snyder spending $6.2 million compared to Schauer’s $1.8
million.