Creighton won his 2014 special election runoff 67% to 33% over Steve Toth. Both were former state representatives. What advantage did Creighton have?

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Creighton outspent Toth 3-to-1, raising over $2 million versus $650,000. Money bought TV ads, direct mail, consultants, and voter contact operations. Creighton secured establishment endorsements: then-Lt. Gov. Dewhurst backed him. Toth positioned himself as the insurgent tea party candidate but couldn't overcome Creighton's cash. Texas has no campaign contribution limits for state races. The 67-33 landslide wasn't ideology (both were conservative)—it was infrastructure.

Creighton won his 2014 special election runoff 67% to 33% over Steve Toth. Both were former state representatives. What advantage did Creighton have?

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