Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Election costs Simmons Campaign $106 per Vote.

PLACER COUNTY SUPERVISOR 2ND DISTRICT
Election Results
Total Votes - 16,452. 100% reporting.

ROBERT M. WEYGANDT
11,549 votes - 70.2%

JERRY SIMMONS
4854 votes - 29.50%

According to an article in the Auburn Journal (Wednesday, May 31, 2006), adding Simmons donations and Tsakopoulos independent expenditures together, opponents spent $514,000 in an attempt to unseat Robert Weygandt resulting in a record cost of $106 for each of Simmons' 4,854 votes.

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