Unspent Money Burning Holes in Super-PAC Pockets

Presidential candidates' official committees are outspending super-PACs. But not for long.

Democratic Presidential hopeful and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets people during the Presidential Candidates Plenary at the National Urban League conference in the Fort Lauderdale Convention Center on July 31, 2015 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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By Tim Higgins

August 3, 2015 at 10:00 AM UTC

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So far, most of the spending on the 2016 race for the White House has come from the candidates' official campaigns. That's likely to change in the coming months.

Super-PACs and 527s, outside groups that can raise unlimited amounts of money to help candidates as long they don't coordinate, have been relatively quiet thus far, spending only about $23 million of the $261 million they raised in the first half of the year. That left plenty of powder in the keg, even as the potential for more massive fundraising came into focus with last week's disclosures by the groups.