2018 Midterms Projected to Be Most Expensive on Record
- Center for Responsive Politics says total to hit $5 billion
- More than $3.7 billion has already been spent on campaign
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This year’s midterm congressional campaign is projected to cost $5 billion, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, easily making it the costliest in U.S. history.
“We expected to see the numbers climb, as they typically do, but the astonishing spike in campaign donations is a solid indicator of the intensity driving this year’s campaigns,” Sheila Krumholz, the center’s executive director, said in a statement Wednesday.