University Daily Kansan, October 18, 1984
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with a winner." he said. "it's tough because money buys exposure. The challenger has to find other ways to get his message across."
Slattery, who received almost $40,000 more in PAC money than Van Slyke in the congressional financial filing period from July 19 to Sept. 30, said he saw nothing unfair
"I'm proud of their support," he said. "I need it."
Mike Harper, administrative assistant for Kassebaum, said PACs usually wanted to contribute money to incumbents rather than challengers.
But he said incumbents were also disad-vantaged because they had a voting record that could be scrutinized by PACs, who might approve of the stands the public official took.
"That neutralizes a little bit of the advantage," he said. "Some PACs see a race as the opportunity to knock the incumbent off."
ALTHOUGH PACS ARE allowed to contribute $5,000 to a primary election and the same amount for a general election.
Kassebaum has limited her individual PAC contributions to $1,000. Harper said.
But her gesture still has left an enormous gap in contributions between the Senate and the House.
From July 19 to Sept. 30, Kassebau received more than $40,000 in PAC money, compared with $1500 for Maher. She has received more than $130,000 in PAC money
Harper said the exposure Kassabeum received as a U.S. senator was another boost for him. "I think it's true," he said.
"During the campaign, she's wearing two hats," he said. "One as an elected official and one as a candidate. If there is a breaking of the official or an election, an elected official rather than a challenger."
INCUMBENTS ALSO CAN benefit from the free mailin privileges offered to elected officials. Up to 60 days before an election, congressmen have not to pay postage on their letters in 1802. In 1803, this practice cost taxpayers $102 million, up from $49 million four years before.
Challengers in the past often have charged
that congressmen abused this privilege by sending campaign literature rather than strictly informational letters about congressional activities.
Last month, Van Slyke said Slattery was guilty of this abuse
he sent out eight or 10 different mailings to the voters in the 2nd District, and he hasn't had a history of that before." Van Slyke said. "Voters's press secretary
Ken Peterson, Slattery's press secretary,
reacted to the charges when they were made
clear.
For example, an elected official's past record can hurt him among voters, Harper said. He cited Kassebaum's support of the "bush war" and has angered Kansas anti-abortion groups.
BUT ALTHOUGH CHALLENGERS face obstacles in their efforts to unseat incumbent opponents, Harper said that the incumbent advantages not suffered by the challenger.
'Everywhere we go here, we're picketed,' he said.
record in the 98th Congress, said the incumbent's past performance could afford ammunition for his challenger.
"Slattery's gotten his name out," he saun.
"Now he's got to run on his recording record. I think his support will start to erode when people find out about it."
Van Slyke, who on Monday began a series of television ads critical of Slattery's voting
ANOTHER ADVANTAGE THE challenger may have, Van Slyke said, is his constant presence in the voting district while the incumbent is working in Washington.
"Here it is Oct. 15, and I've only got three campaign candidates," he said in the last campaign meeting.
Slattery said that his campaign might have suffered from that.
The 80th Congress officially adjourned Oct.
12. Members of Congress had hoped to leave
by Oct. 4 to give them more time to campaign
in their districts.
Maher said the incumbent often used Washington as an excuse to steer clear of voters he or she might have displeased.
"They aren't really in tune with the people he said. Politeians use Washington, too."
Money
THE EXCESS BANK money is largely due to the loans from his brother, who lent the candidate $22,500 in February and $1,000 in the recent two-month period.
tributions. He spent more than $9,000 during the two months and reported $14,144 in the bank at the end of last month.
Slattery recorded $74,174 in contributions and $34,801 spent on his campaign from July 19 to Sept. 30. PACs accounted for more than $40,000 of those contributions. For the year, Slattery has received $142,992 from contributors.
Van Slyke received $2,747, most of it from individuals and Republican Party committees. He received $5,000 from one PAC, the Campaign America political action committee.
Kassebau named 40 individuals who contributed more than $10 to her campaign for the period. Ten gave $1,000, the maximum amount an individual can donate according to amendments made in 1974 to the Federal Election Campaign Act.
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