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MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 12:38 PM Jun 2014

The 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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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 OP
Wow...$17 million worth of free speech! joeybee12 Jun 2014 #1
Yep, that's a lot of expensive free speech. MohRokTah Jun 2014 #2
Well, smarter and better people have more money, so it's only fair they have joeybee12 Jun 2014 #4
Miss economy needs the boost, spending will help put people to work. CK_John Jun 2014 #3
 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
1. Wow...$17 million worth of free speech!
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 12:43 PM
Jun 2014

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.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 12:49 PM
Jun 2014

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
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 12:59 PM
Jun 2014

more of a say in how they screw the rest of us over!

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