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HOUSTON POST
May 15,
1973
Gov. Briscoe's campaign cost
over $.6 million for radio, TVPost Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - Gov.
Dolph Briscoe spent more
than two-thirds of a million
dollars in radio and television
advertising in winning the
Democratic nomination for
governor and in being elected
to the office last year, the
F e d e r a 1 Communications
Commission's records showed
Monday.
The $686,759 he spent was
almost twice as much as was
spent by incumbent Sen. John
G. Tower, R-Texas, in gaining
re-election and more than
twice as much as Lt. Gov.
Bill Hobby spent in winning
both the primary and general
elections.
The FCC's 350-page report
of candidate spending on ra-
dio and television advertising
nationally last year shows
Briscoe spent $485,662 in theprimary and $201,097 in the
general election for a total of
$686,759.
His general election oppo-
nent, State Sen. Henry R.
Grover, R-Houston, spent
$59,273 in the primary and
$214,975 in the general elec-
tion for a $274,248 total.
Spending in the Democratic
gubernatorial primary includ-
ed, Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes,
$165,712; Frances "Sissy" Fa-
renthold, $215,488; and in-
cumbent Gov. Preston Smith,
$225,102.
GOP gubernatorial primary
spending included $35,401 by
Albert Bel Fay of Houston
and $48,733 by B. Thomas
McElroy of Dallas.
Hobby spent $313,911 in de-
feating eight other opponents
in the Democratic primary
and spent another $274 in the
general campaign, where he
was without a Republicanchallenger but where he faced
four candidates from minor
parties.
Other top spenders in the
primary race were former
State Sen. Wayne Connally at
$190,386; former State Sen.
Joe Christie at $54,574; and
former State Sen. Ralph
Hall at $18,026.
Sen. Tower spent $33,539 in
the GOP primary where he
ran unopposed and $358.240 in
the general election for a to-
tal of $391,779.
Dallas attorney Barefoot
Sanders spent $71,103 in win-
ning the Democratic nomi-
nation for the Senate and
$195,358 in losing the general
election to Tower for a
$266,461 total.
Former Sen. Ralph W. Yar-
borough spent $112,999 in his
losing primary fight against
Sanders.
1st District: Incumbent Wright Pat-
man spent $5,303 in winning the Demo-
cratic primary but faced no Republican
opponent in the general election. 2nd
District: Former State Sen. Charles Wil-
son spent $29,661 in winning the Demo-
cratic primary and $808 in winning the
general election; Mrs. John Dowdy who
sought to succeed her husband in Con-
aress, spent $12,334 in losing the prima-
rv to Wilson.
3rd District: Incumbent Jim Collinsof
D a I I a, spent $19,688 in winning
the GOP primary and another $8,915 in
being re-elected. 4th District: Incumbent
Ray Roberts spent $75 in the Democratic
primary where he was unopposed and
nothing in winning re-election.
5th District: Republican Alan Steel-
man spent $125 in his primary victory
and $12,073 in defeating incumbent
Democrat Earle Cabell in the general
election. 6th District: Democrat in-
cumbent Olin E. Teague has primary
expenses of $83 and general election ex-
penses of $211 in being elected to anoth-
er term.
7th District: Incumbent Bill Archer
had no spending for broadcast media ad-
vertising in the GOP primary but spent
$21,146 in winning the general election.
8th District: Democrat Bob Eckhardt,
the incumbent, spent nothing in the
primary and $713 in the general election
in gaining a new term.
9th District: Jack Brooks, incumbent
Democrat, spent nothing in the primary
and $7,620 in the general elections in
winning.
10th District: J. "Jake" Pickle spent
$25 in winning the Democratic primary
and a like sum in winning the general
election.
11th District: W. R. Poaae spent $9,780
in capturing the Democratic nomination
in the primary but hod no expenses in
t h e general election. 12th District:
Democrat Jim Wright spent nothing in
either race in winning another term.
13th District: Incumbent Craham Pur-
cell, a Democrat, had no primary ex-
penses but spent $18,297 in losing to in-
cumbent Republican Bob Price, who
sent $3,776 in the primary and $31,176
mn tie -en-ral ele-tion, 1th District In-
cumbent John Young spent $7,868 in coo-
cap, the rnoerrt c nomination aaain
and spent $189 in the general election,
although he faced no GOP opponent.
15th District: Eligio "Kika" De La
Garza spent $449 in being renominated
in the Democratic primary and had no
expenses or GOP opponent in Novem-
ber. 16th District: Incumbent Richard
White spent $300 'in winning the Demo-
cratic nomination'and $17 in the general
election but faced no opponent in either.
17th District: Omar Burleson, in-
I umbenl Democra, -.on the primary
with $20 in media advertising and the
General election with no expense. 18th
strict: Barbara Jordan spent $12,191
in winning the Democratic primary and
$1,784 in winning the general election.
19th District: George Mahon was re-
turned to Congress with having had no
expenses or opponent in the Democratic
primary or the general election. 20th
District: Democrat Henry B. Gonzalez
spent $736 in winning renomination and
$1,662 in the general election, although
he faced no GOP opponent.
21st District: 0. Clark Fisher had no
Democratic primary expenses or oppo-
nent and sent only $11 in winning re-
election. 22nd District: Democratic in-
cumbent Bob Casey spent $21,098 in
gaining renomination and $15,118 in win-
ning re-election.
23rd District: Abraham "Chick" Ka-
zen spent $906 in capturing renomination
in the Democratic primary and $57 in
the general election where he faced no
FOP oppenen. 24th District: Date Mil-
ford spent $5,A62 in winning the Demo-
cratic primary in a field of eight candi-
dates and $479 in winning election.
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