{"id":1731503,"date":"2022-11-09T06:06:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T11:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1731503"},"modified":"2022-11-09T08:02:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T13:02:46","slug":"record-16-7-billion-was-spent-on-2022-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/record-16-7-billion-was-spent-on-2022-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"Record $16.7 Billion Was Spent on 2022 Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frecord-16-7-billion-was-spent-on-2022-midterms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1731503&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1244608281-1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The 2022 election cycle set a midterm spending record of $16.7 billion, according to OpenSecrets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">The total represents money spent on both federal and state races.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNo other midterm election has seen as much money at the state and federal levels as the 2022 elections,\u201d Sheila Krumholz, OpenSecrets\u2019 executive director, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/11\/03\/2022-midterm-election-spending-set-to-break-record.html\">told<\/a> CNBC. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing record-breaking totals spent on elections up and down the ballot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/9ed8d31b-396d-4174-a697-05ce692de37b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raised<\/a>\u00a0over $1.1 billion from grassroots donors in 2022, double the amount of Republicans\u2019 grassroots efforts, according to the WinRed and ActBlue fundraising platforms, the\u00a0<em>Financial Times<\/em>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Republican PACs and committees out-raised Democrat committees and PACs by about 50 percent for a total of $1.1 billion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Republican donors who greatly contributed to the effort were historically active GOP backers. Half of the GOP committee and PAC money came from about 10 donors, \u201cincluding $77mn from Richard Uihlein, $67mn from Ken Griffin, $44mn from Jeff Yass and $40mn from Timothy Mellon. Steve Schwarzman, Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison have each given $31mn-$34mn to these groups,\u201d the <em>Times<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the money was spent on Senate races.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The top five most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/elections-overview\/most-expensive-races?cycle=2022&#038;display=currcandsout\">expensive<\/a> Senate races:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.) Pennsylvania:\u00a0$312,131,203<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">2.) Georgia:\u00a0$254,668,614<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>3.) Arizona:\u00a0$202,332,538<\/p>\n<p>4.) Nevada:\u00a0$186,750,730<\/p>\n<p>5.) Wisconsin:\u00a0$185,811,066<\/p>\n<p><strong>The top five House races:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">1.) Virginia District 7: $38,689,369<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>2.) Michigan District 07:\u00a0$37,427,939<\/p>\n<p>3.) California District 47:\u00a0$37,120,613<\/p>\n<p>4.) Texas District 28:\u00a0$35,630,944<\/p>\n<p>5.) Nevada District 3:\u00a0$33,088,248<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0@WendellHuseb\u00f8. He is the author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Politics-Slave-Morality-Wendell-Husebo-ebook\/dp\/B08PPYQSDZ\">Politics of Slave Morality<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2022 election cycle set a midterm spending record of $16.7 billion, according to OpenSecrets. 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