Report tallying funding surge in election's final weeks shows massive influx of cash from Super Pacs and the campaignsThe 2012 presidential election broke the $2bn milestone in its final weeks, becoming the most expensive in US political history, according to final federal finance reports. The reports detailed a last-minute cascade of money from mega-donors and an onslaught of spending by the Obama and Romney campaigns and Super Pacs.The final campaign finance tallies filed with the Federal Election Commission on Thrusday included nearly $86m in fundraising for the losing presidential candidate, Republican Mitt Romney, in the election's last weeks.
Us Election Financing Topped $2bn In 2012 To Become Most Expensive Ever
The Guardian
Fri, 12/07/2012 - 7:18am
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