Texas Money Race

On Monday, July 20, 2015, The Texas Tribune published an article titled First Disclosures Offer View of 2016 Texas Money Race. This article explains the flock of people already heading for electoral funding. The author of this article pretty much calls out people that need a lot of funding, and sheds a bad light on it. When looking at campaigns and elections it is clear that money plays a huge role in who wins and who loses. The person that spends less money on campaigning, usually the incumbent, actually wins most of the time because this person is clearly not threatened by the other candidate. Congressional incumbents have many advantages over their challengers which, in turn, leads to a very high percentage of re-election often called congressional stagnation. However, this doesn’t mean that whoever spends less will win. Challengers must spend more than the incumbents to even have a chance at winning congressional office, which is why it is wrong to call these people out for simply trying to put their name out there.