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How much the candidates spent per vote

The latest financial reports are in for the City Council race. Here are the totals, along with how much that works out to per vote (i.e., total spent divided number of votes cast for that candidate):

Candidate 7/1/10-
12/31/10
1/1/11-
3/31/11
Total $ Total Votes $/Vote
Chuck Weaver $9,241.18 $46,980.83 $56,222.01 14,785 $3.80
Ryan Spain $3,611.43 $40,409.68 $44,021.11 10,072 $4.37
W. Eric Turner $2,176.16 $14,470.73 $16,646.89 6,911 $2.41
Beth Akeson $0 $10,445.37 $10,445.37 6,040 $1.73
Charles V. Grayeb $0 $11,729.60 $11,729.60 5,559 $2.11

The other candidates (Gary Sandberg, Jim Stowell, André Williams, C.J. Summers, and George Azouri) did not file reports because they neither raised nor spent more than $3,000. The city council position pays $14,000 per year, or $56,000 per four-year term.