The Campaign for a Cleaner Congress took the publicly available list of supporters to which names have been attached [2] for each candidate, which shows the current tally at 64 votes for Blunt to 37 votes for Boehner, and compared it to the political giving of both Blunt and Boehner over their careers in Congress. Here is what they found.
Blunt is winning on a cost per vote basis by a wide margin..
Over the course of his career, Blunt has given $479, 274 to 49 of his 64 current supporters. That works out to a cost per vote of $9,781.10
On the other hand, Boehner has given a total of $438,117 to 28 of his 37 supporters. That works out to a cost per vote of $15,647.04
Better get those numbers up John. Or perhaps you can argue that you should get a non-incumbent efficiency factor applied to your tally.
Note: Links to spreadsheets below. The data is from PoliticalMoneyLine. Amounts with specific dates came from Blunt or Boehner's campaign committees. Amounts with election cycles are from their respective leadership PACs.
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| Blunt's contributions to supporters(1).xls [3] | 22.5 KB |
| Boehner contributions to supporters.xls [4] | 22.5 KB |