Full Source: The number of candidates in parentheses is the total number of
Democratic and Republican primary and general election incumbent,
challenger, and open seat candidates. U.S. House and Senate data for
Democrats and Republicans, which is a summary of reports filed with the
Federal Election Commission covering financial activity between Jan. 1,
2001 and Dec. 31, 2002, is from the Center for Responsive Politics
accessed 14 July 2004 at
http://www.opensecrets.org/bigpicture/incumbs.asp?Cycle=2002&Type=A&
display=S. Texas House and Senate fundraising totals including totals
for incumbents, challengers, and open seat candidates used to calculate
averages are taken from "Money in PoliTex: A Guide to Money in the 2002
Texas Elections," a report published by Texans for Public Justice
accessed online 14 July 2004 at
http://www.tpj.org/page_view.jsp?pageid=363&pubid=208. Counts of the
number of Texas House and Senate incumbents, challengers, and open seat
candidates used to calculate averages are based on 2002 primary and
general election returns from the Texas Secretary of State at
http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe, accessed 14 July 2004.
Full Footnote: Texas House totals do not include a highly controversial undisclosed
total of $1.9 million spent by the Texas Association of Business to
benefit selected Republican House candidates or a similarly
controversial sum of at least $190,000 from Texans for a Republican
Majority.