House District 31 special election

Mask, reported raising more than $51,000 in cash and spending more than $58,000. Payne, raised nearly $75,000 in cash and has spent more than $85,000. much of it from the state party.
The special election is Tuesday and both parties predict the outcome of this election will be a predictor of how the Fall 2006 election will turn out. Will the Republicans suceed in taking over the house?

Most of Payne's expenses were advertising-related. The largest share of that, more than $82,000, went to Matrix, a Montgomery-based consulting business that has worked in the past for Democratic candidates.