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You are here: Home / Democracy in America / Outside Spending On Midterm Elections Tops $1 Billion*

Outside Spending On Midterm Elections Tops $1 Billion*

October 16, 2022 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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Outside Spending On Midterm Elections Tops $1 Billion*This article by Taylor Giorno and Keith Newell is published by Open Secrets. Here is an exerpt:

Outside spending on 2022 federal midterm elections topped $1 billion, surpassing the nearly $701.8 million spent by outside groups through Oct. 4 during the 2018 midterms.

With the 2022 elections just five weeks away, outside groups are on track for record federal spending in what OpenSecrets has projected will be the most expensive midterm ever. The Supreme Court’s landmark Citizens United v. FEC decision in 2010 paved the way for a sharp increase in outside spending.

At this point in the 2018 election cycle, outside groups supporting Democratic congressional candidates had spent more money than those backing Republicans. Democrats went on to flip the U.S. House during the so-called “Blue Wave,” but a “Red Wave” may be coming in 2022. 

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Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: American State Elections, Election Transparency, Money Politics

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