AP: Political money in state-level campaigns exceeds $2B
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The story of money in politics doesn’t stop with spending on races for Congress. Candidates for governor, legislature and other state offices this year have brought in $2.2 billion in campaign contributions — nearly matching the combined total of $2.4 billion for candidates for the U.S. House and Senate. That makes this year among the most expensive ever in state-level politics, and the total will only grow in the final stretch before Tuesday’s election.
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Main Idea: State-level campaigns in Illinois, Florida and across the country have pulled in more than $2.2 billion this year, showing that political money outside Congress is also reaching record levels.
Key Points:
- Fundraising for governor and legislature races is nearly as large as the money raised for U.S. House and Senate races.
- Illinois and Florida are among the most expensive governor’s races, with Illinois reaching about $210 million so far.
- In state legislative races, Republicans have a small overall fundraising lead, but the balance varies by state.
- The National Institute on Money in Politics helped track the data, which also shows heavy spending by big donors, unions and party-linked groups.
Impact on the People
Negative Impact
Huge donations in Illinois, Florida, and other states can give wealthy donors and outside groups more influence over elections, which may leave ordinary voters feeling less heard.
Positive Impact
State races can draw more attention to local issues that affect taxes, schools, and public services.
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- Democratic Governors Associationpolitical organizationMajorAI selected
Major independent spending group with large fundraising totals and a central role in the article.
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Key Democratic group spending heavily to help win state legislative seats.
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Organization actively raising and spending money to support Democratic state legislative candidates.
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A top fundraising state and the site of one of the most expensive and competitive governor’s races.
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One of the top states for reported campaign contributions and central to the expensive governor’s race discussed in.
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Data source for the campaign finance analysis underlying the article.
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Major independent spending group with large fundraising totals and a central role in the article.
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