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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Mississippi Senate Primary Has Cost More Than $17 Million
The Mississippi Senate Primary Has Cost More Than $17 Million
Daniel Strauss June 24, 2014, 12:20 PM EDT
A total of $17 million was spent in the Mississippi Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
That's according to the latest calculations of spending in the race by the Sunlight Foundation on Tuesday, the day of the GOP primary.
According to the Sunlight Foundation:
Total candidate fundraising in the race totaled at $5,640,083
Total candidate spending totaled at $5,579,381
Total spending by outside groups came to $11,665,911
So candidate spending plus spending by outside group brought brought total spending in the race to $17,245,292. That figure is especially noteworthy since Mississippi does not have one media market that ranks in the top 50 in the country, according to the Sunlight Foundation.
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Daniel Strauss June 24, 2014, 12:20 PM EDT
A total of $17 million was spent in the Mississippi Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
That's according to the latest calculations of spending in the race by the Sunlight Foundation on Tuesday, the day of the GOP primary.
According to the Sunlight Foundation:
Total candidate fundraising in the race totaled at $5,640,083
Total candidate spending totaled at $5,579,381
Total spending by outside groups came to $11,665,911
So candidate spending plus spending by outside group brought brought total spending in the race to $17,245,292. That figure is especially noteworthy since Mississippi does not have one media market that ranks in the top 50 in the country, according to the Sunlight Foundation.
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Says a lot about the Citizens United effect when outside groups spent more than double what candidates raised for the campaign.
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The Mississippi Senate Primary Has Cost More Than $17 Million (Original Post)
MohRokTah
Jun 2014
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joeybee12
(56,177 posts)1. Wow...$17 million worth of free speech!
Five people on SCOTUS are either blithering idiots or willful fascist tools.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)2. Yep, that's a lot of expensive free speech.
Also note, nearly 100 times what the job pays was spent just on the primary campaign.
A Senator who is not President Pro Tempore or Majority leader makes $174,000/year.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)4. Well, smarter and better people have more money, so it's only fair they have
more of a say in how they screw the rest of us over!
CK_John
(10,005 posts)3. Miss economy needs the boost, spending will help put people to work.