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Spending on Walker recall already surpasses previous record
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat May 02, 2012 06:03am |
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| Author | Patrick Marley, Jason Stein and Ben Poston |
| Media | Newspaper - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 2, 2012 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Fundraising and spending in Gov. Scott Walker's recall election have already surpassed the previous record for a single political race in Wisconsin - and the primary hasn't even been held yet.
Unprecedented fundraising by Walker and heavy spending by independent groups backed by corporations and unions have already pushed the total amounts spent and raised to some $42 million, according to a Journal Sentinel analysis of state campaign finance reports and rough estimates on independent groups by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. The total counts money that already has been spent as well as money that will almost certainly be spent going forward because it has already been raised by candidates or groups.
The total is already more than the $37.4 million spent by candidates and independent groups in the 2010 governor's race, according to the Democracy Campaign, which tracks politi cal spending. Based on the spending and fundraising so far, the group's executive director, Mike McCabe, predicted Tuesday that spending in the recall race would easily top $60 million and could approach $80 million.
"We're not even in the primary election yet. It only goes up from here," McCabe said. |
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