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Lynchburg City Council candidates campaigning costs 5x more than in 2018


Lynchburg City Council Candidates (Credit: WSET)
Lynchburg City Council Candidates (Credit: WSET)
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It is a big day for the seven candidates running for Lynchburg City Council.

Each candidate -- doing whatever it takes to get your vote, including racking up quite the campaign bill.

ABC13 first reported on this storyon Oct. 24. Since then, candidates continued to have ramped up their campaign efforts.

This means they are dropping a pretty penny working to sway undecided voters before they head to the polls.

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According to the Virginia Public Access Project, as of Oct. 27 -- the seven candidates have spent $324,874 dollars.

The program said that's close to five times the $65,831 that the candidates spent in total for the 2018 election.

The Republican party is supporting three of the seven candidates.

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Dr. David Richards, Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Lynchburg, said that plays a big part in the increased spending.

"That in turn kind of alerted the other candidates that this was going to be a race that was a bit more serious, so it really ramped up the race in a way it had not been before," said Richards.

Republican candidate, Marty Misjuns is the top spender this year spending $75,189.

Republican candidate, Stephanie Reed is in second, spending $58,299.

The other candidates are as follows:

  • Treney Tweedy: $52, 224
  • Larry Taylor: $60,379
  • Beau Wright: $52,419
  • Walter Virgil: $52,419
  • Patrick Earl: $12,575
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