Candidate draws webcomic to raise campaign funds
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Sean Tevis is filing papers to run for the office of state representative in Kansas. The 39 year-old, first time politician was told he would need to raise nearly $26,000 to fund his campaign against the deeper pockets of his Republican competitor. After raising just over $1000 the traditional method of asking for donations from friends and family, he created a webcomic and solicited money through his web site. In two weeks, he raised over $95,000. His competitor, a semi-retired, 3-term incumbent has raised $12,000 the old fashion way and believes that’s best. “This is a race you win by getting out and walking, not sitting in front of a compute,” he told the L.A. Times. Most of Tevis’ money was raised by non-Kansas donors who learned of his comic and campaign through social media, which political analysts fear will hurt him in the end as they can’t vote for him.
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