The most expensive midterms ever: By the numbers

The sum spent on this year's midterms could buy a Big Mac and fries for every man, woman, and child in the U.S. Here's the breakdown

Meg Whitman is one of the biggest GOP spenders this election season contributing $142 million to her gubernatorial campaign.
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Spending on this year's midterm elections is set to reach $4 billion, says a report from the Center for Responsive Politics, helped along by donations from Wall Street, medical and insurance firms, labor unions and outside interest groups. (Watch a discussion about the record spending.) As the CRP notes, that's enough to "run the city of Pittsburgh for two years," or "treat each and every American to a Big Mac and fries." Here's more:

$4 billion

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