A trove of correspondence from operatives in Mobile’s 2005 mayoral campaign shows how insiders read the polls, the TV buys and the racial arithmetic of the race that elected Sam Jones.
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A Who’s Who of Mobile Lined Up Behind Sam Jones — Including Two Men and Women He Beat
Nearly 150 hosts, at $1,000 a couple, signed on to a December reception for Mobile Mayor Sam Jones — among them Ann Bedsole and John Peavy, two rivals from the 2005 race that made him the city’s first black mayor.
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Sam Jones’ Winning Mayoral Campaign Spent Nearly $936,000, Year-End Report Showed
Mobile Mayor Sam Jones’ 2005 campaign raised more than $832,000 in cash and spent nearly $936,000 to win a four-seat race, according to the annual year-end financial report filed in early 2006.
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Loans of $190,000 Fuel Peavy’s Late Push in Mobile Runoff
John Peavy’s campaign spent more than $250,000 in a month and took out $190,000 in loans, guaranteed by a group of Mobile businessmen, to close the gap on Sam Jones before the runoff.
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Bedsole and Rich Endorse Peavy in Mobile Mayoral Runoff
Defeated mayoral candidates Ann Bedsole and Bess Rich threw their support to John Peavy days before Mobile’s runoff, urging their supporters to back him over frontrunner Sam Jones.
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Jones Raises $77,000 More as Mobile Runoff Nears
Frontrunner Sam Jones raised more than $77,000 and spent nearly $180,000 in the weeks before Mobile’s Sept. 13 mayoral runoff against City Councilman John Peavy.
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Peavy Enters Election Week With $13,800 in Campaign Account
John Peavy’s mayoral campaign spent $154,284 in the final reporting period and entered the last days before Mobile’s Aug. 23 election with just $13,803.72 remaining on hand.
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Money and Muscle: Mobile’s District 7 Council Candidates File Finance Reports
Days before Mobile’s Aug. 23 election, the seven candidates for the open District 7 City Council seat filed campaign finance reports, revealing firefighter money, police endorsements and a self-funded restaurateur.
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Jones Campaign Reports Strong Finances Before Mobile Election
Sam Jones’ mayoral campaign reported spending $155,584 and raising $78,520 in the final reporting period, closing with nearly $114,000 on hand ahead of Mobile’s Aug. 23 election.
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Bedsole Campaign Spent $160,000 in Final Month of Mayoral Race
Ann Bedsole’s mayoral campaign reported spending more than $160,000 in 30 days, most of it on advertising, entering the final week before Mobile’s Aug. 23 election with about $30,000 on hand.