Mike Bloomberg spent more than $1 billion on his short-lived presidential campaign

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published 21 April 2020

A new Federal Election Commission filing shows that former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg spent more than $1 billion of his own money on his presidential campaign, which only lasted a little over three months.

Before he dropped out of the Democratic race in early March, Bloomberg's ads were ubiquitous. He won just one contest, in American Samoa, spending about $18 million for each delegate.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.